Brian Griese is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Griese in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Griese's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Brian Griese

1× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 1999 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #168

Height6'3"

Weight214 lb

BornMar 18, 1975

Age51

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 3, Pick 91 · DEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

92ndPassing Touchdowns·119 94thPassing Yards·19,332 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 152 · #619 · High-Value

Worth 152 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 14% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.3

Avg surplus

peak +32

6 seasons × ~25.3 surplus ≈ VORP 152

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving									Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1998	—	DEN	1	—	1	3	33.3%	2	0	1	0.0	33.3	0.7	-14.3	0.0	2.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	DEN	14	—	258	442	58.4%	3,006	14	14	3.2	3.2	6.8	6.0	1.0	76.4	27	44	117	2	2.7	4.5	15	34.1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	DEN	10	—	210	330	63.6%	2,606	19	4	5.8	1.2	7.9	8.5	4.8	102.2	17	27	95	1	3.5	3.7	7	25.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	DEN	15	—	275	451	61.0%	2,827	23	19	5.1	4.2	6.3	5.4	1.2	78.5	38	50	173	1	3.5	2.0	15	30.0	1	1	1	-6	0	100.0%	-6.0	-6.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	IND	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	DEN	13	—	291	436	66.7%	3,214	15	15	3.4	3.4	7.4	6.5	1.0	85.6	34	37	107	1	2.9	2.7	11	29.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	MIA	5	—	74	130	56.9%	813	5	6	3.8	4.6	6.3	4.9	0.8	69.2	12	5	15	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	TB	11	—	233	336	69.3%	2,632	20	12	6.0	3.6	7.8	7.4	1.7	97.5	26	30	17	0	0.6	0.0	1	3.3	1	1	1	-4	0	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	CAR	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	TB	6	—	112	174	64.4%	1,136	7	7	4.0	4.0	6.5	5.5	1.0	79.6	12	13	12	0	0.9	0.0	1	7.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CHI	5	—	18	32	56.3%	220	1	2	3.1	6.3	6.9	4.7	0.5	62.0	3	6	-5	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CHI	7	—	161	262	61.5%	1,803	10	12	3.8	4.6	6.9	5.6	0.8	75.6	15	13	28	0	2.2	0.0	3	23.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	TB	5	—	110	184	59.8%	1,073	5	7	2.7	3.8	5.8	4.7	0.7	69.4	9	5	-1	0	-0.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	99	—	1,743	2,780	62.7%	19,332	119	99	4.3	3.6	7.0	6.2	1.2	82.7	193	230	558	5	2.4	2.2	54	23.5	7	2	2	-10	0	100.0%	-5.0	-5.0	—	0	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA1.6·88 passing · -84 rushing · -2 receiving·0.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1998	23	DEN	1	—	1	3	33.3%	2	0	1	0.0	33.3	0.7	-14.3	0.0	2.8	—	—
1999	24	DEN	14	—	258	442	58.4%	3,006	14	14	3.2	3.2	6.8	6.0	1.0	76.4	27	10.2
2000	25	DEN	10	—	210	330	63.6%	2,606	19	4	5.8	1.2	7.9	8.5	4.8	102.2	17	12.4
2001	26	DEN	15	—	275	451	61.0%	2,827	23	19	5.1	4.2	6.3	5.4	1.2	78.5	38	11.7
2002	27	DEN	13	—	291	436	66.7%	3,214	15	15	3.4	3.4	7.4	6.5	1.0	85.6	34	9.7
2003	28	MIA	5	—	74	130	56.9%	813	5	6	3.8	4.6	6.3	4.9	0.8	69.2	12	2.8
2004	29	TB	11	—	233	336	69.3%	2,632	20	12	6.0	3.6	7.8	7.4	1.7	97.5	26	9.8
2005	30	TB	6	—	112	174	64.4%	1,136	7	7	4.0	4.0	6.5	5.5	1.0	79.6	12	3.8
2006	31	CHI	5	—	18	32	56.3%	220	1	2	3.1	6.3	6.9	4.7	0.5	62.0	3	0.5
2007	32	CHI	7	—	161	262	61.5%	1,803	10	12	3.8	4.6	6.9	5.6	0.8	75.6	15	4.9
2008	33	TB	5	—	110	184	59.8%	1,073	5	7	2.7	3.8	5.8	4.7	0.7	69.4	9	2.1
Career			92		1,743	2,780	62.7%	19,332	119	99	4.3	3.6	7.0	—	—	82.7	193	67.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	24	DEN	14	—	44	117	2	2.7	4.5	15	34.1	2
2000	25	DEN	10	—	27	95	1	3.5	3.7	7	25.9	1
2001	26	DEN	15	—	50	173	1	3.5	2.0	15	30.0	1
2002	27	DEN	13	—	37	107	1	2.9	2.7	11	29.7	0
2003	28	MIA	5	—	5	15	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2004	29	TB	11	—	30	17	0	0.6	0.0	1	3.3	1
2005	30	TB	6	—	13	12	0	0.9	0.0	1	7.7	0
2006	31	CHI	5	—	6	-5	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	1
2007	32	CHI	7	—	13	28	0	2.2	0.0	3	23.1	1
2008	33	TB	5	—	5	-1	0	-0.2	0.0	1	20.0	0
Career			91		230	558	5	2.4	—	54	—	7

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T
2001	26	DEN	15	—	1	1	-6	100.0%	-6.0	-6.0	—
2004	29	TB	11	—	1	1	-4	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—
Career			26		2	2	-10	100.0%	-5.0	-5.0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2001	26	IND	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2002	27	MIA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	29	CAR	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			7		7	7	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	24	—	—	—	6.0	-15.4	—	0
2000	25	—	—	—	83.2	-6.4	—	0
2001	26	—	—	—	-18.2	-8.8	-1.4	0
2002	27	—	—	—	34.8	-5.3	—	0
2003	28	—	—	—	-41.8	-0.9	—	0
2004	29	—	—	—	57.7	-23.7	-0.7	0
2005	30	—	—	—	-8.6	-6.1	—	0
2006	31	—	—	—	-2.3	-11.2	—	249
2007	32	—	—	—	0.3	-4.3	—	1,940
2008	33	—	—	—	-23.1	-2.2	—	1,278
Career					—	—	—	3,467

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 85%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 40.1

Availability 12.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1999bestavg 462008

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #168 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2004 TB·5 team wins#14

Passing Touchdowns · 20 · score 24

1999 DEN·6 team wins#12

Passing Yards · 3,006 · score 14

2004 TB·5 team wins#21

Passing Yards · 2,632 · score 10

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Passing Yards leader22

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

0.16 EPA/season over 10 seasons50

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 87%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

College Stats

MichiganImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1995	Michigan	127	239	53.1%	1,577	13	10	5.4	4.2	6.6	5.8	1.3	74.6	—
1996	Michigan	35	61	57.4%	513	3	2	4.9	3.3	8.4	7.9	1.5	87.7	—
1997	Michigan	193	307	62.9%	2,293	17	6	5.5	2.0	7.5	7.7	2.8	95.9	—
Career		355	607	58.5%	4,383	33	18	5.4	3.0	7.2	7.0	1.8	86.7	0

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1998 Draft Class· this player went #91

#80Ramos McDonaldDB #81Chris FloydFB #83Greg SpiresDE #84Jamie DuncanMLB #85Allen RossumDB #86Jonathan QuinnQB #87Kevin WilliamsDB #88Rashaan SheheeRB #92Hines WardWR #93Steve McKinneyG #94Alonzo MayesTE #96Az-Zahir HakimWR #97Fred WearyDB #98Roland WilliamsTE #100Michael MyersDT #101Tavian BanksRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Denver Broncos QB room from John Elway (1983–1998), and handed it to Jake Plummer (2003–2006).

Gary Kubiak 1983–1991John Elway 1983–1998Brian Griese 1998–2002Jake Plummer 2003–2006Jay Cutler 2006–2008Kyle Orton

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2008team change
Joined TB (from CHI)
2008final season
Last recorded season with TB
2006team change
Joined CHI (from TB)
2004team change
Joined TB (from MIA)
2003team change
Joined MIA (from DEN)
1998draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 3, Pick 91

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 214 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →

peak 62

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B1999

B2000

C+2001

B2002

F2003

B2004

D2005

F2006

C+2007

D2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

57%

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1999	3,006	214.7	4,007+1,001	235.7
2000	2,606	260.6	4,555+1,949	267.9
2001	2,827	188.5	3,515+688	206.7
2002	3,214	247.2	4,299+1,085	252.9
2003	813	162.6	3,021+2,208	177.7
2004	2,632	239.3	4,192+1,560	246.6
2005	1,136	189.3	3,540+2,404	208.2
2006	220	44	1,644+1,424	96.7
2007	1,803	257.6	4,388+2,585	258.1
2008	1,073	214.6	3,805+2,732	223.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

152 career value over replacement — #619 all-time of 4,642. 15.2/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #91 (Rd 3) · DEN · 1998 · +17.3 vs expected KV-H

56actual

38.7 expected · Δ+17.3

💔+65.4 stolen VORP·4.3 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

College Passing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #91

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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