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.

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Gus Frerotte

1× Pro BowlTop 24% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2005 📉 Fades · -26% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1996Two-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #652 all-time of 4,695. 13.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #197 (Rd 7) · WAS · 1994 · +33.1 vs expected KV-H

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21.9 expected · Δ+33.1

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Defense
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
1994	23	WAS	4	—	46	100	46.0%	600	5	5	5.0	5.0	6.0	4.8	1.0	61.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	24	WAS	16	—	199	396	50.3%	2,751	13	13	3.3	3.3	6.9	6.1	1.0	70.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	25	WAS	16	—	270	470	57.4%	3,453	12	11	2.6	2.3	7.3	6.8	1.1	79.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	26	WAS	13	—	204	402	50.7%	2,682	17	12	4.2	3.0	6.7	6.2	1.4	73.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	15	33	0	2.2	0.0	2	13.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	22	64	1	2.9	4.5	6	27.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	30	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	31	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	32	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	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
2006	35	STL	1	—	1	3	33.3%	27	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	—	67.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	36	STL	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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	19	7	1	0.4	5.3	3	15.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	119	—	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	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

94thPassing Yards·21,275 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

100thPlayoff Passing Yards·375 yds

Pro Bowls

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 150 · #652 · High-Value

Worth 150 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 15% of all 4,695 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.4

Avg surplus

peak +30

7 seasons × ~21.4 surplus ≈