Saints quarterback who showed growth as a 2025 starter and enters 2026 competing to hold the job in New Orleans' rebuild.
Spencer Rattler was named the Saints' starting quarterback as a second-year player under first-year head coach Kellen Moore in 2025. He completed 67.7 percent of his passes with growth in his game before rookie Tyler Shough took over late in the season. He enters 2026 competing to remain the starter as New Orleans rebuilds.
Path to the league
A former five-star recruit who started at Oklahoma before transferring to South Carolina, where he threw for a career-high 3,186 yards in 2023. The Saints drafted him in the fifth round, and he ascended the depth chart faster than his draft slot suggested.
2025 season
Appeared in nine games with eight starts, completing 174 of 257 passes (67.7 percent) for eight touchdowns and five interceptions, adding 167 rushing yards. Was benched in a Week 8 loss to Tampa Bay, after which rookie Tyler Shough took the starting job for the rest of a 5-12 season.
2026 outlook
Expected to compete with Tyler Shough for the starting job in training camp. The Saints are rebuilding, and the quarterback competition is one of the central questions of their offseason.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Spencer Rattler
- ESPN: Spencer Rattler player page
- Yahoo Sports: Saints 2025 review - Spencer Rattler
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Passing
9 games played▶Passing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | RTG | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | saints | 9 | 174 | 257 | 1,586 | 8 | 5 | 86.5 | 50.3 |
| 2024 | saints | 7 | 130 | 228 | 1,317 | 4 | 5 | 70.4 | 37.1 |
▶Rushing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | saints | 9 | 31 | 167 | 5.4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2024 | saints | 7 | 18 | 146 | 8.1 | 0 | 28 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Quarterback
- Group
- offense
- College
- South Carolina
- Hometown
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Age
- 25
- Status
- active
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