Fields was sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks

Justin FieldsQB · New York Jets · 2025Strong sample

Fields was sacked on 11.9% of dropbacks

11.9%% of dropbacks4th-highest of 95 qualified QBs

Justin Fields took a sack on 11.9% of dropbacks (178 sacks on 1501), 4th-highest of 95 qualified QBs, in the 2021–2026 regular seasons (covered history).

Window: The 2021–2026 regular seasons (covered history)
Games: 59
Denominator: 1501 dropbacks (attempts + sacks)
Cohort: 95 qualified QBs

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Source & definition

Definition: Sacks taken divided by dropbacks, where dropbacks = pass attempts + sacks taken. Scrambles are not counted as dropbacks because the source weekly stats do not expose them.

Fields: stats_player_week.sacks_suffered, stats_player_week.attempts

Provider: nflverse data releases (schedules, weekly team/player stats, play-by-play) · dataset nflverse-2026-10-20-run2

Calculation: qb.sack_rate@1 · rules v1 · template v1 · computed Oct 20, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

Qualification: ranked only with at least 100 dropbacks (attempts + sacks); this entity qualified.

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