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

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Kordell Stewart

1× Pro BowlTop 29% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 1997Two-Way Profile

Height6'1"

Weight218 lb

BornOct 16, 1972

Age53

CollegeColorado See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 2, Pick 60 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

95thPlayoff Passing Yards·409 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 66 · #1702 · Above Average

Worth 66 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.2

Avg surplus

peak +23

5 seasons × ~13.2 surplus ≈ VORP 66

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	—	PIT	2	—	5	7	71.4%	60	1	0	14.3	0.0	8.6	11.4	—	136.9	—	15	86	1	5.7	6.7	—	—	—	—	14	235	1	—	16.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	PIT	2	—	11	30	36.7%	100	0	2	0.0	6.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	18.8	—	39	171	5	4.4	12.8	—	—	—	—	17	293	3	—	17.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	PIT	16	—	236	440	53.6%	3,020	21	17	4.8	3.9	6.9	6.1	1.2	75.2	—	88	476	11	5.4	12.5	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	PIT	16	—	252	458	55.0%	2,560	11	18	2.4	3.9	5.6	4.3	0.6	62.9	—	81	406	2	5.0	2.5	—	—	—	—	1	17	0	—	17.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PIT	15	—	159	272	58.5%	1,422	6	10	2.2	3.7	5.2	4.0	0.6	64.6	22	55	256	2	4.7	3.6	11	20.0	1	16	9	113	1	56.3%	12.6	7.1	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	PIT	15	—	150	286	52.4%	1,827	11	8	3.8	2.8	6.4	5.9	1.4	73.6	28	76	426	7	5.6	9.2	28	36.8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PIT	16	—	266	442	60.2%	3,109	14	11	3.2	2.5	7.0	6.5	1.3	81.7	29	96	537	5	5.6	5.2	33	34.4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	PIT	7	—	109	166	65.7%	1,155	6	6	3.6	3.6	7.0	6.1	1.0	82.8	7	43	191	2	4.4	4.7	13	30.2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	CHI	9	—	126	251	50.2%	1,418	7	12	2.8	4.8	5.6	4.1	0.6	56.8	25	59	290	3	4.9	5.1	24	40.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	-1	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	30	0	10.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	104	—	1,314	2,352	55.9%	14,671	77	84	3.3	3.6	6.2	5.3	0.9	70.7	111	556	2,868	38	5.2	6.8	—	—	—	17	41	658	5	241.2%	16.0	38.7	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-8.7·-54 passing · 41 rushing · 4 receiving·-1.2/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	PIT	2	—	5	7	71.4%	60	1	0	14.3	0.0	8.6	11.4	—	136.9	—	—
1996	24	PIT	2	—	11	30	36.7%	100	0	2	0.0	6.7	3.3	0.3	0.0	18.8	—	—
1997	25	PIT	16	—	236	440	53.6%	3,020	21	17	4.8	3.9	6.9	6.1	1.2	75.2	—	15.7
1998	26	PIT	16	—	252	458	55.0%	2,560	11	18	2.4	3.9	5.6	4.3	0.6	62.9	—	9.6
1999	27	PIT	15	—	159	272	58.5%	1,422	6	10	2.2	3.7	5.2	4.0	0.6	64.6	22	7.4
2000	28	PIT	15	—	150	286	52.4%	1,827	11	8	3.8	2.8	6.4	5.9	1.4	73.6	28	13.1
2001	29	PIT	16	—	266	442	60.2%	3,109	14	11	3.2	2.5	7.0	6.5	1.3	81.7	29	14.6
2002	30	PIT	7	—	109	166	65.7%	1,155	6	6	3.6	3.6	7.0	6.1	1.0	82.8	7	5.2
2003	31	CHI	9	—	126	251	50.2%	1,418	7	12	2.8	4.8	5.6	4.1	0.6	56.8	25	6.1
Career			98		1,314	2,352	55.9%	14,671	77	84	3.3	3.6	6.2	—	—	70.7	111	71.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1995	23	PIT	2	—	15	86	1	5.7	6.7	—	—	—
1996	24	PIT	2	—	39	171	5	4.4	12.8	—	—	—
1997	25	PIT	16	—	88	476	11	5.4	12.5	—	—	—
1998	26	PIT	16	—	81	406	2	5.0	2.5	—	—	—
1999	27	PIT	15	—	55	256	2	4.7	3.6	11	20.0	1
2000	28	PIT	15	—	76	426	7	5.6	9.2	28	36.8	2
2001	29	PIT	16	—	96	537	5	5.6	5.2	33	34.4	2
2002	30	PIT	7	—	43	191	2	4.4	4.7	13	30.2	1
2003	31	CHI	9	—	59	290	3	4.9	5.1	24	40.7	0
2004	32	BAL	1	—	1	-1	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2005	33	BAL	1	—	3	30	0	10.0	0.0	2	66.7	0
Career			100		556	2,868	38	5.2	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	23	PIT	2	—	—	14	235	1	—	16.8	—	—	—
1996	24	PIT	2	—	—	17	293	3	—	17.2	—	—	—
1997	25	PIT	16	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
1998	26	PIT	16	—	—	1	17	0	—	17.0	—	—	—
1999	27	PIT	15	—	16	9	113	1	56.3%	12.6	7.1	—	6
2002	30	PIT	7	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
Career			58		17	41	658	5	241.2%	16.0	38.7	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	27	KC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2001	29	CIN	1	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2003	31	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			4		5	5	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	27	—	—	—	-58.6	-2.1	5.2
2000	28	—	—	—	7.0	11.8	—
2001	29	—	—	—	57.6	11.4	—
2002	30	—	—	—	16.2	0.7	-0.7
2003	31	—	—	—	-73.5	15.7	—
2004	32	—	—	—	—	0.0	—
2005	33	—	—	—	-2.5	3.2	—
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 50.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 51· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 47

On-field 29.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 452003

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 23% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

23% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader23

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-1.24 EPA/season over 7 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: 87%.

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,526

2,868 rush · 658 recv

Total TDs

38 rush · 5 recv

Total Touches

597

556 carries · 41 rec

Yds / Touch

5.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Passing

Cmp36Att64Cmp%56.3%Yds409TD1Int4TD%1.6Int%6.3Y/A6.4AdjY/A3.9TD:INT0.3Rate54.8Sk5

Rushing

Att18Yds71Y/A3.9

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-2.8Rush EPA-6.9

College Stats

ColoradoImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1991	Colorado	1	2	50.0%	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	—	56.3	—
1992	Colorado	151	252	59.9%	2,109	12	9	4.8	3.6	8.4	7.7	1.3	87.9	—
1993	Colorado	157	294	53.4%	2,299	11	7	3.7	2.4	7.8	7.5	1.6	81.7	—
1994	Colorado	147	237	62.0%	2,071	10	3	4.2	1.3	8.7	9.0	3.3	99.0	—
Career		456	785	58.1%	6,481	33	19	4.2	2.4	8.3	8.0	1.7	88.8	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1991	Colorado	18	144	1	8.0	5.6	—	—	—
1992	Colorado	60	418	1	7.0	1.7	—	—	—
1993	Colorado	102	524	6	5.1	5.9	—	—	—
1994	Colorado	122	639	7	5.2	5.7	—	—	—
Career		302	1,725	15	5.7	5.0	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1995 Draft Class· this player went #60

#49Barret RobbinsC #50Bobby TaylorCB #51Terrell FletcherRB #54Scott GraggOT #56Todd SauerbrunP #57Ted JohnsonILB #58Barrett BrooksOT #59Kendell WatkinsTE #64Bryan SchwartzLB #65Darius HollandDT #66William HendersonFB #67Chris SandersWR #68Darryl PoundsCB #69Melvin TutenOT #70David SloanTE #71Chris HudsonDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kordell inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers QB room from Mike Tomczak (1993–1999), and handed it to Ben Roethlisberger (2004–2021).

Mark Malone 1980–1987Bubby Brister 1986–1992Neil O'Donnell 1991–1995Mike Tomczak 1993–1999Kordell Stewart 1995–2002Ben Roethlisberger

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2004team change
Joined BAL (from CHI)
2003team change
Joined CHI (from PIT)
1995draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 2, Pick 60

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 218 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C+1997

C+1998

D1999

C2000

C+2001

D2002

D2003

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

67%

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	3,020	188.8	3,681+661	216.5
1998	2,560	160	3,310+750	194.7
1999	1,422	94.8	2,435+1,013	143.2
2000	1,827	121.8	2,715+888	159.7
2001	3,109	194.3	3,602+493	211.9
2002	1,155	165	3,169+2,014	186.4
2003	1,418	157.6	2,944+1,526	173.2

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

66 career value over replacement — #1702 all-time of 4,642. 9.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #60 (Rd 2) · PIT · 1995 · +4.1 vs expected KV-H

51actual

46.9 expected · Δ+4.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Passing

College Rushing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #60

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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