Brock Purdy earns PFWA All-Rookie honors
Brock Purdy’s stint because the 49ers’ beginning quarterback within the common season was transient, however his productiveness in 5 begins and a sixth sport the place he took a majority of the snaps underneath heart was profitable sufficient to earn him All-Rookie honors from the Professional Soccer Writers of America.
The PFWA listed Purdy because the QB on the 27-player roster that features 11 on offense, 11 on protection and 5 particular groups choices.
Purdy got here on in Week 13 when Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a damaged foot. He accomplished 25-of-37 throws for 210 yards with two touchdowns and one interception whereas main the 49ers to a 33-17 win over the Dolphins. He didn’t take his foot off the fuel after that, going 5-0 as a starter whereas finishing 68.6 % of his throws for 1,098 yards with 11 touchdowns and two interceptions within the common season.
Nonetheless, the 49ers’ rookie sign caller didn’t have a lot competitors from his fellow first-year QBs. Solely 4 rookie quarterbacks threw greater than 100 passes this 12 months: Purdy, Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett, Atlanta’s Desmond Ridder and Miami’s Skylar Thompson.
Of these 4 QBs, Purdy led all of them in completion fee, touchdowns, landing fee, yards per try, yards per completion and QB score. His 107.3 score was 21.4 factors larger than the second place Ridder, who began 4 video games.
Purdy’s Rookie of the Yr argument hits a snag contemplating his comparatively restricted quantity of snaps, but it surely’s clear that he was the NFL’s greatest first-year sign caller, so seeing Mr. Irrelevant on the PFWA All-Rookie group makes a ton of sense.