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

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Deshaun Watson

3× Pro BowlTop 16% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2020Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #38

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Career Value · VORP

101 career value over replacement — #1136 all-time of 4,695. 14.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×3 top-10 Comet68% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2017 · -1.5 vs expected KV-H

60actual

61.5 expected · Δ−1.5

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Snap Counts						Receiving
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2017	21–22	HOU	7	—	126	204	61.8%	1,699	19	8	9.3	3.9	8.3	8.4	2.4	103.0	19	36	269	2	7.5	5.6	14	38.9	0	464	93.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	22–23	HOU	16	—	345	505	68.3%	4,165	26	9	5.1	1.8	8.2	8.5	2.9	103.1	62	99	551	5	5.6	5.1	33	33.3	1	1,093	99.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	23–24	HOU	15	—	333	495	67.3%	3,852	26	12	5.3	2.4	7.8	7.7	2.2	98.0	44	82	413	7	5.0	8.5	29	35.4	1	997	99.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	6	1	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1
2020	24–25	HOU	16	—	382	544	70.2%	4,823	33	7	6.1	1.3	8.9	9.5	4.7	112.4	49	90	444	3	4.9	3.3	31	34.4	1	978	99.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	26–27	CLE	6	—	99	170	58.2%	1,102	7	5	4.1	2.9	6.5	6.0	1.4	79.1	20	36	175	1	4.9	2.8	10	27.8	0	387	98.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	27–28	CLE	6	—	105	171	61.4%	1,115	7	4	4.1	2.3	6.5	6.3	1.8	84.3	17	26	142	1	5.5	3.8	10	38.5	1	383	83.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	28–29	CLE	7	—	137	216	63.4%	1,148	5	3	2.3	1.4	5.3	5.2	1.7	79.0	33	31	148	1	4.8	3.2	8	25.8	1	415	88.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	30–31	CLE	5	—	95	148	64.2%	1,010	7	2	4.7	1.4	6.8	7.2	3.5	94.1	19	37	167	0	4.5	0.0	12	32.4	1	310	99.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	78	—	1,622	2,453	66.1%	18,914	130	50	5.3	2.0	7.7	7.9	2.6	98.5	263	437	2,309	20	5.3	4.6	147	33.6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	6	1	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	1

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

89thPassing Touchdowns·130

Postseason all-time ranks

68thPlayoff Passing Yards·870 yds 79thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·4

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 101 · #1136 · High-Value

Worth 101 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 25% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.3

Avg surplus

peak +41

4 seasons × ~25.3 surplus ≈