Kyle Orton is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Orton delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#50Stolen seasonsof 897

QBBUF#18ACT

Kyle Orton

Top 17% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2010 Team Carrier · #115

Height6'4"

Weight228 lb

Career Value · VORP

119 career value over replacement — #905 all-time of 4,695. 19.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet58% in top 3 yrs Mr. ReliableCV 0.28

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #106 (Rd 4) · CHI · 2005 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

35.7 expected · Δ+24.3

💔+71.3 stolen VORP·3.6 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #115 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2010 DEN·4 team wins#10

Passing Yards · 3,652 · score 48

2010 DEN·4 team wins#17

Passing Touchdowns · 20 · score 27

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Passing Yards leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 89%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

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: 24. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2005

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

QB · 2005 class

5.06s

40-Yard

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 20thClass Pos 12thClass All 19th

26.5"

Vertical

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 7thClass Pos 5thClass All 1th

7.38s

3-Cone

Career Milestones6

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20051K career passing yards
20085K career passing yards
200825 career passing TDs
200950 career passing TDs
201010K career passing yards
2014100 career passing TDs

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

Top Teammates

Brandon LloydWR4y Matt PraterK3y Robbie GouldK3y Brian DawkinsS3y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kyle inherited the Chicago Bears QB room from Jim Miller (1999–2002), and handed it to Jay Cutler (2009–2016).

Sid Luckman 1939–1950George Blanda 1949–1958Jim McMahon 1982–1988Jim Harbaugh 1987–1993Erik Kramer 1994–1998Jim Miller

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014team change
Joined BUF (from DAL)
2014final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2012team change
Joined DAL (from DEN)
2009team change
Joined DEN (from CHI)
2005draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 4, Pick 106

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 228 lb

Frame

233 lb at 5.06s

Size-speed

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

C2005

C+2008

B2009

B+2010

C2011

C+2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

60%

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2005	1,869	124.6	2,687+818	158.1
2008	2,979	198.6	3,612+633	212.5
2009	3,802	237.6	4,014+212	236.1
2010	3,652	280.9	4,535+883	266.8
2011	1,758	195.3	3,317+1,559	195.1
2014	3,018	251.5	3,875+857	228

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.