Chad Pennington is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Pennington delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

QBMIA#10RES

Chad Pennington

Top 17% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 2002 📉 Fades · -13% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2008Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #412

Height6'3"

Weight225 lb

BornJun 26, 1976

Age50

CollegeMarshall See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 1, Pick 18 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

44thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,418 yds 45thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·8

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 128 · #791 · High-Value

Worth 128 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.3

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~21.3 surplus ≈ VORP 128

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								Defense													Advanced (EPA)
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2000	—	NYJ	1	—	2	5	40.0%	67	1	0	20.0	0.0	13.4	17.4	—	127.1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.1	-1.1	—	0	0
2001	—	NYJ	2	—	10	20	50.0%	92	1	0	5.0	0.0	4.6	5.6	—	79.6	1	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.8	0.0	—	0	0
2002	—	NYJ	15	—	275	399	68.9%	3,120	22	6	5.5	1.5	7.8	8.2	3.7	104.2	22	29	49	2	1.7	6.9	7	24.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	117.2	-1.7	—	0	0
2003	—	NYJ	10	—	189	297	63.6%	2,139	13	12	4.4	4.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	82.9	25	21	42	2	2.0	9.5	6	28.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.6	-4.9	—	0	0
2004	—	NYJ	13	—	242	370	65.4%	2,673	16	9	4.3	2.4	7.2	7.0	1.8	91.0	18	34	126	1	3.7	2.9	12	35.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29.4	0.1	—	0	0
2005	—	NYJ	3	—	49	83	59.0%	530	2	3	2.4	3.6	6.4	5.2	0.7	70.9	9	6	27	0	4.5	0.0	2	33.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1	-2.8	—	0	0
2006	—	NYJ	16	—	313	485	64.5%	3,352	17	16	3.5	3.3	6.9	6.1	1.1	82.6	29	36	111	0	3.1	0.0	12	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24.7	6.1	—	3,660	0
2007	—	NYJ	9	—	179	260	68.8%	1,766	10	9	3.8	3.5	6.8	6.0	1.1	86.2	26	20	32	1	1.6	5.0	9	45.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5	-1.6	—	1,913	0
2008	—	MIA	16	—	321	476	67.4%	3,653	19	7	4.0	1.5	7.7	7.8	2.7	97.4	23	31	58	1	1.9	3.2	6	19.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	90.0	-7.3	—	3,884	0
2009	—	MIA	3	—	51	74	68.9%	413	1	2	1.4	2.7	5.6	4.6	0.5	76.0	6	3	7	0	2.3	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5	-4.9	—	554	0
2010	—	MIA	1	—	1	2	50.0%	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.5	9.5	—	83.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9	—	—	9	0
Career		—	94	—	1,632	2,471	66.0%	17,824	102	64	4.1	2.6	7.2	6.9	1.6	90.1	160	182	463	7	2.5	3.8	56	30.8	4	5	3	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	278.2	-18.2	—	10,020	0

Career EPA260.0·278 passing · -18 rushing·23.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2000	24	NYJ	1	—	2	5	40.0%	67	1	0	20.0	0.0	13.4	17.4	—	127.1	1	—
2001	25	NYJ	2	—	10	20	50.0%	92	1	0	5.0	0.0	4.6	5.6	—	79.6	1	—
2002	26	NYJ	15	—	275	399	68.9%	3,120	22	6	5.5	1.5	7.8	8.2	3.7	104.2	22	15.7
2003	27	NYJ	10	—	189	297	63.6%	2,139	13	12	4.4	4.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	82.9	25	8.5
2004	28	NYJ	13	—	242	370	65.4%	2,673	16	9	4.3	2.4	7.2	7.0	1.8	91.0	18	11.7
2005	29	NYJ	3	—	49	83	59.0%	530	2	3	2.4	3.6	6.4	5.2	0.7	70.9	9	—
2006	30	NYJ	16	—	313	485	64.5%	3,352	17	16	3.5	3.3	6.9	6.1	1.1	82.6	29	11.1
2007	31	NYJ	9	—	179	260	68.8%	1,766	10	9	3.8	3.5	6.8	6.0	1.1	86.2	26	7.4
2008	32	MIA	16	—	321	476	67.4%	3,653	19	7	4.0	1.5	7.7	7.8	2.7	97.4	23	15.4
2009	33	MIA	3	—	51	74	68.9%	413	1	2	1.4	2.7	5.6	4.6	0.5	76.0	6	—
2010	34	MIA	1	—	1	2	50.0%	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.5	9.5	—	83.3	0	—
Career			89		1,632	2,471	66.0%	17,824	102	64	4.1	2.6	7.2	—	—	90.1	160	69.8

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2000	24	NYJ	1	—	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2001	25	NYJ	2	—	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2002	26	NYJ	15	—	29	49	2	1.7	6.9	7	24.1	0
2003	27	NYJ	10	—	21	42	2	2.0	9.5	6	28.6	1
2004	28	NYJ	13	—	34	126	1	3.7	2.9	12	35.3	1
2005	29	NYJ	3	—	6	27	0	4.5	0.0	2	33.3	1
2006	30	NYJ	16	—	36	111	0	3.1	0.0	12	33.3	0
2007	31	NYJ	9	—	20	32	1	1.6	5.0	9	45.0	1
2008	32	MIA	16	—	31	58	1	1.9	3.2	6	19.4	0
2009	33	MIA	3	—	3	7	0	2.3	0.0	2	66.7	0
Career			88		182	463	7	2.5	—	56	—	4

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2002	26	JAX	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2003	27	PIT	1	—	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	28	PIT	1	—	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	31	CIN	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	32	NYJ	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			5		5	3	2	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
2000	24	—	—	—	7.1	-1.1	—	0
2001	25	—	—	—	-2.8	0.0	—	0
2002	26	—	—	—	117.2	-1.7	—	0
2003	27	—	—	—	22.6	-4.9	—	0
2004	28	—	—	—	29.4	0.1	—	0
2005	29	—	—	—	-8.1	-2.8	—	0
2006	30	—	—	—	24.7	6.1	—	3,660
2007	31	—	—	—	-2.5	-1.6	—	1,913
2008	32	—	—	—	90.0	-7.3	—	3,884
2009	33	—	—	—	-0.5	-4.9	—	554
2010	34	—	—	—	0.9	—	—	9
Career					—	—	—	10,020

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 40.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 572008

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #412 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2007 NYJ·4 team wins#23

Passing Touchdowns · 10 · score 9

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#21

Passing Touchdowns · 13 · score 5

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#24

Passing Yards · 2,139 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Passing Yards leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

23.64 EPA/season over 11 seasons58

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: 88%.

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+).

Combine · 2000

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

QB · 2000 class

4.81s

40-Yard

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 34thClass Pos 73thClass All 34th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 49thClass Pos 72thClass All 49th

111"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 28thClass Pos 86thClass All 39th

7.12s

3-Cone

Below avg · 47th pct

Pos 47thAll 54thClass Pos 93thClass All 55th

4.16s

Shuttle

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 79thClass Pos 93thClass All 72th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 90.1 regular season → 78.0 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-13%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Passing

Cmp132Att216Cmp%61.1%Yds1,418TD8Int8TD%3.7Int%3.7Y/A6.6AdjY/A5.6TD:INT1.0Rate77.3Sk17

Rushing

Att11Yds20Y/A1.81D11D%9.1Fmb2

Defense

Tkl1Ast1

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-3.5Rush EPA-13.9Pass AirYd570

College Stats

MarshallCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Marshall), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

2000 Draft Class· this player went #18

#10Travis TaylorWR #11Ron DayneRB #12Shaun EllisDE #13John AbrahamOLB #14Bubba FranksTE #15Deltha O'NealCB #16Julian PetersonOLB #17Sebastian JanikowskiK #19Shaun AlexanderRB #20Stockar McDougleOT #21Sylvester MorrisWR #22Chris McIntoshOT #23Rashard AndersonCB #24Ahmed PlummerCB #25Chris HovanDT #26Erik FlowersDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chad inherited the New York Jets QB room from Vinny Testaverde (1998–2005), and handed it to Mark Sanchez (2009–2012).

Ken O'Brien 1984–1992Boomer Esiason 1993–1995Neil O'Donnell 1996–1997Ray Lucas 1997–2000Vinny Testaverde 1998–2005Chad Pennington

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2008team change
Joined MIA (from NYJ)
2000draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 18

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 225 lb

Frame

229 lb at 4.81s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 111" broad

Explosion

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+2002

C+2003

C+2004

B2006

C+2007

B2008

Availability

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

60%

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
2002	3,120	208	3,760+640	221.2
2003	2,139	213.9	3,812+1,673	224.2
2004	2,673	205.6	3,722+1,049	218.9
2006	3,352	209.5	3,782+430	222.5
2007	1,766	196.2	3,637+1,871	214
2008	3,653	228.3	3,967+314	233.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

128 career value over replacement — #791 all-time of 4,642. 21.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet57% in top 3 yrs Mr. ReliableCV 0.24

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #18 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2000 · +2.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

56.5 expected · Δ+2.5

💔+76.7 stolen VORP·3.6 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #18

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator