Gardner Minshew Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Gardner Minshew
QB
, Jacksonville Jaguars

Age: 24
Weight: 0 lbs
Height: 0' 0"

ADP: 164
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	PaYds	PaTD	Int	RuYds
227	3271	21	6	344

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

In his 12 starts as a rookie, Minshew averaged 237 yards, 1.5 touchdowns and 0.3 interceptions, while adding 28 yards rushing. This equates to 16.6 fantasy points per game, which would have been the 15th-highest per game average in 2019. Like Blake Bortles before him, Minshew has the tools to be a solid fantasy asset for a team that is likely to trail most of the 2020 season. He offers good value as the 25th quarterback off the board, especially in best ball formats.

Latest news

Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew activated from COVID list

Jaguars on Twitter

yesterday · 9:52 AM EDT

The Jaguars have activated QB Gardner Minshew II and S Andrew Wingard from our Reserve/COVID-19 list and have moved CB D.J. Hayden off the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list.

Fantasy Impact:

Minshew is now on the active roster. We rank Minshew 25th on our QB list but feel he offers good value at that spot. He averaged 16.6 fantasy points per game last year, which would have ranked 15th among QBs.

Scouting report

by Bob Harris

· Jul 24 · 8:46 AM EDT

JAX QB Gardner Minshew - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
The trade of Nick Foles to Chicago this offseason was good news for Minshew. As a rookie who was just trying to find his way onto the field, Minshew quietly had at least 16 points in eight of his 12 starts in 2019. Minshew is also more mobile than he gets credit for -- he had at least 27 rushing yards in eight games -- but he will benefit from the pass-first mentality of new QB coach Ben McAdoo and offensive coordinator Jay Gruden. It will be Gruden's job to revitalize the offense with a more potent vertical passing game all while helping develop Minshew into a more polished quarterback. The belief is Gruden's West Coast offense scheme is a good fit for the second-year QB and should create more scoring opportunities.

Fantasy Downside
That's necessary because the Jaguars ranked near the bottom of the league last season in scoring at 26th (18.6) and were 31st in red zone TD scoring percentage (40.43).

2020 Bottom Line
The good news? Gruden's offense is designed around play-action passing, taking shots downfield and quick reads by the quarterback. Remember, Minshew flashed big-play ability, throwing 21 touchdowns to just six interceptions. Worth noting: His 129.0 QB Rating on passes that traveled at least 20 yards in the air was the best in the NFL, while Patrick Mahomes was the runner-up with a 122.9 QB rating.

2020 Strength of Schedule - JAX

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
14 IND	19 @TEN	27 MIA	28 @CIN	24 @HOU	30 DET	BYE	7 @LAC	24 HOU	12 @GB	2 PIT	23 CLE	6 @MIN	19 TEN	3 @BAL	5 CHI	14 @IND

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Wk	Opp	Comp	Att	PaYds	PaTD	Int	YPA	YPR	RuAtt	Yds	TD	Fum	YPC	Pts	Snaps	%
1	KC	22	25	275	2	1	11.00	12.50	1	6	0	0	6.00	17.6	47/58	81.0%
2	@HOU	23	33	213	1	0	6.45	9.26	6	56	0	1	9.33	16.1	67/67	100.0%
3	TEN	20	30	204	2	0	6.80	10.20	4	18	0	0	4.50	18.0	54/54	100.0%
4	@DEN	19	33	213	2	0	6.45	11.21	1	2	0	0	2.00	16.7	85/85	100.0%
5	@CAR	26	44	374	2	0	8.50	14.38	7	42	0	3	6.00	21.2	84/84	100.0%
6	NO	14	29	163	0	1	5.62	11.64	2	1	0	0	0.50	4.6	59/59	100.0%
7	@CIN	15	32	255	1	0	7.97	17.00	9	48	0	0	5.33	19.0	82/82	100.0%
8	NYJ	22	34	279	3	0	8.21	12.68	8	28	0	1	3.50	24.0	76/76	100.0%
9	HOU	27	47	309	0	2	6.57	11.44	4	34	0	2	8.50	7.8	67/67	100.0%
10	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	@IND	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/63	0.0%
12	@TEN	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0/86	0.0%
13	TB	16	27	147	1	1	5.44	9.19	2	8	0	0	4.00	10.7	45/73	61.6%
14	LAC	24	37	162	1	0	4.38	6.75	6	31	0	0	5.17	13.6	66/66	100.0%
15	@LV	17	29	201	2	0	6.93	11.82	5	27	0	0	5.40	18.7	57/57	100.0%
16	@ATL	13	31	181	1	0	5.84	13.92	7	36	0	0	5.14	14.8	62/62	100.0%
17	IND	27	39	295	3	1	7.56	10.93	5	7	0	0	1.40	24.5	69/69	100.0%
Per game		20.36	33.57	233.64	1.50	0.43	6.96	11.48	4.79	24.57	0	0.50	5.13	16.23	65.71/68.50	95.91%
Totals		285	470	3271	21	6	6.96	11.48	67	344	0	7	5.13	227.24	920/1108	95.91%