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Zach Wilson

QB·New Orleans Saints·#11·6'2"·214 lb·5th year·BYU
Round 1, pick 2 in 2021
Updated November 6, 2026
75.7
Model Score
Down from 78.7 last year

Zach Wilson is a QB for the New Orleans Saints on a deal paying $1.4M a year through 2026, a $1.3M cap hit in 2026 (updated November 6, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 3.0 from last season.

708075.7202120222023

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 →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Plays like: Kent Graham, Seneca Wallace, John Skelton. Built like: Shedeur Sanders, Haynes King, Luke Altmyer. Coming out: Kevin Kolb, Andy Dalton, Baker Mayfield.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 6 stars, 1 starter, 8 backups, 5 didn't stick.

Zach Wilson Injury StatusOut

Zach Wilson is listed Out (Coach's Decision), reported Oct 25. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season

Pass Yds0
Pass TD0
INT0
Rush Yds0
Rush TD0
Fantasy PPG0.0
Total EPA0.0
EPA / dropback0.000
Time to throw0.00s
Avg air yards0.0
Aggressiveness0.0%
Longest comp (air)0 yd

0 fantasy points a game. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$1.3M
APY
$1.4M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$599K
Years on Deal
1
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$25.3M/yr
underpaid by $23.9M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 2 to the New York Jets in 2021, out of BYU (FBS Independents). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#2
Consensus board2nd
Our college model#53 QB

In college, 2018-2020, 30 games: 7,002 pass yds, 54 TD, 13 INT, 63.3% completions.

Recruited

Class of 2018 · Quarterback · High school: Corner Canyon, Draper, UT

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 958 in the nation. Composite 0.8540, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
BYU

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2018 class are still being added.

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