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Josh Freeman

QB (retired)

Josh Freeman: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

6-season NFL career with 13,875 passing yards and 81 TDs across TB, MIN, IND. 1st-round pick (#17) in 2009.

Milestone

Career regular-season totals

StatTotal
Games62
Pass yards13,875
Pass TDs81
INTs68
Rush yards947
TD/INT ratio1.19

2012 was his peak: 4,065 yards and 27 TDs in 16 starts — but the 7-9 record cost him the locker room.

Freeman season-by-season

SeasonTeamYdsTDsINTs
2009TB1,8571018
2010TB3,451256
2011TB3,5921622
2012TB4,0652717
2013TB/MIN76124
2015IND14911

TB years: 13,536 yards in 60 games. Post-TB stint (MIN + IND): 339 yards in 2 games total.

Split

Freeman career splits

StopYearsYdsTDs
TB2009-1313,53680
MIN20131900
IND20151491

TD trajectory: 10 in 2009, 25 in 2010, 16 in 2011, 27 in 2012, then 2 in 2013 before release.

Trend

Freeman passing TDs by season

xy
200910
201025
201116
201227
20132

He threw 22 INTs in 2011 — the most by any TB QB in a season since 1985.

Anomaly

Freeman INT spike

SeasonAttINTsINT%
201047461.3%
2011551224.0%
2012558173.0%

Drafted in the same 2009 1st round as Matthew Stafford (#1) and Mark Sanchez (#5). Freeman was out of the NFL by 27.

Comparison

2009 1st-round QBs — career outcome

PlayerPickCareer end
Matthew Stafford#1Active, SB winner
Mark Sanchez#5Out by age 31
Josh Freeman#17Out by age 27

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