One of the more interesting statistics through the first six weeks of the 2022 NFL season had to do with which quarterbacks were most often used, and which quarterbacks were most often effective, as weapons on designed run plays. Taking scrambles and quarterback sneaks out of the equation; we’re talking only about plays in which the whole idea was for the quarterback to run the ball in some sort of schemed construct
Per Sports Info Solutions, Jalen Hurts led all quarterbacks with 42 designed runs for 124 yards and three touchdowns through the first six weeks of the season. Not a huge surprise. Nor was it a shock that Lamar Jackson ranked second with 39 designed runs for 320 yards and two touchdowns. After that, it was Kyler Murray with 26 designed runs for 144 yards and a touchdown, Marcus Mariota with 26 for 95 yards and two touchdowns, Daniel Jones with 22 for 62 yards, and Josh Allen with 22 for 49 yards and one touchdown.
