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

QBMIN#12ACT

Gus Frerotte

1× Pro BowlTop 23% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2005 📉 Fades · -26% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999Two-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight233 lb

BornJul 31, 1971

Age54

CollegeTulsa See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 7, Pick 197 · WAS

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

85thPassing Yards·21,275 yds 94thPassing Touchdowns·114

Postseason all-time ranks

98thPlayoff Passing Yards·375 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 150 · #636 · High-Value

Worth 150 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.4

Avg surplus

peak +30

7 seasons × ~21.4 surplus ≈ VORP 150

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	—	WAS	4	—	46	100	46.0%	600	5	5	5.0	5.0	6.0	4.8	1.0	61.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	WAS	16	—	199	396	50.3%	2,751	13	13	3.3	3.3	6.9	6.1	1.0	70.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	WAS	16	—	270	470	57.4%	3,453	12	11	2.6	2.3	7.3	6.8	1.1	79.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	WAS	13	—	204	402	50.7%	2,682	17	12	4.2	3.0	6.7	6.2	1.4	73.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	WAS	3	—	25	54	46.3%	283	1	3	1.9	5.6	5.2	3.1	0.3	45.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	DET	9	—	174	287	60.6%	2,111	9	7	3.1	2.4	7.4	6.9	1.3	83.5	27	15	33	0	2.2	0.0	2	13.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.4	-5.5	—	0	0
2000	—	DEN	9	—	137	230	59.6%	1,766	9	8	3.9	3.5	7.7	6.9	1.1	82.3	11	22	64	1	2.9	4.5	6	27.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.5	-0.1	—	0	0
2001	—	DEN	4	—	30	48	62.5%	308	3	0	6.3	0.0	6.4	7.7	—	101.7	3	10	9	1	0.9	10.0	2	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.7	-2.8	—	0	0
2002	—	CIN	3	—	44	85	51.8%	437	1	5	1.2	5.9	5.1	2.7	0.2	46.1	10	4	22	0	5.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-32.2	2.7	—	0	0
2003	—	MIN	5	—	38	65	58.5%	690	7	2	10.8	3.1	10.6	11.4	3.5	118.1	5	12	-2	0	-0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.9	-3.4	—	0	0
2004	—	MIN	1	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.7	—	—	0	0
2005	—	MIA	16	—	257	494	52.0%	2,996	18	13	3.6	2.6	6.1	5.6	1.4	71.9	26	27	61	0	2.3	0.0	6	22.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.1	-13.2	—	0	0
2006	—	LA	1	—	1	3	33.3%	27	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	—	67.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5	—	—	57	0
2007	—	LA	8	—	94	167	56.3%	1,014	7	12	4.2	7.2	6.1	3.7	0.6	58.3	11	6	3	0	0.5	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-48.8	-2.5	—	1,505	0
2008	—	MIN	11	—	178	301	59.1%	2,157	12	15	4.0	5.0	7.2	5.7	0.8	73.7	29	19	7	1	0.4	5.3	3	15.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	DET	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-31.7	-10.2	—	2,463	0
Career		—	123	—	1,697	3,103	54.7%	21,275	114	106	3.7	3.4	6.9	6.1	1.1	74.2	122	115	197	3	1.7	2.6	21	18.3	1	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-59.5	-35.1	—	4,025	0

Career EPA-94.6·-60 passing · -35 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
1994	23	WAS	4	—	46	100	46.0%	600	5	5	5.0	5.0	6.0	4.8	1.0	61.3	—	2.2
1995	24	WAS	16	—	199	396	50.3%	2,751	13	13	3.3	3.3	6.9	6.1	1.0	70.2	—	9.7
1996	25	WAS	16	—	270	470	57.4%	3,453	12	11	2.6	2.3	7.3	6.8	1.1	79.3	—	11.6
1997	26	WAS	13	—	204	402	50.7%	2,682	17	12	4.2	3.0	6.7	6.2	1.4	73.8	—	10.1
1998	27	WAS	3	—	25	54	46.3%	283	1	3	1.9	5.6	5.2	3.1	0.3	45.5	—	—
1999	28	DET	9	—	174	287	60.6%	2,111	9	7	3.1	2.4	7.4	6.9	1.3	83.5	27	6.9
2000	29	DEN	9	—	137	230	59.6%	1,766	9	8	3.9	3.5	7.7	6.9	1.1	82.3	11	7.1
2001	30	DEN	4	—	30	48	62.5%	308	3	0	6.3	0.0	6.4	7.7	—	101.7	3	3.1
2002	31	CIN	3	—	44	85	51.8%	437	1	5	1.2	5.9	5.1	2.7	0.2	46.1	10	—
2003	32	MIN	5	—	38	65	58.5%	690	7	2	10.8	3.1	10.6	11.4	3.5	118.1	5	4.7
2004	33	MIN	1	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—
2005	34	MIA	16	—	257	494	52.0%	2,996	18	13	3.6	2.6	6.1	5.6	1.4	71.9	26	11
2006	35	LA	1	—	1	3	33.3%	27	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	—	67.4	0	—
2007	36	LA	8	—	94	167	56.3%	1,014	7	12	4.2	7.2	6.1	3.7	0.6	58.3	11	3.1
2008	37	MIN	11	—	178	301	59.1%	2,157	12	15	4.0	5.0	7.2	5.7	0.8	73.7	29	5.5
Career			119		1,697	3,103	54.7%	21,275	114	106	3.7	3.4	6.9	—	—	74.2	122	75

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	28	DET	9	—	15	33	0	2.2	0.0	2	13.3	0
2000	29	DEN	9	—	22	64	1	2.9	4.5	6	27.3	0
2001	30	DEN	4	—	10	9	1	0.9	10.0	2	20.0	0
2002	31	CIN	3	—	4	22	0	5.5	0.0	0	0.0	0
2003	32	MIN	5	—	12	-2	0	-0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0
2005	34	MIA	16	—	27	61	0	2.3	0.0	6	22.2	0
2007	36	LA	8	—	6	3	0	0.5	0.0	2	33.3	0
2008	37	MIN	11	—	19	7	1	0.4	5.3	3	15.8	1
Career			65		115	197	3	1.7	—	21	—	1

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2000	29	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	31	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	34	MIA	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	1
2008	37	DET	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			5		4	4	—	—	1

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	28	—	—	—	17.4	-5.5	—	0
2000	29	—	—	—	6.5	-0.1	—	0
2001	30	—	—	—	11.7	-2.8	—	0
2002	31	—	—	—	-32.2	2.7	—	0
2003	32	—	—	—	26.9	-3.4	—	0
2004	33	—	—	—	-2.7	—	—	0
2005	34	—	—	—	-8.1	-13.2	—	0
2006	35	—	—	—	1.5	—	—	57
2007	36	—	—	—	-48.8	-2.5	—	1,505
2008	37	—	—	—	-31.7	-10.2	—	2,463
Career					—	—	—	4,025

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 36.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 432008

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Passing Yards leader24

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-9.46 EPA/season over 10 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: 74.3 regular season → 55.2 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-26%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Passing

Cmp34Att74Cmp%45.9%Yds375TD1Int2TD%1.4Int%2.7Y/A5.1AdjY/A4.1TD:INT0.5Rate54.7Sk8

Rushing

Att3Yds15Y/A5.0

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-21.4Rush EPA0.3

College Stats

TulsaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tulsa), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

1994 Draft Class· this player went #197

#172Terry SamuelsRB #175Ruffin HamiltonLB #176Derrell MitchellWR #177Brant BoyerOLB #179Andrew JordanTE #182Lee WoodallLB #193Mitch BergerP #194Barron WorthamMLB #200Jim PyneC #201Jamal AndersonRB #202Carlester CrumplerTE #208Glenn FoleyQB #210Keith BurnsLB #217Rob HolmbergLB #218Tom NalenC #219Tracy GreeneTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Gus inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Daunte Culpepper (1999–2005), and handed it to Shaun Hill (2005–2016).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008team change
Joined MIN (from LA)
2008final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2006team change
Joined LA (from MIA)
2005team change
Joined MIA (from MIN)
2003team change
Joined MIN (from CIN)
2002team change
Joined CIN (from DEN)
2000team change
Joined DEN (from DET)
1999team change
Joined DET (from WAS)
1994draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 7, Pick 197

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 233 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

F1994

C+1995

B1996

B1997

B1999

C+2000

F2001

F2003

C+2005

D2007

C+2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 15 seasons.

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	600	150	3,434+2,834	202
1995	2,751	171.9	3,545+794	208.5
1996	3,453	215.8	4,047+594	238
1997	2,682	206.3	3,922+1,240	230.7
1999	2,111	234.6	4,267+2,156	251
2000	1,766	196.2	3,701+1,935	217.7
2001	308	77	1,843+1,535	108.4
2003	690	138	2,642+1,952	155.4
2005	2,996	187.3	3,512+516	206.6
2007	1,014	126.8	2,787+1,773	163.9
2008	2,157	196.1	3,586+1,429	211

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) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #636 all-time of 4,642. 13.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #197 (Rd 7) · WAS · 1994 · +29.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

25.9 expected · Δ+29.1

Fan Rating

Rate Gus Frerotte — All-Time

Tap a star to rate

Explore More

Similar Players

Stan Humphries

89% match

Patrick Ramsey

88% match

Scott Mitchell

88% match

Brandon Weeden

85% match

Chad Henne

84% match

Compare Gus Frerotte vs Player Report data error

Gus Frerotte

All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #197

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography