Deshaun Watson's Passing Yards

Derrick Deshaun Watson who is more commonly known as Deshaun Watson is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Watson was born on September 14, 1995, in Gainesville, Georgia. Deshaun is a very talented quarterback who had an amazing college career for the Clemson Tigers football club. He put up astronomical numbers especially in his Sophomore and Junior years amassing over 10,000 passing yards in 3 years. After his Junior year at Clemson, Watson declared for the NFL draft in 2017. Deshaun Watson was projected as a first-round prospect by many sports analysts and scouts.

Furthermore, he was considered either the best or second-best quarterback in the draft class. Eventually, he was selected by the Houston Texans with the 12th overall pick and was the third quarterback selected behind Mitchell Trubisky and Patrick Mahomes. In the 2017 NFL Draft, the Houston Texans traded up with the Cleveland Browns and drafted their future star quarterback. The Texans signed Watson to a 4-year $13.84 million contract.

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Deshaun Watson Passing Yards in the Regular Season

In the 2017 season, Watson featured in 7 games and started 6 of them going 3-3. In week 4 against the Tennessee Titans, Watson threw for 4 touchdowns and also added 1 rushing touchdown. En route to his five total touchdowns, he tied an NFL record for rookie touchdowns in a single game. He continued to make big contributions in his rookie season. In the month of October, Watson set a rookie record by throwing 16 touchdowns. His effort garnered him the AFC Offensive Player of the Month and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month awards. From the 2018 season, Watson has started and played in every single game. In his 6 years in the league, the Browns quarterback has passed for over 3,000 yards on 3 occasions including 2 times when he surpassed the 4,000 yard mark.

In 2018, Deshaun Watson started all games for the Texans and led the team to the playoffs. He had 4,165 total passing yards in the regular season. Watson then followed up his performance from 2018 and was consistent for the next 2 seasons racking up a ton of passing yards. However, in March 2021, Watson was slapped with sexual assault allegations by at least couple of dozen massage therapists. On account of these allegations, Watson was ruled out of the 2021 season entirely and was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2022. However, due to the sexual assault allegations from the previous year, Watson was suspended for 11 games in 2022 and could only play in the remaining 6 games.

Regular Season Stats

Deshaun Watson Passing Yards in the Playoffs

Deshaun Watson has recorded a total of 870 passing yards in his the playoffs as of 20023. The Texans only managed to make the playoffs in the 2018 season losing in the Wild Card round to the Indianapolis Colts and in the 2019 season losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional round. In his 3 career playoff games, Deshuan has amassed 870 passing yards.

Postseason stats

Deshaun Watson Passing Yards Records

Deshaun Watson has recorded 16,756 passing yards in his NFL career as of 2023. Despite not playing games for a brief time due to his sexual assault allegations, he has still managed to set many records along the way. If the 27-year-old Georgia native can rediscover his form from a couple of seasons ago, then he should be able to guide the Browns to greater heights and break more NFL records in the foreseeable future.

Passing records in the NFL

1. In October 2017, Watson threw 16 passing touchdowns in a month which is a rookie record.

2. With 4 passing touchdowns in one half by a rookie, he tied the record set by Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston.

3. Tied with other quarterbacks for the most passing touchdowns in a game with 5 by a rookie.

4. In week 8 of the 2017 season, he became the first player in NFL history to pass for 400+ yards, throw 4+ TD passes, and rush for 50+ yards in a single game.

5. Watson also holds the record as the first person in the NFL with multiple 5 passing touchdown games (2 games) within his first 2 seasons.

6. He became the first person in the NFL to have 4,000+ passing yards, 25+ passing touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns in a single season.

7. He reached the landmark of 6,500+ passing yards and 500+ rushing yards in 26 games which is the least in the history of the NFL.

8. Watson became the fastest player to reach 50 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing touchdowns which he achieved in 27 games.

9. He was the first quarterback to win consecutive games with at least 375 passing yards and 35 rushing yards.

10. He has the record for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie in a 7-game span in NFL history with 19 touchdowns.

11. He has the record for the most passing touchdowns by a rookie in a 5-game span in NFL history with 18 touchdowns.

12. Deshaun has the longest streak of games with 3 or more passing touchdowns by a rookie with 4 such games.

13. Along with Steve Young, he is the only other quarterback with at least 375 passing yards and 40 rushing yards.

14. With 15 touchdowns, he has the most passing touchdowns for a quarterback through his first six career games.

15. Deshaun, in 2017 became the first rookie with two games of 300+ passing yards and 40+ rushing yards in a season.

16. He was also the first rookie to have 5+ touchdowns in back-to-back games.

17. He holds the record for the most completions (28 completions) with a perfect passer rating.

18. Watson is tied with Jared Goff on 33 for the most attempts with a perfect passer rating.