Jay Schroeder is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Schroeder in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Schroeder'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 | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lng | |||||
| 1985 | 24 | WAS | 9 | — | 112 | 209 | 53.6% | 1,458 | 5 | 5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 73.8 | — | 17 | 30 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 44 |
| 1986 | 25 | WAS | 16 | — | 276 | 541 | 51.0% | 4,109 | 22 | 22 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 72.9 | — | 36 | 47 | 1 | 1.3 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 26 | WAS | 11 | — | 129 | 267 | 48.3% | 1,878 | 12 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 71.0 | — | 26 | 120 | 3 | 4.6 | 11.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 27 | OAK | 9 | — | 113 | 256 | 44.1% | 1,839 | 13 | 13 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 64.6 | — | 29 | 109 | 1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 28 | OAK | 11 | — | 91 | 194 | 46.9% | 1,550 | 8 | 13 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 60.3 | — | 15 | 38 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 29 | OAK | 16 | — | 182 | 334 | 54.5% | 2,849 | 19 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 90.8 | — | 37 | 81 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 30 | OAK | 15 | — | 189 | 357 | 52.9% | 2,562 | 15 | 16 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 71.4 | — | 28 | 76 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 31 | OAK | 13 | — | 123 | 253 | 48.6% | 1,476 | 11 | 11 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 63.3 | — | 28 | 160 | 0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 32 | CIN | 9 | — | 78 | 159 | 49.1% | 832 | 5 | 2 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 70.0 | — | 10 | 41 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 33 | ARI | 9 | — | 133 | 238 | 55.9% | 1,510 | 4 | 7 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 68.4 | — | 16 | 59 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 118 | — | 1,426 | 2,808 | 50.8% | 20,063 | 114 | 108 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 71.7 | — | 242 | 761 | 5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | — | — | — | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 44 | |
Career Value · VORP
179 career value over replacement — #483 all-time of 4,695. 17.9/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #83 (Rd 3) · WAS · 1984 · +21.5 vs expected KV-H
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Postseason all-time ranks
A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 179 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.9 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
10 seasons × ~17.9 surplus ≈ VORP 179
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81% match