Gardner Minshew

QB

#15

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 27

Weight: 225 lbs

College: Washington State

2023 SEASON

TDS

15
INT

9
YDS

3305
RTG

84.61

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Year

Passing

Attempts

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	RATE
Attempts 11-Through-20	15	144	85	59	1049	7.3	58	5	4	46	31.9	14	81.6
Attempts 1-Through-10	16	152	105	69.1	1085	7.1	59	4	0	52	34.2	11	98.2
Attempts 21-Through-30	14	105	64	61	587	5.6	75	3	3	25	23.8	4	73.8
Attempts 31+	7	89	51	57.3	584	6.6	55	3	2	24	27	7	79

Field Position

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	15	58	30	51.7	218	3.8	18	10	1	14	24.1	0	5	35	93.2
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	15	124	79	63.7	761	6.1	42	2	3	37	29.8	8	6	38	76
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	13	48	30	62.5	304	6.3	34	0	2	10	20.8	4	7	18	63.2
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	15	260	166	63.8	2022	7.8	75	3	3	86	33.1	24	16	96	86.7

Game Halves

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
1st Half	15	266	166	62.4	1781	6.7	59	10	2	82	30.8	17	20	122	91.4
Last Two Minutes of Half	16	74	39	52.7	333	4.5	34	3	0	22	29.7	1	5	30	78.3
2nd Half	16	216	133	61.6	1409	6.5	75	4	7	62	28.7	17	13	63	73.2

Home vs Road

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Home Games	9	196	119	60.7	1504	7.7	75	8	3	62	31.6	20	13	65	91.9
Road Games	8	294	186	63.3	1801	6.1	55	7	6	85	28.9	16	21	122	79.8

Margin of Victory

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Margin 0-7	6	192	121	63	1363	7.1	58	4	2	54	28.1	17	11	72	86.8
Margin 15+	1	28	18	64.3	215	7.7	42	3	0	8	28.6	3	3	13	123.4
Margin 8-14	2	49	36	73.5	298	6.1	43	2	0	16	32.6	2	1	7	102.2

Point Differential

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Ahead	11	155	97	62.6	996	6.4	58	4	2	48	31	11	8	61	84.2
Ahead by 1-8 Points	11	118	73	61.9	833	7.1	58	3	1	37	31.4	10	7	54	88
Ahead by 9-16 Points	4	26	16	61.5	108	4.2	14	1	1	9	34.6	0	0	0	67.5
Behind	13	249	151	60.6	1834	7.4	75	10	7	76	30.5	23	20	95	85
Behind by 1-8 Points	12	137	85	62	1041	7.6	75	6	2	40	29.2	12	12	51	94
Behind by 9-16 Points	9	65	36	55.4	453	7	42	3	3	20	30.8	7	6	33	73.4
Tied	17	86	57	66.3	475	5.5	50	1	0	23	26.7	2	6	31	84.2

Quarters

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
1st Quarter	13	95	68	71.6	650	6.8	59	3	0	30	31.6	4	12	74	100.8
4th Quarter	16	117	68	58.1	746	6.4	75	3	3	30	25.6	9	10	42	75
4th Quarter within 7	9	52	31	59.6	369	7.1	75	1	0	12	23.1	5	5	16	87.7
Overtime	2	8	6	75	115	14.4	55	1	0	3	37.5	2	1	2	156.2
2nd Quarter	15	171	98	57.3	1131	6.6	58	7	2	52	30.4	13	8	48	86.2
3rd Quarter	15	99	65	65.7	663	6.7	40	1	4	32	32.3	8	3	21	71.2

Stadium Surfaces

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Grass	3	123	76	61.8	768	6.2	55	4	3	31	25.2	8	7	38	80.3
Turf	14	367	229	62.4	2537	6.9	75	11	6	116	31.6	28	27	149	86.1

Rushing

Attempts

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Attempts 11-Through-20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempts 1-Through-10	16	34	100	2.9	23	3	7
Attempts 21-Through-30	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempts 31+	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Field Position

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	15	7	28	4	17	3	3
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	15	12	44	3.7	23	0	3
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	13	1	4	4	4	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	15	14	24	1.7	7	0	1

Game Halves

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
1st Half	15	19	74	3.9	17	3	6
Last Two Minutes of Half	16	14	-9	-0.6	2	0	0
2nd Half	16	15	26	1.7	23	0	1

Home vs Road

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Home Games	9	14	51	3.6	17	3	4
Road Games	8	20	49	2.4	23	0	3

Margin of Victory

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Margin 0-7	6	12	11	0.9	5	1	1
Margin 15+	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Margin 8-14	2	7	8	1.1	7	0	1

Point Differential

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Ahead	11	14	8	0.6	5	1	1
Ahead by 1-8 Points	11	8	9	1.1	5	1	1
Ahead by 9-16 Points	4	6	-1	-0.2	2	0	0
Behind	13	11	46	4.2	23	1	4
Behind by 1-8 Points	12	7	13	1.9	4	1	2
Behind by 9-16 Points	9	3	31	10.3	23	0	2
Tied	17	9	46	5.1	17	1	2

Quarters

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
1st Quarter	13	8	51	6.4	17	1	2
4th Quarter	16	12	-3	-0.2	5	0	0
4th Quarter within 7	9	6	-3	-0.5	5	0	0
Overtime	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Quarter	15	11	23	2.1	6	2	4
3rd Quarter	15	3	29	9.7	23	0	1

Stadium Surfaces

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Grass	3	10	11	1.1	7	0	1
Turf	14	24	89	3.7	23	3	6

Fumbles

Field Position

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	15	1	1	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	15	2	0	1
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	13	1	1	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	15	4	3	1

Game Halves

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
1st Half	15	6	4	1
Last Two Minutes of Half	16	4	3	0
2nd Half	16	2	1	1

Home vs Road

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Home Games	9	4	3	0	1	0	0
Road Games	8	4	2	0	1	0	0

Margin of Victory

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Margin 0-7	6	4	1	2
Margin 15+	1	0	0	0
Margin 8-14	2	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Ahead	11	4	2	1
Ahead by 1-8 Points	11	3	2	0
Ahead by 9-16 Points	4	1	0	1
Behind	13	4	3	1
Behind by 1-8 Points	12	3	3	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	9	1	0	1
Tied	17	0	0	0

Quarters

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
1st Quarter	13	1	1	0
4th Quarter	16	1	1	0
4th Quarter within 7	9	1	1	0
Overtime	2	0	0	0
2nd Quarter	15	5	3	1
3rd Quarter	15	1	0	1

Stadium Surfaces

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Grass	3	3	2	0	1	0	0
Turf	14	5	3	0	1	0	0

Biography

Minshew joins the Silver and Black after earning a 2023 Pro Bowl selection with the Colts, where he played in all 17 games (13 starts), completing 305-of-490 passes (62.2%) for 3,305 yards, 15 touchdowns, nine interceptions and an 84.6 passer rating. He also rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns on 34 attempts. His 305 completions and 3,305 passing yards were both single-season career highs. After taking over as the starter in Week 6, Minshew led the Colts to a 6-6 record to finish out the season, including four-straight wins from Weeks 9-13. He also recorded a 100.0+ passer rating in six games last season, tied for the 11th most in the NFL. In Week 7 vs. Cleveland, Minshew rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two touchdowns, becoming the first player in Colts history to accomplish the feat and one of only five players to do so in 2023.

The 6-1, 225-pound quarterback comes to Las Vegas for his sixth NFL season after making stops in Jacksonville (2019-20), Philadelphia (2021-22) and Indianapolis (2023). Minshew originally entered the league as a sixth-round pick (178th overall) by the Jaguars in the 2019 NFL Draft and has played in 49 career games (37 starts) and thrown for 9,937 passing yards, 59 passing touchdowns, 24 interceptions and a 90.2 passer rating. His 2.5 passing touchdowns to interception ratio is the 10th best mark in the NFL among quarterbacks with at least 1,400 attempts since 2019.

A native of Flowood, Miss., Minshew began his collegiate career at Northwest Mississippi Community College in 2015 before transferring to East Carolina for two seasons (2016-17). He then finished his collegiate career at Washington State in 2018 where he started in 13 games and completed 468-of-662 passes for a single-season career-high 4,479 yards and 38 touchdowns with only nine interceptions, setting Pac-12 and school single-season records in completions and passing yards. He earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and First Team All-Pac-12 honors.

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