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PlayerJoe Burrow · QB, Cincinnati Bengals, Model Score 91.7Be the Bengals GM

Joe Burrow

Cincinnati Bengals·#9
Pos QBHt 6'4"Wt 216 lbExp 6 yrCollege LSU
Updated October 9, 2026

Model Score

91.7 MODEL
2020
83.5
2021
93.0
2022
94.2
2023
83.1
2024
96.0
2025
85.8
2026
91.7

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Burrow at STTM #13 tier 4 in 2025 is the one rank on the list driven almost entirely by games-played risk. The 2024 statistical sweep (yards, TDs, completion percentage) was a tier-1 profile; the 2025 drop reflects the time he missed, not a true skill regression. The career baseline is a healthy tier-1 quarterback; the question is whether the body will let that show up for 17 games.

Burrow was born in Ames, Iowa, transferred from Ohio State to LSU, and won the 2019 Heisman Trophy plus the College Football Playoff national title in a single season at LSU. Cincinnati drafted him first overall in 2020. He has since won NFL Comeback Player of the Year twice (2021 and 2024), made three Pro Bowls, led the league in passing yards, touchdowns, and completion percentage in 2024, and holds the NFL career completion percentage record at 68.5 percent.

Strengths

  • Career 68.5 percent completion percentage is the NFL career record, and his 2024 triple crown (yards, TDs, completion percentage) is the strongest single-year case in the field outside Maye and Allen.
  • Two Comeback Player of the Year awards and three Pro Bowls in his first six seasons.

Concerns

  • STTM rank dropped from #2 tier 1 in 2024 to #13 tier 4 in 2025, almost entirely a games-played story.
  • Game-log gap from Week 2 to Week 13 in 2025 confirms multi-month absences are now a recurring feature, not a single-event injury.

What to watch: Games played. Every other piece of the profile prices in as tier 1; the rank only rebuilds with availability.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Famous comp
names you know, same point in their careers (around year 7)
Built likeTHIN DATA
measurables only, his size
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his

Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 7 starters, 8 backups, 3 didn't stick.

Joe Burrow Props This Weekat MIA Sun Oct 11

MarketLineOverUnder
Passing yards245.5-111 DraftKings-113 DraftKings
Passing TDs1.5-153 DraftKings+125 Fanatics
Completions23.5-105 BetMGM-117 DraftKings
Pass attempts33.5-102 DraftKings-125 Fanatics
Interceptions0.5+131 DraftKings-162 BetRivers
Rushing yards8.5-114 FanDuel-110 DraftKings
Longest rush7.5-120 DraftKings-108 DraftKings
Anytime TD+900 BetRivers

Best price across 9 books as of Fri Oct 9. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Joe Burrow Injury StatusNot listed

Joe Burrow is not on the injury report as of Oct 9. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Joe Burrow Stats This Season · 4 games

1,1715th
Pass Yds
Pass TD
INT
71.3%1st
Comp %
384th
Rush Yds
11st
Rush TD
19.65th
Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

21.94th
Total EPA
0.1144th
EPA / dropback
2.56s
Time to throw
7.1
Avg air yards
12.4%
Aggressiveness
50 yd6th
Longest comp (air)

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 1 · Cincinnati Bengals · 2020
LSU (SEC)
Taken
#1
where he actually went
Consensus board
1st
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#5
among QB in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2016-2019 · 36 games
8,611 pass yds, 79 TD, 9 INT, 64.2% completions

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Joe Burrow Fantasy Outlook

Joe Burrow scored 79 PPR points, 19.6 per game this season. Compare him against any QB and track weekly rankings in our fantasy tools.

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