Ed Luther is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Luther in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Luther'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 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1980 | 23–24 | SD | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 8.7 | -6.3 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 24–25 | SD | 16 | — | 7 | 15 | 46.7% | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 | -2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 25–26 | SD | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 26–27 | SD | 16 | — | 151 | 287 | 52.6% | 1,875 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 56.6 | 13 | 9 | -14 | 0 | -1.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 27–28 | SD | 15 | — | 83 | 151 | 55.0% | 1,163 | 5 | 3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 82.7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 61 | — | 245 | 460 | 53.3% | 3,187 | 12 | 23 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 63.2 | 20 | 20 | -19 | 0 | -0.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
46 career value over replacement — #2196 all-time of 4,695. 9.2/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #101 (Rd 4) · SDG · 1980 · +11.3 vs expected KV-H
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5 seasons · peak 4.6 in 1984
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.4 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1984 · +0.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#145 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 23–24 | SD | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 8.7 | -6.3 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24–25 | SD | 16 | — | 7 | 15 | 46.7% | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25–26 | SD | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 56.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26–27 | SD | 16 | — | 151 | 287 | 52.6% | 1,875 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 56.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27–28 | SD | 15 | — | 83 | 151 | 55.0% | 1,163 | 5 | 3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 82.7 | 7 | 4.6 |
| Career | 61 | 245 | 460 | 53.3% | 3,187 | 12 | 23 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 63.2 | 20 | 4.6 |
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 47.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 47· confidence 93%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)
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84% match
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