Herbert was sacked on 9.5% of dropbacks
Justin Herbert took a sack on 9.5% of dropbacks (54 sacks on 566), 8th-highest of 45 qualified QBs, in the 2025 regular season.
- Window
- The 2025 regular season
- Games
- 16
- Denominator
- 566 dropbacks (attempts + sacks)
- Cohort
- 45 qualified QBs
- Sacks are not solely the quarterback's fault: protection, scheme and receivers all contribute.
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, 3:20 PM UTC
Qualification: ranked only with at least 100 dropbacks (attempts + sacks); this entity qualified.