Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images. Pictured: Davis Mills
Thursday Night Football bettors, meet Davis Mills, your new Houston Texans starting quarterback.
No, it won’t be Tyrod Taylor or Deshaun Watson taking snaps under center against the Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton isn’t walking in the door as a free agent.
It’ll be a third-round rookie quarterback in a primetime spot as a home underdog with Houston getting 8 points (real-time odds here).
So, who is Davis Mills and should your money go on him or against him?
Davis Mills College Career
Mills was a two-year starter at Stanford, making 14 career appearances (5 starts in a COVID-shortened 2020 season). He spent four total seasons in college, redshirting his freshman year and serving as K.J. Costello’s backup during his second season.
In those 14 appearances, Mills threw 18 touchdowns to eight interceptions, completing 65.5% of his passes for 3,468 yards.
Individual highlights include a 504-yard performance against Washington State in 2019. In ’20, he threw for more than one touchdown in a game just once, throwing three touchdowns and three interceptions in the season finale against UCLA. His 428 yards that game were a season high.
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Davis Mills NFL Career
The 6-foot-3 quarterback was drafted in the third round of the NFL draft, 67th overall. Mills was the seventh quarterback taken, behind Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields, Mac Jones and Kyle Trask.
After replacing Taylor, who suffered a hamstring injury in Week 2, Mills completed 8-of-18 passes (42%) for 102 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
At least for now, the team has decided not to bring in another quarterback with Taylor out and Watson unlikely to be active. Jeff Driskel will be Mills’ backup with Taylor injured.
Davis Mills Fantasy Football Rankings
Mills doesn’t appear to be a quarterback worthy of consideration in fantasy football leagues this week. According to The Action Network consensus rankings, Mills comes in at No. 32 in Week 3 for quarterbacks.
