Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1988 | 24–25 | TEN | 6 | — | 52 | 112 | 46.4% | 775 | 4 | 6 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 59.2 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3.0 | 8.3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 25–26 | TEN | 6 | — | 15 | 31 | 48.4% | 155 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 49.8 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 26–27 | TEN | 6 | — | 37 | 55 | 67.3% | 383 | 4 | 2 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 96.2 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 27–28 | TEN | 3 | — | 7 | 12 | 58.3% | 114 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 11.2 | — | 118.1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | -0.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 28–29 | TEN | 11 | — | 149 | 227 | 65.6% | 1,710 | 9 | 11 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 81.2 | 15 | 27 | 77 | 1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 29–30 | TEN | 8 | — | 51 | 90 | 56.7% | 605 | 2 | 4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 66.2 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 2 | 2.9 | 14.3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 30–31 | TEN | 5 | — | 59 | 132 | 44.7% | 727 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 52.2 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 45 | — | 370 | 659 | 56.1% | 4,469 | 21 | 28 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 70.0 | 54 | 81 | 217 | 4 | 2.7 | 4.9 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
15 career value over replacement — #3384 all-time of 4,695. 2.5/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #64 (Rd 3) · HOU · 1987 · -10.1 vs expected KV-H
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