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

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Jake Plummer

1× Pro BowlTop 12% all-time QBsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2004Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #80

Height6'2"

Weight212 lb

BornDec 19, 1974

Age51

CollegeArizona State See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 2, Pick 42 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

49thPassing Yards·29,153 yds 67thPassing Touchdowns·160

Postseason all-time ranks

65thPlayoff Passing Yards·885 yds 69thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·5

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 235 · #263 · Elite

Worth 235 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.5

Avg surplus

peak +37

10 seasons × ~23.5 surplus ≈ VORP 235

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								Receiving									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	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1997	—	ARI	10	—	157	296	53.0%	2,203	15	15	5.1	5.1	7.4	6.2	1.0	73.1	—	39	216	2	5.5	5.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	ARI	16	—	324	547	59.2%	3,737	17	20	3.1	3.7	6.8	5.8	0.8	75.0	—	51	217	4	4.3	7.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	ARI	12	—	200	379	52.8%	2,104	9	23	2.4	6.1	5.6	3.3	0.4	51.8	27	38	114	2	3.0	5.3	12	31.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	ARI	14	—	266	469	56.7%	2,852	12	20	2.6	4.3	6.1	4.7	0.6	65.4	22	37	183	0	4.9	0.0	12	32.4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	WAS	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	ARI	16	—	304	525	57.9%	3,653	18	14	3.4	2.7	7.0	6.4	1.3	79.6	29	35	163	0	4.7	0.0	8	22.9	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	ARI	16	—	284	530	53.6%	2,972	18	20	3.4	3.8	5.6	4.6	0.9	65.7	36	46	283	2	6.2	4.3	21	45.7	4	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	SF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	DEN	11	—	189	302	62.6%	2,183	15	7	5.0	2.3	7.2	7.2	2.1	91.3	14	37	205	3	5.5	8.1	16	43.2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	DEN	16	—	303	522	58.0%	4,089	27	20	5.2	3.8	7.8	7.1	1.4	84.4	17	60	215	1	3.6	1.7	13	21.7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	TEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	DEN	16	—	277	456	60.7%	3,366	18	7	3.9	1.5	7.4	7.5	2.6	90.2	23	45	156	2	3.5	4.4	13	28.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	NYJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	DEN	12	—	175	317	55.2%	1,994	11	13	3.5	4.1	6.3	5.1	0.8	68.8	18	36	112	1	3.1	2.8	10	27.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	IND	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	153	—	2,479	4,343	57.1%	29,153	160	159	3.7	3.7	6.7	5.8	1.0	74.6	186	424	1,864	17	4.4	4.0	105	24.8	12	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	15	14	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA11.1·31 passing · -19 rushing·1.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1997	23	ARI	10	—	157	296	53.0%	2,203	15	15	5.1	5.1	7.4	6.2	1.0	73.1	—	8.7
1998	24	ARI	16	—	324	547	59.2%	3,737	17	20	3.1	3.7	6.8	5.8	0.8	75.0	—	12.6
1999	25	ARI	12	—	200	379	52.8%	2,104	9	23	2.4	6.1	5.6	3.3	0.4	51.8	27	3.4
2000	26	ARI	14	—	266	469	56.7%	2,852	12	20	2.6	4.3	6.1	4.7	0.6	65.4	22	7.6
2001	27	ARI	16	—	304	525	57.9%	3,653	18	14	3.4	2.7	7.0	6.4	1.3	79.6	29	12.3
2002	28	ARI	16	—	284	530	53.6%	2,972	18	20	3.4	3.8	5.6	4.6	0.9	65.7	36	8.7
2003	29	DEN	11	—	189	302	62.6%	2,183	15	7	5.0	2.3	7.2	7.2	2.1	91.3	14	12
2004	30	DEN	16	—	303	522	58.0%	4,089	27	20	5.2	3.8	7.8	7.1	1.4	84.4	17	14.6
2005	31	DEN	16	—	277	456	60.7%	3,366	18	7	3.9	1.5	7.4	7.5	2.6	90.2	23	15.9
2006	32	DEN	12	—	175	317	55.2%	1,994	11	13	3.5	4.1	6.3	5.1	0.8	68.8	18	6.5
Career			139		2,479	4,343	57.1%	29,153	160	159	3.7	3.7	6.7	—	—	74.6	186	102.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1997	23	ARI	10	—	39	216	2	5.5	5.1	—	—	—
1998	24	ARI	16	—	51	217	4	4.3	7.8	—	—	—
1999	25	ARI	12	—	38	114	2	3.0	5.3	12	31.6	1
2000	26	ARI	14	—	37	183	0	4.9	0.0	12	32.4	2
2001	27	ARI	16	—	35	163	0	4.7	0.0	8	22.9	2
2002	28	ARI	16	—	46	283	2	6.2	4.3	21	45.7	4
2003	29	DEN	11	—	37	205	3	5.5	8.1	16	43.2	1
2004	30	DEN	16	—	60	215	1	3.6	1.7	13	21.7	1
2005	31	DEN	16	—	45	156	2	3.5	4.4	13	28.9	1
2006	32	DEN	12	—	36	112	1	3.1	2.8	10	27.8	0
Career			139		424	1,864	17	4.4	—	105	—	12

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2002	28	ARI	16	—	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
Career			16		1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	25	SF	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2000	26	WAS	4	—	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	28	SF	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2003	29	LAC	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2004	30	TEN	3	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	31	NYJ	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2006	32	IND	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			14		15	14	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	25	—	—	—	-64.7	-11.4	—	0
2000	26	—	—	—	-42.3	-4.9	—	0
2001	27	—	—	—	40.2	-7.4	—	0
2002	28	—	—	—	-56.0	3.8	-0.4	0
2003	29	—	—	—	45.5	14.8	—	0
2004	30	—	—	—	65.5	-10.3	—	0
2005	31	—	—	—	68.5	-4.2	—	0
2006	32	—	—	—	-26.1	0.6	—	2,925
Career					—	—	—	2,925

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 60elite 702006

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #80 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

104

5 qualifying seasons

2000 ARI·3 team wins#14

Passing Yards · 2,852 · score 48

2002 ARI·5 team wins#15

Passing Touchdowns · 18 · score 22

2002 ARI·5 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 2,972 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader33

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

1.39 EPA/season over 8 seasons50

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Passer Rating: 74.6 regular season → 81.4 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+9%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Passing

Cmp80Att120Cmp%66.7%Yds885TD5Int6TD%4.2Int%5.0Y/A7.4AdjY/A6.0TD:INT0.8Rate81.4Sk10

Rushing

Att18Yds56Y/A3.11D31D%16.7

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-4.9Rush EPA-2.9

College Stats

Arizona StateImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1993	Arizona State	102	199	51.3%	1,650	9	7	4.5	3.5	8.3	7.6	1.3	79.8	—
1994	Arizona State	159	294	54.1%	2,179	15	9	5.1	3.1	7.4	7.1	1.7	82.3	—
1995	Arizona State	173	301	57.5%	2,222	17	9	5.6	3.0	7.4	7.2	1.9	87.1	—
1996	Arizona State	179	313	57.2%	2,575	23	9	7.3	2.9	8.2	8.4	2.6	96.5	—
1996	School rank[28]	4	3	133.3%	3	4	—	133.3	—	1.0	—	—	—	—
Career		617	1,110	55.6%	8,629	68	34	6.1	3.1	7.8	7.6	2.0	88.5	0

Reference Graph

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

1997 Draft Class· this player went #42

#33Rob KellyDB #34Jamie SharperOLB #36Tiki BarberRB #37Jerry WunschOT #38John AllredTE #39Jared TomichDE #40Dexter McCleonDB #41Byron HanspardRB #43Corey DillonRB #44Sam MadisonCB #45Freddie JonesTE #46Joey KentWR #47Kevin LockettWR #48Adam MeadowsOT #50Mike LoganDB #52Marcellus WileyDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jake inherited the Arizona Cardinals QB room from Kent Graham (1996–1997), and handed it to Josh McCown (2002–2005).

Neil Lomax 1981–1988Chris Chandler 1991–1993Steve Beuerlein 1993–1994Kent Graham 1996–1997Jake Plummer 1997–2002Josh McCown

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2006final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2003team change
Joined DEN (from ARI)
1997draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 2, Pick 42

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 212 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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

B1997

B+1998

C+1999

C+2000

B2001

C+2002

C+2003

B+2004

B2005

C2006

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

87%

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
1997	2,203	220.3	4,114+1,911	242
1998	3,737	233.6	4,342+605	255.4
1999	2,104	175.3	3,491+1,387	205.3
2000	2,852	203.7	3,801+949	223.6
2001	3,653	228.3	4,112+459	241.9
2002	2,972	185.8	3,454+482	203.2
2003	2,183	198.5	3,574+1,391	210.2
2004	4,089	255.6	4,420+331	260
2005	3,366	210.4	3,817+451	224.6
2006	1,994	166.2	3,222+1,228	189.6

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

Career Value · VORP

235 career value over replacement — #263 all-time of 4,642. 23.5/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #42 (Rd 2) · ARI · 1997 · +14.2 vs expected KV-H

64actual

49.8 expected · Δ+14.2

💔+30.3 stolen VORP·1.3 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Passing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1997 Draft Class· this player went #42

Franchise Succession

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