Matt Cassel stats

Last played for the Detroit Lions, 2018

Quarterback · #8

Age 44 · 6' 4"

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Matt Cassel played 14 NFL seasons, 2005 to 2018.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
107
CMP
1,578
ATT
2,683
CMP%
58.8
YDS
17,508
AVG
6.5
TD
104
INT
82

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2005NE2132454.21837.621
2006NE65862.5324.000
2007NE64757.1385.401
2008NE1632751663.43,6937.22111
2009KC1527149355.02,9245.91616
2010KC1526245058.23,1166.9277
2011KC916026959.51,7136.4109
2012KC916127758.11,7966.5612
2013MIN915325460.21,8077.1119
2014MIN3417157.74256.034
2015BUF/DAL1011920458.31,2766.357
2016TEN4305158.82845.622
2017TEN2254259.51623.912
2018DET271741.2593.501

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career Postseason

GP
2
CMP
9
ATT
18
CMP%
50.0
YDS
70
AVG
3.9
TD
0
INT
3

Per game

Career regular season

GP
107
CMP
14.7
ATT
25.1
CMP%
58.8
YDS
163.6
AVG
6.5
TD
1.0
INT
0.8

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2005NE26.51254.291.57.61.00.5
2006NE60.81.362.55.34.00.00.0
2007NE60.71.257.16.35.40.00.2
2008NE1620.432.363.4230.87.21.30.7
2009KC1518.132.955.0194.95.91.11.1
2010KC1517.53058.2207.76.91.80.5
2011KC917.829.959.5190.36.41.11.0
2012KC917.930.858.1199.66.50.71.3
2013MIN917.028.260.2200.87.11.21.0
2014MIN313.723.757.7141.76.01.01.3
2015BUF/DAL1011.920.458.3127.66.30.50.7
2016TEN47.512.858.871.05.60.50.5
2017TEN212.52159.581.03.90.51.0
2018DET23.58.541.229.53.50.00.5

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
108
PPR
1,077.4
HALF
1,076.9
STD
1,076.4
PPG
10

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2005NE214.514.514.57.3
2006NE61.71.71.70.3
2007NE66.76.76.71.1
2008NE16248.7248.7248.715.5
2009KC15165.9165.9165.911.1
2010KC15231.1231.1231.115.4
2011KC9101.0100.5100.011.2
2012KC986.386.386.39.6
2013MIN9110.0110.0110.012.2
2014MIN322.822.822.87.6
2015DAL1064.864.864.86.5
2016TEN415.715.715.73.9
2017TEN26.56.56.53.2
2018DET21.71.71.70.8

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
44 yearsMay 17, 1982
Height
6' 4"
Debut
2005
Birthplace
Northridge, CA
Draft
2005Rd 7, Pk 230
College
USC

Latest performance

Matt Cassel

Dec 23 · vs MIN · L 27-9

CMP
5
ATT
11
YDS
45
TD
0
INT
0
RTG
57.0

His top receivers, 2018

Detroit Lions's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Kenny GolladayWR119701,0635
Marvin Jones Jr.WR62355085
Theo RiddickRB74613840
Levine ToiloloTE24212631
TJ JonesWR26191902

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Sun, Dec 23vsMINL 27-95114500
Mon, Sep 10vsNYJL 48-17261401
Sat, Jan 13atNEL 35-1400000
Sat, Jan 06atKCW 22-2100000
Sun, Oct 08atMIAL 16-10213214110
Sun, Oct 01atHOUL 57-144102102

What were Matt Cassel's career stats?

Matt Cassel played 14 seasons for the Patriots, the Chiefs, the Vikings, the Cowboys, the Titans and the Lions. He completed 1,578 of 2,683 passes for 17,508 yards, 104 touchdowns and 82 interceptions. His best season was 2008: 3,693 passing yards, 21 passing touchdowns and 11 interceptions thrown.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2005 to 2018

Matt Cassel finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

All-time career rank

  • 124th in passing yards (17,508)
  • 118th in passing touchdowns (104)

Among the 2,852 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Matt Cassel college stats

Matt Cassel played one season at USC Trojans (2004): 97 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes and 1 interception.

passing

Matt Cassel's college passing by season
SeasonSchoolCMPCMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATTCMP%CMP%: Share of passes that were caught. The league average sits near 65%.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.INTINT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.LNGSACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.RTGRTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions.
2004USC Trojans101471.4976.901221115.3

rushing

Matt Cassel's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2004USC Trojans6111.808

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Matt Cassel

Playoff games

Matt Cassel played 4 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 2 lost.

Matt Cassel's line in each playoff game
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2017KCW 22-21000
2017NEL 35-14000
2010BALL 30-77003
2005JAXW 28-3000

What the columns mean: INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.