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

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Elvis Grbac

1× Pro BowlTop 20% all-time QBsIron Man

Height6'5"

Weight240 lb

BornAug 13, 1970

Age55

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 8, Pick 219 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end quarterback defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 114 · #930 · High-Value

Worth 114 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 21% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.8

Avg surplus

peak +40

5 seasons × ~22.8 surplus ≈ VORP 114

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
1994	—	SF	11	—	35	50	70.0%	393	2	1	4.0	2.0	7.9	7.8	2.0	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	SF	16	—	127	183	69.4%	1,469	8	5	4.4	2.7	8.0	7.7	1.6	96.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	SF	15	—	122	197	61.9%	1,236	8	10	4.1	5.1	6.3	4.8	0.8	72.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	KC	10	—	179	314	57.0%	1,943	11	6	3.5	1.9	6.2	6.0	1.8	79.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	KC	—	—	98	188	52.1%	1,142	5	12	2.7	6.4	6.1	3.7	0.4	53.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	KC	16	—	293	494	59.3%	3,360	22	13	4.5	2.6	6.8	6.5	1.7	83.7	26	19	10	0	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46.8	-12.2	—	0	0
2000	—	KC	14	—	303	509	59.5%	3,848	22	13	4.3	2.6	7.6	7.3	1.7	87.0	27	28	112	1	4.0	3.6	6	21.4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	56.6	-2.4	—	0	0
2001	—	BAL	14	—	265	467	56.7%	3,033	15	18	3.2	3.9	6.5	5.4	0.8	71.1	28	21	18	1	0.9	4.8	2	9.5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-36.5	-17.0	—	0	0
Career		—	97	—	1,422	2,402	59.2%	16,424	93	78	3.9	3.2	6.8	6.2	1.2	79.3	81	68	140	2	2.1	2.9	8	11.8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	66.9	-31.6	—	0	0

Career EPA35.3·67 passing · -32 rushing·11.8/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1994	24	SF	11	—	35	50	70.0%	393	2	1	4.0	2.0	7.9	7.8	2.0	98.2	—	6.6
1995	25	SF	16	—	127	183	69.4%	1,469	8	5	4.4	2.7	8.0	7.7	1.6	96.6	—	10.8
1996	26	SF	15	—	122	197	61.9%	1,236	8	10	4.1	5.1	6.3	4.8	0.8	72.2	—	6.4
1997	27	KC	10	—	179	314	57.0%	1,943	11	6	3.5	1.9	6.2	6.0	1.8	79.1	—	8.1
1998	28	KC	—	—	98	188	52.1%	1,142	5	12	2.7	6.4	6.1	3.7	0.4	53.1	—	—
1999	29	KC	16	—	293	494	59.3%	3,360	22	13	4.5	2.6	6.8	6.5	1.7	83.7	26	13
2000	30	KC	14	—	303	509	59.5%	3,848	22	13	4.3	2.6	7.6	7.3	1.7	87.0	27	13.9
2001	31	BAL	14	—	265	467	56.7%	3,033	15	18	3.2	3.9	6.5	5.4	0.8	71.1	28	8.5
Career			96		1,422	2,402	59.2%	16,424	93	78	3.9	3.2	6.8	—	—	79.3	81	67.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	29	KC	16	—	19	10	0	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	1
2000	30	KC	14	—	28	112	1	4.0	3.6	6	21.4	1
2001	31	BAL	14	—	21	18	1	0.9	4.8	2	9.5	1
Career			44		68	140	2	2.1	—	8	—	3

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	29	—	—	—	46.8	-12.2	—
2000	30	—	—	—	56.6	-2.4	—
2001	31	—	—	—	-36.5	-17.0	—
Career					—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2000	30	KC	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Career					0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 34.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 51elite 702001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Passing Yards leader18

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

11.75 EPA/season over 3 seasons54

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: 86%.

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Passing

Cmp30Att55Cmp%54.5%Yds286TD1Int3TD%1.8Int%5.5Y/A5.2AdjY/A3.1TD:INT0.3Rate52.5Sk4

Rushing

Att2Yds3Y/A1.51D11D%50.0

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-12.0Rush EPA0.1

College Stats

MichiganImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1989	Michigan	73	116	62.9%	824	8	3	6.9	2.6	7.1	7.3	2.7	96.3	—
1990	Michigan	155	266	58.3%	1,911	21	10	7.9	3.8	7.2	7.1	2.1	91.2	—
1991	Michigan	165	254	65.0%	2,085	25	6	9.8	2.4	8.2	9.1	4.2	113.4	—
1992	Michigan	129	199	64.8%	1,640	17	12	8.5	6.0	8.2	7.2	1.4	93.8	—
Career		522	835	62.5%	6,460	71	31	8.5	3.7	7.7	7.8	2.3	99.3	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1989	Michigan	20	-103	0	-5.2	0.0	—	—	—
1990	Michigan	22	17	0	0.8	0.0	—	—	—
1991	Michigan	23	-103	0	-4.5	0.0	—	—	—
1992	Michigan	15	-50	1	-3.3	6.7	—	—	—
Career		80	-239	1	-3.0	1.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1993 Draft Class· this player went #219

#196Brock MarionFS #198Troy BrownWR #200Craig HentrichP #202Doug PelfreyK #203Dave ThomasDB #204Antonio EdwardsDE #207Jessie ArmsteadOLB #208Greg RobinsonRB #209Maa TanuvasaDE #210Brian StableinWR #213Reggie GivensLB #214Blaine BishopS #215Stevie AndersonWR #216Alex Van PeltQB #218Dwayne GordonLB #222Trent GreenQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Elvis inherited the Kansas City Chiefs QB room from Rich Gannon (1995–1998), and handed it to Trent Green (2001–2006).

Todd Blackledge 1983–1987Steve Bono 1994–1996Rich Gannon 1995–1998Elvis Grbac 1997–2000Trent Green 2001–2006Damon Huard

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001team change
Joined BAL (from KC)
2001final season
Last recorded season with BAL
1997team change
Joined KC (from SF)
1993draft
Drafted by SF — Round 8, Pick 219

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 240 lb

Frame

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

F1994

C1995

D1996

C+1997

B1999

B+2000

B2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

86%

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
1994	393	35.7	2,378+1,985	139.9
1995	1,469	91.8	2,662+1,193	156.6
1996	1,236	82.4	2,470+1,234	145.3
1997	1,943	194.3	3,757+1,814	221
1999	3,360	210	3,945+585	232.1
2000	3,848	274.9	4,744+896	279
2001	3,033	216.6	3,937+904	231.6

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), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

114 career value over replacement — #930 all-time of 4,642. 16.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #219 (Rd 8) · SF · 1993 · +35.2 vs expected KV-H

58actual

22.8 expected · Δ+35.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Passing

College Rushing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1993 Draft Class· this player went #219

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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