Jack Trudeau is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Trudeau in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Trudeau'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 | |||||
| 1986 | 23–24 | IND | 12 | — | 204 | 417 | 48.9% | 2,225 | 8 | 18 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 53.5 | — | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1.6 | 7.7 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 24–25 | IND | 10 | — | 128 | 229 | 55.9% | 1,587 | 6 | 6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 75.4 | — | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 25–26 | IND | 2 | — | 14 | 34 | 41.2% | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 19.0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26–27 | IND | 13 | — | 190 | 362 | 52.5% | 2,317 | 15 | 13 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 71.3 | — | 35 | 91 | 2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 27–28 | IND | 6 | — | 84 | 144 | 58.3% | 1,078 | 6 | 6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 78.4 | — | 10 | 28 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 28–29 | IND | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 2.7 | -3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 29–30 | IND | 11 | — | 105 | 181 | 58.0% | 1,271 | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 68.6 | — | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 30–31 | IND | 5 | — | 85 | 162 | 52.5% | 992 | 2 | 7 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 57.4 | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 31–32 | NYJ | 5 | — | 50 | 91 | 54.9% | 496 | 1 | 4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 55.9 | — | 6 | 30 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 32–33 | CAR | 1 | — | 11 | 17 | 64.7% | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 5.9 | -2.1 | 0.0 | 40.9 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 67 | — | 873 | 1,644 | 53.1% | 10,243 | 42 | 69 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 63.3 | — | 97 | 186 | 3 | 1.9 | 3.1 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
68 career value over replacement — #1702 all-time of 4,695. 9.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #47 (Rd 2) · IND · 1986 · +1.6 vs expected KV-H
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A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 68 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 37% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.6 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~13.6 surplus ≈ VORP 68
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