Drew Bledsoe ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Bledsoe in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bledsoe a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

QBDAL#11ACT

Drew Bledsoe

4× Pro Bowl4th youngest · 3,000 Passing Yards 3rd youngest · 4,000 Passing Yards Top 3% all-time QBsIron Legend⚡ Breakout · 2002 📉 Fades · -29% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002 Team Carrier · #178

Height6'5"

Weight238 lb

BornFeb 14, 1972

Age54

CollegeWashington State See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 1, Pick 1 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

20thPassing Yards·44,551 yds 28thPassing Touchdowns·251

Postseason all-time ranks

49thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,335 yds 59thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1994·Pass Yds4,555 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber quarterback (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 376 · #53 · All-Time

Worth 376 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+31.3

Avg surplus

peak +42

12 seasons × ~31.3 surplus ≈ VORP 376

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
1993	—	NE	13	—	214	429	49.9%	2,494	15	15	3.5	3.5	5.8	4.9	1.0	65.0	—	32	82	0	2.6	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	NE	16	—	400	691	57.9%	4,555	25	27	3.6	3.9	6.6	5.6	0.9	73.6	—	44	40	0	0.9	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	NE	15	—	323	636	50.8%	3,507	13	16	2.0	2.5	5.5	4.8	0.8	63.7	—	20	28	0	1.4	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	NE	16	—	373	623	59.9%	4,086	27	15	4.3	2.4	6.6	6.3	1.8	83.7	—	24	27	0	1.1	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	NE	16	—	314	522	60.2%	3,706	28	15	5.4	2.9	7.1	6.9	1.9	87.7	—	28	55	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NE	14	—	263	481	54.7%	3,633	20	14	4.2	2.9	7.6	7.1	1.4	80.9	—	28	44	0	1.6	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NE	16	—	303	533	56.8%	3,969	19	21	3.6	3.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	75.9	55	42	101	0	2.4	0.0	11	26.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PHI	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-26.1	-1.1	—	0	0
2000	—	NE	16	—	309	527	58.6%	3,247	17	13	3.2	2.5	6.2	5.7	1.3	77.1	45	47	158	2	3.4	4.3	14	29.8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.5	-6.6	—	0	0
2001	—	NE	2	—	40	66	60.6%	400	2	2	3.0	3.0	6.1	5.3	1.0	75.3	5	5	18	0	3.6	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.8	-3.0	—	0	0
2002	—	BUF	16	—	375	610	61.5%	4,359	24	15	3.9	2.5	7.1	6.8	1.6	86.0	54	27	67	2	2.5	7.4	10	37.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58.7	5.0	—	0	0
2003	—	BUF	16	—	274	471	58.2%	2,860	11	12	2.3	2.5	6.1	5.4	0.9	73.0	49	23	29	2	1.3	8.7	5	21.7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-64.0	-17.3	—	0	0
2004	—	BUF	16	—	256	449	57.0%	2,932	20	16	4.5	3.6	6.5	5.8	1.3	76.8	38	20	52	0	2.6	0.0	3	15.0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-16.3	-19.7	—	0	0
2005	—	DAL	16	—	300	499	60.1%	3,639	23	17	4.6	3.4	7.3	6.7	1.4	83.7	49	34	50	2	1.5	5.9	6	17.6	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	49.6	-16.8	—	0	0
2006	—	DAL	6	—	90	169	53.3%	1,164	7	8	4.1	4.7	6.9	5.6	0.9	69.2	16	8	28	2	3.5	25.0	6	75.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9.1	5.2	—	1,242	0
Career		—	198	—	3,834	6,706	57.2%	44,551	251	206	3.7	3.1	6.6	6.0	1.2	77.1	311	382	779	10	2.0	2.6	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	-21.5	-54.3	—	1,242	0

Career EPA-75.8·-21 passing · -54 rushing·-9.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1993	21	NE	13	—	214	429	49.9%	2,494	15	15	3.5	3.5	5.8	4.9	1.0	65.0	—	8.8
1994	22	NE	16	—	400	691	57.9%	4,555	25	27	3.6	3.9	6.6	5.6	0.9	73.6	—	13.9
1995	23	NE	15	—	323	636	50.8%	3,507	13	16	2.0	2.5	5.5	4.8	0.8	63.7	—	8.9
1996	24	NE	16	—	373	623	59.9%	4,086	27	15	4.3	2.4	6.6	6.3	1.8	83.7	—	15.2
1997	25	NE	16	—	314	522	60.2%	3,706	28	15	5.4	2.9	7.1	6.9	1.9	87.7	—	14.8
1998	26	NE	14	—	263	481	54.7%	3,633	20	14	4.2	2.9	7.6	7.1	1.4	80.9	—	11.3
1999	27	NE	16	—	303	533	56.8%	3,969	19	21	3.6	3.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	75.9	55	10.3
2000	28	NE	16	—	309	527	58.6%	3,247	17	13	3.2	2.5	6.2	5.7	1.3	77.1	45	13.2
2001	29	NE	2	—	40	66	60.6%	400	2	2	3.0	3.0	6.1	5.3	1.0	75.3	5	—
2002	30	BUF	16	—	375	610	61.5%	4,359	24	15	3.9	2.5	7.1	6.8	1.6	86.0	54	14.8
2003	31	BUF	16	—	274	471	58.2%	2,860	11	12	2.3	2.5	6.1	5.4	0.9	73.0	49	10.4
2004	32	BUF	16	—	256	449	57.0%	2,932	20	16	4.5	3.6	6.5	5.8	1.3	76.8	38	10.8
2005	33	DAL	16	—	300	499	60.1%	3,639	23	17	4.6	3.4	7.3	6.7	1.4	83.7	49	13.9
2006	34	DAL	6	—	90	169	53.3%	1,164	7	8	4.1	4.7	6.9	5.6	0.9	69.2	16	4.2
Career			194		3,834	6,706	57.2%	44,551	251	206	3.7	3.1	6.6	—	—	77.1	311	150.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1993	21	NE	13	—	32	82	0	2.6	0.0	—	—	—
1994	22	NE	16	—	44	40	0	0.9	0.0	—	—	—
1995	23	NE	15	—	20	28	0	1.4	0.0	—	—	—
1996	24	NE	16	—	24	27	0	1.1	0.0	—	—	—
1997	25	NE	16	—	28	55	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1998	26	NE	14	—	28	44	0	1.6	0.0	—	—	—
1999	27	NE	16	—	42	101	0	2.4	0.0	11	26.2	0
2000	28	NE	16	—	47	158	2	3.4	4.3	14	29.8	2
2001	29	NE	2	—	5	18	0	3.6	0.0	1	20.0	0
2002	30	BUF	16	—	27	67	2	2.5	7.4	10	37.0	0
2003	31	BUF	16	—	23	29	2	1.3	8.7	5	21.7	1
2004	32	BUF	16	—	20	52	0	2.6	0.0	3	15.0	2
2005	33	DAL	16	—	34	50	2	1.5	5.9	6	17.6	4
2006	34	DAL	6	—	8	28	2	3.5	25.0	6	75.0	0
Career			194		382	779	10	2.0	—	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	27	—	—	—	-26.1	-1.1	—	0
2000	28	—	—	—	-10.5	-6.6	—	0
2001	29	—	—	—	-3.8	-3.0	—	0
2002	30	—	—	—	58.7	5.0	—	0
2003	31	—	—	—	-64.0	-17.3	—	0
2004	32	—	—	—	-16.3	-19.7	—	0
2005	33	—	—	—	49.6	-16.8	—	0
2006	34	—	—	—	-9.1	5.2	—	1,242
Career					—	—	—	1,242

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 47.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1993bestavg 65elite 702006

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #178 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2000 NE·5 team wins#13

Passing Yards · 3,247 · score 26

2000 NE·5 team wins#16

Passing Touchdowns · 17 · score 20

2003 BUF·6 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 2,860 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 50% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

50% of the all-time Passing Yards leader50

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

-9.47 EPA/season over 8 seasons47

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: 87%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 77.1 regular season → 54.9 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-29%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Passing

Cmp129Att252Cmp%51.2%Yds1,335TD6Int12TD%2.4Int%4.8Y/A5.3AdjY/A3.6TD:INT0.5Rate54.9Sk2

Rushing

Att13Yds7Y/A0.5

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-0.0Rush EPA-1.6

College Stats

Washington StateImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1990	Washington State	92	189	48.7%	1,386	9	4	4.8	2.1	7.3	7.3	2.3	80.3	—
1991	Washington State	199	358	55.6%	2,741	17	15	4.7	4.2	7.7	6.7	1.1	78.7	—
1992	Washington State	211	386	54.7%	2,770	18	14	4.7	3.6	7.2	6.5	1.3	78.0	—
Career		502	933	53.8%	6,897	44	33	4.7	3.5	7.4	6.7	1.3	78.7	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1990	Washington State	49	67	4	1.4	8.2	—	—	—
1991	Washington State	104	94	2	0.9	1.9	—	—	—
1992	Washington State	78	53	4	0.7	5.1	—	—	—
Career		231	214	10	0.9	4.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1993 Draft Class· this player went #1

#2Rick MirerQB #3Garrison HearstRB #5John CopelandNT #6Eric CurryDE #7Curtis ConwayWR #8Willie RoafOT #9Lincoln KennedyOT #10Jerome BettisRB #11Dan WilliamsDE #13Brad HopkinsOT #16Sean DawkinsWR #17Tom CarterDB #19Lester HolmesG #21Robert SmithRB #22Darrien GordonDB #25O.J. McDuffieWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Drew inherited the New England Patriots QB room from Doug Flutie (1987–2005), and handed it to Tom Brady (2000–2019).

Tony Eason 1983–1989Doug Flutie 1987–2005Drew Bledsoe 1993–2001Tom Brady 2000–2019Brian Hoyer 2009–2022Jacoby Brissett

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2006final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2005team change
Joined DAL (from BUF)
2002team change
Joined BUF (from NE)
1993draft
Drafted by NE — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 238 lb

Frame

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C+1993

B+1994

B1995

B+1996

B+1997

B+1998

B+1999

B2000

B+2002

C+2003

C+2004

B2005

D2006

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
1993	2,494	191.8	3,880+1,386	228.2
1994	4,555	284.7	4,679+124	275.2
1995	3,507	233.8	4,227+720	248.6
1996	4,086	255.4	4,514+428	265.5
1997	3,706	231.6	4,269+563	251.1
1998	3,633	259.5	4,706+1,073	276.8
1999	3,969	248.1	4,444+475	261.4
2000	3,247	202.9	3,790+543	223
2002	4,359	272.4	4,645+286	273.2
2003	2,860	178.8	3,270+410	192.4
2004	2,932	183.3	3,409+477	200.5
2005	3,639	227.4	4,043+404	237.8
2006	1,164	194	3,582+2,418	210.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

376 career value over replacement — #53 all-time of 4,642. 28.9/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · NE · 1993 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

61.8 expected · Δ+12.2

💔+51.9 stolen VORP·1.82 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Passing

College Rushing

Reference Graph

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Franchise Succession

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