Jeff Garcia is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Garcia in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Garcia's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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183 career value over replacement — #458 all-time of 4,695. 18.3/season above a replacement-level QB.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1999 | 29 | SF | 13 | — | 222 | 369 | 60.2% | 2,516 | 11 | 11 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 78.1 | 15 | 44 | 229 | 2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 13 | 29.5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 30 | SF | 16 | — | 349 | 550 | 63.5% | 4,238 | 31 | 9 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 99.0 | 23 | 71 | 403 | 4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 23 | 32.4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 31 | SF | 16 | — | 316 | 504 | 62.7% | 3,538 | 32 | 12 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 94.8 | 26 | 72 | 254 | 5 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 20 | 27.8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 32 | SF | 16 | — | 328 | 528 | 62.1% | 3,344 | 21 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 85.6 | 17 | 73 | 353 | 3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 30 | 41.1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 33 | SF | 13 | — | 225 | 392 | 57.4% | 2,704 | 18 | 13 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 80.1 | 22 | 54 | 325 | 7 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 24 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 6.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 |
| 2004 | 34 | CLE | 11 | — | 144 | 252 | 57.1% | 1,731 | 10 | 9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 76.7 | 25 | 34 | 169 | 2 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 15 | 44.1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 35 | DET | 6 | — | 102 | 173 | 59.0% | 937 | 3 | 6 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 65.1 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 5 | 29.4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 36 | PHI | 8 | — | 116 | 188 | 61.7% | 1,309 | 10 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 95.8 | 6 | 25 | 87 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 32.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 37 | TB | 13 | — | 209 | 327 | 63.9% | 2,440 | 13 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 94.6 | 19 | 35 | 116 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 10 | 28.6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 38 | TB | 12 | — | 244 | 377 | 64.7% | 2,712 | 12 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 90.0 | 24 | 34 | 151 | 1 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 14 | 41.2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 39 | PHI | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | -2 | 0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 125 | — | 2,255 | 3,660 | 61.6% | 25,469 | 161 | 82 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 87.7 | 183 | 462 | 2,136 | 26 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 162 | 35.1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 6.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 | |
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A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 183 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
9 seasons × ~20.3 surplus ≈
Andy Dalton
QB
85% match
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