Jeff Driskel

Jeff Driskel’s a Texans footnote with 2,394 career yards and one win in 11 starts, while C.J. Stroud’s the supernova rewriting Houston’s QB history at 23—think franchise savior vs. the reliable clipboards guy who handed off the keys. Driskel’s 58.6% completion and 6.1 yards per pop look pedestrian next to Stroud’s rocket arm; one’s etched in stone, the other’s still drafting chapters.

Nah, Jeff Driskel’s not in Canton—no bust waiting for him among the immortals. The sixth-rounder from Louisiana Tech bounced through seven teams, tossing 2,394 yards and 16 TDs over eight years, but zero Pro Bowls or All-Pro nods keep him off the Hall radar. It’s the journeyman life, not the gold jacket club.

In 2026, Driskel’s holding down the No. 2 QB spot for the Commanders behind Josh Johnson, signing on in December ’25 just in time for their Cowboy clash. At 32, he’s battling undrafted rook Sam Hartman for No. 3 duties while Jayden Daniels and Marcus Mariota lock down the top—classic depth chart limbo, but he’s still suiting up.

Driskel’s dual-threat legs—384 rushing yards, 3 TDs—would feast under today’s pass-happy rules with no-huddle tempos and RPO galore, but his 6.1 yards per attempt and 79.4 passer rating scream backup in this air-it-out era. He’d carve spot duty like a poor man’s Taysom Hill, not light up stat sheets.

Both Texans stopgaps, but Driskel’s dismal 7.17 rating across seven games buries Case Keenum’s gritty 16.55 in the same Houston blue jerseys—Keenum at least engineered miracle drives, while Driskel’s 108 yards and one TD felt like watching paint dry. Journeymen unite, yet Keenum’s the comeback kid who stuck the landing.