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Christian Ponder

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Christian Ponder

Top 46% all-time QBsSolid ContributorTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #505

Height6'2"

Weight230 lb

BornFeb 25, 1988

Age38

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 12 · MIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A quarterback with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 16 · #3288 · Role Player

Worth 16 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 72% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

36

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8

Avg surplus

peak +12

2 seasons × ~8 surplus ≈ VORP 16

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
2011	—	MIN	11	—	158	291	54.3%	1,853	13	13	4.5	4.5	6.4	5.3	1.0	70.1	30	28	219	0	7.8	0.0	13	46.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	MIN	16	—	300	483	62.1%	2,935	18	12	3.7	2.5	6.1	5.7	1.5	81.2	32	60	253	2	4.2	3.3	11	18.3	1	1	1	-15	0	100.0%	-15.0	-15.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	—	MIN	9	—	152	239	63.6%	1,648	7	9	2.9	3.8	6.9	5.8	0.8	77.9	27	34	151	4	4.4	11.8	12	35.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2014	—	MIN	2	—	22	44	50.0%	222	0	2	0.0	4.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	45.8	6	4	16	1	4.0	25.0	2	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	43	—	632	1,057	59.8%	6,658	38	36	3.6	3.4	6.3	5.5	1.1	75.9	95	126	639	7	5.1	5.6	38	30.2	2	1	1	-15	0	100.0%	-15.0	-15.0	—	0	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-85.6·-108 passing · 24 rushing · -2 receiving·-21.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2011	23	MIN	11	—	158	291	54.3%	1,853	13	13	4.5	4.5	6.4	5.3	1.0	70.1	30	6.1
2012	24	MIN	16	—	300	483	62.1%	2,935	18	12	3.7	2.5	6.1	5.7	1.5	81.2	32	10.3
2013	25	MIN	9	8*	152	239	63.6%	1,648	7	9	2.9	3.8	6.9	5.8	0.8	77.9	27	4.6
2014	26	MIN	2	—	22	44	50.0%	222	0	2	0.0	4.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	45.8	6	—
Career			38	8*	632	1,057	59.8%	6,658	38	36	3.6	3.4	6.3	—	—	75.9	95	21

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2011	23	MIN	11	—	28	219	0	7.8	0.0	13	46.4	0
2012	24	MIN	16	—	60	253	2	4.2	3.3	11	18.3	1
2013	25	MIN	9	8*	34	151	4	4.4	11.8	12	35.3	1
2014	26	MIN	2	—	4	16	1	4.0	25.0	2	50.0	0
Career			38	8*	126	639	7	5.1	—	38	—	2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2012	24	MIN	16	—	1	1	-15	0	100.0%	-15.0	-15.0	—	0
Career			16		1	1	-15	0	100.0%	-15.0	-15.0	—	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2011	23	LV	2	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	24	IND	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	25	GB	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2014	26	GB	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			5	1*	5	5	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	25	MIN	9	8*	511	85.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	26	MIN	2	—	89	56.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			11	8*	600	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2011	23	—	—	—	-56.5	17.6	—	2,667	0
2012	24	—	—	—	-9.0	-3.9	-2.0	3,344	-15
2013	25	—	—	8*	-23.0	8.1	—	2,041	0
2014	26	—	—	—	-19.1	2.2	—	370	0
Career				8*	—	—	—	8,422	-15

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 36 · Depth / Rotational

A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 36 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

43

Sustained

career value

×.6

41

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 42.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 36· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 43

On-field 26.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 412013

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #505 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

8

1 qualifying season

2011 MIN·3 team wins#24

Passing Touchdowns · 13 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

10

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Passing Yards leader7

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-21.4 EPA/season over 4 seasons43

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: 86%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

34

Rotational

SIS

EPA / snap:-0.053See leaderboard →

EPA/snap-0.053Snap share71.1%Off snaps600Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within quarterbacks, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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 · 2011

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

QB · 2011 class

4.63s

40-Yard

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 53thClass Pos 50thClass All 51th

34"

Vertical

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 54thClass Pos 68thClass All 60th

116"

Broad Jump

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 46thClass Pos 55thClass All 53th

6.85s

3-Cone

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 86thClass Pos 50thClass All 74th

4.09s

Shuttle

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 89thClass Pos 90thClass All 85th

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #12

#4A.J. GreenWR #5Patrick PetersonCB #6Julio JonesWR #7Aldon SmithDE #8Jake LockerQB #9Tyron SmithOT #10Blaine GabbertQB #11J.J. WattDE #13Nick FairleyDT #14Robert QuinnDE #15Mike PounceyC #16Ryan KerriganDE #17Nate SolderOT #18Corey LiugetDT #19Prince AmukamaraCB #20Adrian ClaybornDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Christian inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Brett Favre (2009–2010), and handed it to Teddy Bridgewater (2014–2017).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper

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Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2011draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 1, Pick 12

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 230 lb

Frame

229 lb at 4.63s

Size-speed

34" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	MIN	2	W4Out· RibW14Out· Concussion
2012	MIN	0	W18Questionable· right Elbow
2011	MIN	0	W14Questionable· Hip

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 3-season peers. See all →

36

peak 41

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

C2011

C2012

D2013

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

59%

20112014

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
2011	1,853	168.5	2,963+1,110	174.3
2012	2,935	183.4	3,050+115	179.4
2013	1,648	183.1	2,911+1,263	171.2

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

Career Value · VORP

16 career value over replacement — #3288 all-time of 4,642. 5.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeBust ↓

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · MIN · 2011 · -24.3 vs expected KV-H

36actual

60.3 expected · Δ−24.3

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