Kerry Collins ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Collins in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Collins a career score of 66, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

QBIND#5RES

Kerry Collins

2× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 1 titles Top 10% all-time QBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #20

Height6'5"

Weight247 lb

BornDec 30, 1972

Age53

CollegePenn State See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 1, Pick 5 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

23rdPassing Yards·40,893 yds 44thPassing Touchdowns·208

Postseason all-time ranks

30thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·12 40thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,556 yds

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 296 · #138 · All-Time

Worth 296 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.7

Avg surplus

peak +36

12 seasons × ~24.7 surplus ≈ VORP 296

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
1995	—	CAR	15	—	214	432	49.5%	2,717	14	19	3.2	4.4	6.3	5.0	0.7	62.0	—	42	74	3	1.8	7.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	CAR	13	—	204	364	56.0%	2,454	14	9	3.8	2.5	6.7	6.4	1.6	79.4	—	32	38	0	1.2	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	CAR	13	—	200	381	52.5%	2,124	11	21	2.9	5.5	5.6	3.7	0.5	55.7	—	26	65	1	2.5	3.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	CAR	—	—	76	162	46.9%	1,011	8	5	4.9	3.1	6.2	5.8	1.6	70.8	—	7	40	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NO	—	—	94	191	49.2%	1,202	4	10	2.1	5.2	6.3	4.4	0.4	54.5	—	23	113	1	4.9	4.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYG	10	—	190	328	57.9%	2,318	8	10	2.4	3.0	7.1	6.2	0.8	75.2	16	19	36	2	1.9	10.5	6	31.6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	NYG	16	—	309	523	59.1%	3,576	22	12	4.2	2.3	6.8	6.6	1.8	84.3	28	41	65	1	1.6	2.4	5	12.2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	NYG	16	—	327	568	57.6%	3,764	19	16	3.3	2.8	6.6	6.0	1.2	77.1	36	39	73	0	1.9	0.0	9	23.1	2	1	1	-2	0	100.0%	-2.0	-2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYG	16	—	335	545	61.5%	4,073	19	14	3.5	2.6	7.5	7.0	1.4	85.4	24	44	-3	0	-0.1	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	NYG	13	—	284	500	56.8%	3,110	13	16	2.6	3.2	6.2	5.3	0.8	70.7	28	17	49	0	2.9	0.0	3	17.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	LV	14	—	289	513	56.3%	3,495	21	20	4.1	3.9	6.8	5.9	1.1	74.8	24	17	35	0	2.1	0.0	3	17.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	LV	15	—	302	566	53.4%	3,759	20	13	3.5	2.3	6.6	6.3	1.5	76.4	37	18	38	1	2.1	5.6	2	11.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	TEN	3	—	42	90	46.7%	549	1	6	1.1	6.7	6.1	3.3	0.2	42.3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	TEN	6	—	50	82	61.0%	531	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.5	6.5	—	79.9	5	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	TEN	16	—	243	416	58.4%	2,681	12	7	2.9	1.7	6.4	6.3	1.7	80.2	8	25	49	0	2.0	0.0	4	16.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	DET	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	TEN	7	—	119	216	55.1%	1,225	6	8	2.8	3.7	5.7	4.6	0.8	65.5	5	12	15	1	1.3	8.3	2	16.7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	TEN	10	—	160	278	57.6%	1,823	14	8	5.0	2.9	6.6	6.3	1.8	82.2	13	10	1	0	0.1	0.0	1	10.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	IND	3	—	48	98	49.0%	481	2	1	2.0	1.0	4.9	4.9	2.0	65.9	5	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	194	—	3,486	6,253	55.7%	40,893	208	195	3.3	3.1	6.5	5.8	1.1	73.9	233	377	684	10	1.8	2.7	—	—	—	1	1	-2	0	100.0%	-2.0	-2.0	—	0	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA34.7·167 passing · -131 rushing · -1 receiving·2.7/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1995	23	CAR	15	—	214	432	49.5%	2,717	14	19	3.2	4.4	6.3	5.0	0.7	62.0	—	9.6
1996	24	CAR	13	—	204	364	56.0%	2,454	14	9	3.8	2.5	6.7	6.4	1.6	79.4	—	9.8
1997	25	CAR	13	—	200	381	52.5%	2,124	11	21	2.9	5.5	5.6	3.7	0.5	55.7	—	5.8
1998	26	CAR	—	—	76	162	46.9%	1,011	8	5	4.9	3.1	6.2	5.8	1.6	70.8	—	—
1998	26	NO	—	—	94	191	49.2%	1,202	4	10	2.1	5.2	6.3	4.4	0.4	54.5	—	—
1999	27	NYG	10	—	190	328	57.9%	2,318	8	10	2.4	3.0	7.1	6.2	0.8	75.2	16	6.9
2000	28	NYG	16	—	309	523	59.1%	3,576	22	12	4.2	2.3	6.8	6.6	1.8	84.3	28	14.4
2001	29	NYG	16	—	327	568	57.6%	3,764	19	16	3.3	2.8	6.6	6.0	1.2	77.1	36	11.8
2002	30	NYG	16	—	335	545	61.5%	4,073	19	14	3.5	2.6	7.5	7.0	1.4	85.4	24	12.6
2003	31	NYG	13	—	284	500	56.8%	3,110	13	16	2.6	3.2	6.2	5.3	0.8	70.7	28	8.8
2004	32	LV	14	—	289	513	56.3%	3,495	21	20	4.1	3.9	6.8	5.9	1.1	74.8	24	9.7
2005	33	LV	15	—	302	566	53.4%	3,759	20	13	3.5	2.3	6.6	6.3	1.5	76.4	37	12.9
2006	34	TEN	3	—	42	90	46.7%	549	1	6	1.1	6.7	6.1	3.3	0.2	42.3	4	—
2007	35	TEN	6	—	50	82	61.0%	531	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.5	6.5	—	79.9	5	3.2
2008	36	TEN	16	—	243	416	58.4%	2,681	12	7	2.9	1.7	6.4	6.3	1.7	80.2	8	9.8
2009	37	TEN	7	—	119	216	55.1%	1,225	6	8	2.8	3.7	5.7	4.6	0.8	65.5	5	4.4
2010	38	TEN	10	—	160	278	57.6%	1,823	14	8	5.0	2.9	6.6	6.3	1.8	82.2	13	6.8
2011	39	IND	3	—	48	98	49.0%	481	2	1	2.0	1.0	4.9	4.9	2.0	65.9	5	—
Career			186		3,486	6,253	55.7%	40,893	208	195	3.3	3.1	6.5	—	—	73.9	233	126.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1995	23	CAR	15	—	42	74	3	1.8	7.1	—	—	—
1996	24	CAR	13	—	32	38	0	1.2	0.0	—	—	—
1997	25	CAR	13	—	26	65	1	2.5	3.8	—	—	—
1998	26	CAR	—	—	7	40	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1998	26	NO	—	—	23	113	1	4.9	4.3	—	—	—
1999	27	NYG	10	—	19	36	2	1.9	10.5	6	31.6	3
2000	28	NYG	16	—	41	65	1	1.6	2.4	5	12.2	1
2001	29	NYG	16	—	39	73	0	1.9	0.0	9	23.1	2
2002	30	NYG	16	—	44	-3	0	-0.1	0.0	0	0.0	1
2003	31	NYG	13	—	17	49	0	2.9	0.0	3	17.6	1
2004	32	LV	14	—	17	35	0	2.1	0.0	3	17.6	1
2005	33	LV	15	—	18	38	1	2.1	5.6	2	11.1	1
2007	35	TEN	6	—	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2008	36	TEN	16	—	25	49	0	2.0	0.0	4	16.0	0
2009	37	TEN	7	—	12	15	1	1.3	8.3	2	16.7	2
2010	38	TEN	10	—	10	1	0	0.1	0.0	1	10.0	1
2011	39	IND	3	—	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	1
Career			183		377	684	10	1.8	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	29	NYG	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	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	27	ARI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2000	28	JAX	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	30	WAS	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	32	JAX	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	36	DET	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	37	IND	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	38	PHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			8		8	8	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	27	—	—	—	-7.1	-14.8	—	0
2000	28	—	—	—	84.7	-9.8	—	0
2001	29	—	—	—	-3.2	-18.8	-1.2	0
2002	30	—	—	—	112.3	-31.6	—	0
2003	31	—	—	—	-21.5	-7.9	—	0
2004	32	—	—	—	-1.1	-8.6	—	0
2005	33	—	—	—	12.7	-7.2	—	0
2006	34	—	—	—	-24.4	—	—	847
2007	35	—	—	—	3.7	-3.6	—	678
2008	36	—	—	—	28.3	-8.2	—	3,604
2009	37	—	—	—	-16.9	-5.8	—	1,742
2010	38	—	—	—	24.5	-9.3	—	2,723
2011	39	—	—	—	-25.1	-5.2	—	806
Career					—	—	—	10,400

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 42

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

1995bestavg 56elite 702010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #20 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

199

7 qualifying seasons

2005 LV·4 team wins#6

Passing Yards · 3,759 · score 60

2005 LV·4 team wins#11

Passing Touchdowns · 20 · score 45

2003 NYG·4 team wins#16

Passing Yards · 3,110 · score 30

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 46% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

46% of the all-time Passing Yards leader46

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

2.67 EPA/season over 13 seasons51

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: 85%.

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

📊 Consistent

Passer Rating: 73.9 regular season → 75.3 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+2%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Passing

Cmp140Att240Cmp%58.3%Yds1,556TD12Int11TD%5.0Int%4.6Y/A6.5AdjY/A5.4TD:INT1.1Rate75.3Sk8

Rushing

Att19Yds33Y/A1.7

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA13.4Rush EPA-3.9Pass AirYd411

College Stats

Penn StateImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1991	Penn State	3	6	50.0%	95	1	1	16.7	16.7	15.8	11.7	1.0	95.8	—
1992	Penn State	64	137	46.7%	925	4	2	2.9	1.5	6.8	6.7	2.0	72.8	—
1993	Penn State	127	250	50.8%	1,605	13	11	5.2	4.4	6.4	5.5	1.2	70.2	—
1994	Penn State	176	264	66.7%	2,679	21	7	8.0	2.7	10.1	10.5	3.0	115.4	—
Career		370	657	56.3%	5,304	39	21	5.9	3.2	8.1	7.8	1.9	89.1	0

Reference Graph

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

1995 Draft Class· this player went #5

#1Ki-Jana CarterRB #2Tony BoselliOT #3Steve McNairQB #4Michael WestbrookWR #6Kevin CarterDE #7Mike MamulaDE #8Joey GallowayWR #9Kyle BradyTE #10J.J. StokesWR #11Derrick L. AlexanderDE #12Warren SappDT #13Mark FieldsOLB #14Ruben BrownG #15Ellis JohnsonDE #16Hugh DouglasDE #17Tyrone WheatleyRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kerry inherited the New York Giants QB room from Kent Graham (1992–1999), and handed it to Eli Manning (2004–2019).

Scott Brunner 1980–1983Jeff Hostetler 1985–1992Dave Brown 1992–1997Kent Graham 1992–1999Kerry Collins 1999–2003Eli Manning

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined IND (from TEN)
2011final season
Last recorded season with IND
2006team change
Joined TEN (from LV)
2004team change
Joined LV (from NYG)
1999team change
Joined NYG (from CAR)
1995draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 247 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	IND	0	W3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· HeadW5Questionable· ConcussionW6Questionable· ConcussionW7Questionable· Concussion
2010	TEN	0	W11Doubtful· CalfW12Questionable· Calf

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

C+1995

C+1996

C1997

B1999

B2000

B2001

B+2002

B2003

B2004

B+2005

F2007

C+2008

D2009

C2010

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
1995	2,717	181.1	3,646+929	214.5
1996	2,454	188.8	3,727+1,273	219.2
1997	2,124	163.4	3,333+1,209	196.1
1999	2,318	231.8	4,231+1,913	248.9
2000	3,576	223.5	4,063+487	239
2001	3,764	235.3	4,216+452	248
2002	4,073	254.6	4,400+327	258.8
2003	3,110	239.2	4,202+1,092	247.2
2004	3,495	249.6	4,337+842	255.1
2005	3,759	250.6	4,348+589	255.8
2007	531	88.5	2,319+1,788	136.4
2008	2,681	167.6	3,249+568	191.1
2009	1,225	175	3,199+1,974	188.2
2010	1,823	182.3	3,181+1,358	187.1

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296 career value over replacement — #138 all-time of 4,642. 21.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

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5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

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Pick #5 (Rd 1) · CAR · 1995 · +4.2 vs expected KV-H

66actual

61.8 expected · Δ+4.2

💔+88.8 stolen VORP·4.42 szns lost

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