Doug Flutie is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Flutie in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Flutie's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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 | |||||
| 1986 | 23–24 | CHI | 4 | — | 23 | 46 | 50.0% | 361 | 3 | 2 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 80.1 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 4.0 | 11.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 24–25 | NE | 1 | — | 15 | 25 | 60.0% | 199 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | — | 98.6 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 25–26 | NE | 11 | — | 92 | 179 | 51.4% | 1,150 | 8 | 10 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 63.3 | 11 | 38 | 179 | 1 | 4.7 | 2.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26–27 | NE | 5 | — | 36 | 91 | 39.6% | 493 | 2 | 4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 46.6 | 6 | 16 | 87 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 35–36 | BUF | 13 | — | 202 | 354 | 57.1% | 2,711 | 20 | 11 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 87.4 | 12 | 48 | 248 | 1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 36–37 | BUF | 15 | — | 261 | 471 | 55.4% | 3,145 | 18 | 14 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 76.4 | 25 | 87 | 462 | 1 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 30 | 34.5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 37–38 | BUF | 10 | — | 129 | 225 | 57.3% | 1,656 | 8 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 88.7 | 9 | 35 | 159 | 1 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 10 | 28.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38–39 | SD | 16 | — | 294 | 521 | 56.4% | 3,464 | 15 | 18 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 72.0 | 25 | 52 | 192 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 12 | 23.1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 39–40 | SD | 1 | — | 3 | 11 | 27.3% | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | — | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 40–41 | SD | 7 | — | 91 | 167 | 54.5% | 1,097 | 9 | 4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 82.8 | 8 | 33 | 168 | 2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 12 | 36.4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 41–42 | SD | 2 | — | 20 | 38 | 52.6% | 276 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | — | 85.0 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 7.8 | 40.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 42–43 | NE | 4 | — | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | — | 56.3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 89 | — | 1,171 | 2,138 | 54.8% | 14,645 | 85 | 65 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 76.9 | 105 | 335 | 1,618 | 10 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 68 | 20.3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
98 career value over replacement — #1180 all-time of 4,695. 10.9/season above a replacement-level QB.
Career Profile
Pick #285 (Rd 11) · RAM · 1985 · +54 vs expected KV-H
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