Since coming out of Wisconsin, Wilson has set or tied rookie records for highest Lewin Career Forecast projection, touchdown passes, single-game DYAR (twice), and total season DYAR. When you include Wilsons four rushing scores, only Cam Newton (21 touchdowns passing, 14 rushing) produced more combined touchdowns in his first year. In the last half of the year, Wilson threw 16 touchdowns and two interceptions and led the NFL in passing DVOA. Over the course of the season, he was third in DVOA when trailing or tied in the fourth quarter or overtime (behind only Peyton Manning and Tom Brady) and fourth in DVOA on third downs (behind Manning, Brady, and Aaron Rodgers). He was also third in DVOA on deep passes.
The Seahawks worked around Wilsons height by putting him in motion. Including scrambles, he had a league-high 163 plays outside the pocket, with a DVOA of 39.3%. If defenses wanted to blitz the edge and keep Wilson in the pocket, that was OK toohis DVOA there was 37.8%, one of the ten best in football and better than Super Bowl winners like Drew Brees, Eli Manning, and Ben Roethlisberger. Finally, he was second to Cam Newton among quarterbacks in rushing DYAR.