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

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Josh Freeman

Top 18% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2012Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #133

Height6'6"

Weight240 lb

BornJan 13, 1988

Age38

CollegeKansas State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 87 · #1336 · High-Value

Worth 87 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.8

Avg surplus

peak +30

4 seasons × ~21.8 surplus ≈ VORP 87

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								Defense													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2009	—	TB	10	—	159	291	54.6%	1,857	10	18	3.4	6.2	6.4	4.3	0.6	59.9	19	31	162	0	5.2	0.0	11	35.5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	TB	16	—	291	474	61.4%	3,451	25	6	5.3	1.3	7.3	7.8	4.2	95.9	28	68	364	0	5.4	0.0	29	42.6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NO	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TB	15	—	346	551	62.8%	3,592	16	22	2.9	4.0	6.5	5.3	0.7	74.6	29	55	238	4	4.3	7.3	25	45.5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	ATL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TB	16	—	306	558	54.8%	4,065	27	17	4.8	3.0	7.3	6.9	1.6	81.6	26	39	139	0	3.6	0.0	16	41.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	MIN	4	—	63	147	42.9%	761	2	4	1.4	2.7	5.2	4.2	0.5	52.6	8	5	20	0	4.0	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	261	100.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	IND	1	—	15	28	53.6%	149	1	1	3.6	3.6	5.3	4.4	1.0	65.9	1	8	24	0	3.0	0.0	3	37.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60	85.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	72	—	1,180	2,049	57.6%	13,875	81	68	4.0	3.3	6.8	6.1	1.2	77.6	111	206	947	4	4.6	1.9	85	41.3	6	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	321	92.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA-12.6·-38 passing · 26 rushing·-2.1/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2009	21	TB	10	—	159	291	54.6%	1,857	10	18	3.4	6.2	6.4	4.3	0.6	59.9	19	5.2
2010	22	TB	16	—	291	474	61.4%	3,451	25	6	5.3	1.3	7.3	7.8	4.2	95.9	28	15.2
2011	23	TB	15	—	346	551	62.8%	3,592	16	22	2.9	4.0	6.5	5.3	0.7	74.6	29	9.6
2012	24	TB	16	—	306	558	54.8%	4,065	27	17	4.8	3.0	7.3	6.9	1.6	81.6	26	12
2013	25	MIN	4	4*	63	147	42.9%	761	2	4	1.4	2.7	5.2	4.2	0.5	52.6	8	0.5
2015	27	IND	1	—	15	28	53.6%	149	1	1	3.6	3.6	5.3	4.4	1.0	65.9	1	—
Career			62	4*	1,180	2,049	57.6%	13,875	81	68	4.0	3.3	6.8	—	—	77.6	111	42.5

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2009	21	TB	10	—	31	162	0	5.2	0.0	11	35.5	1
2010	22	TB	16	—	68	364	0	5.4	0.0	29	42.6	2
2011	23	TB	15	—	55	238	4	4.3	7.3	25	45.5	2
2012	24	TB	16	—	39	139	0	3.6	0.0	16	41.0	1
2013	25	MIN	4	4*	5	20	0	4.0	0.0	1	20.0	0
2015	27	IND	1	—	8	24	0	3.0	0.0	3	37.5	0
Career			62	4*	206	947	4	4.6	—	85	—	6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2010	22	NO	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2011	23	ATL	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Career			6		6	6	—	—	—

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	25	TB	4	4*	261	100.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	27	IND	1	—	60	85.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			5	4*	321	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
2009	21	—	—	—	-58.4	1.4	—	2,649
2010	22	—	—	—	75.3	19.8	—	4,350
2011	23	—	—	—	-37.9	4.6	—	4,004
2012	24	—	—	—	25.5	-1.2	—	5,579
2013	25	—	—	4*	-37.2	0.9	—	1,579
2015	27	—	—	—	-5.4	0.1	—	201
Career				4*	—	—	—	18,362

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 38.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 492013

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #133 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2011 TB·4 team wins#13

Passing Yards · 3,592 · score 39

2011 TB·4 team wins#17

Passing Touchdowns · 16 · score 27

2009 TB·3 team wins#25

Passing Touchdowns · 10 · score 4

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Passing Yards leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-2.1 EPA/season over 6 seasons49

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

—

below snap floor

EPA / snap:-0.13See leaderboard →

EPA/snap-0.13Snap share92.5%Off snaps321Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within quarterbacks, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2009

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

QB · 2009 class

4.90s

40-Yard

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 27thClass Pos 28thClass All 23th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 49thClass Pos 83thClass All 46th

119"

Broad Jump

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 60thClass Pos 94thClass All 62th

7.11s

3-Cone

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 55thClass Pos 28thClass All 48th

4.43s

Shuttle

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 36thClass Pos 39thClass All 38th

College Stats

Kansas StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kansas State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

2009 Draft Class· this player went #17

#9B.J. RajiNT #10Michael CrabtreeWR #11Aaron MaybinLB #12Knowshon MorenoRB #13Brian OrakpoOLB #14Malcolm JenkinsS #15Brian CushingILB #16Larry EnglishDE #18Robert AyersDE #19Jeremy MaclinWR #20Brandon PettigrewTE #21Alex MackC #22Percy HarvinWR #23Michael OherOT #24Peria JerryDT #25Vontae DavisCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Josh inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB room from Jeff Garcia (2007–2008), and handed it to Jameis Winston (2015–2019).

Steve Young 1985–1986Vinny Testaverde 1987–1992Craig Erickson 1992–1994Trent Dilfer 1994–1999Shaun King 1999–2003Brad Johnson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined IND (from MIN)
2015final season
Last recorded season with IND
2013team change
Joined MIN (from TB)
2009draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 240 lb

Frame

248 lb at 4.90s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	MIN	1	W8Out· Concussion
2011	TB	0	W13Questionable· right ShoulderW14Questionable· right Shoulder

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 62

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

C2009

C+2010

B2011

B2012

F2013

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

65%

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
2009	1,857	185.7	3,335+1,478	196.2
2010	3,451	215.7	3,618+167	212.8
2011	3,592	239.5	3,909+317	229.9
2012	4,065	254.1	4,055-10	238.5
2013	761	190.3	3,015+2,254	177.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

87 career value over replacement — #1336 all-time of 4,642. 17.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · TB · 2009 · +2.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

56.5 expected · Δ+2.5

💔+36.5 stolen VORP·2.1 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2009

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography