Marc Wilson is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Wilson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Wilson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1980 | 23–24 | OAK | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | — | 77.9 | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 24–25 | OAK | 13 | — | 173 | 366 | 47.3% | 2,311 | 14 | 19 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 58.9 | — | 30 | 147 | 2 | 4.9 | 6.7 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 25–26 | OAK | 8 | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 56.3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 26–27 | OAK | 10 | — | 67 | 117 | 57.3% | 864 | 8 | 6 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 82.0 | — | 13 | 122 | 0 | 9.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 27–28 | OAK | 16 | — | 153 | 282 | 54.3% | 2,151 | 15 | 17 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 71.7 | — | 30 | 56 | 1 | 1.9 | 3.3 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 28–29 | OAK | 16 | — | 193 | 388 | 49.7% | 2,608 | 16 | 21 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 62.7 | — | 24 | 98 | 2 | 4.1 | 8.3 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 29–30 | OAK | 16 | — | 129 | 240 | 53.8% | 1,721 | 12 | 15 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 67.4 | — | 14 | 45 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 30–31 | OAK | 15 | — | 152 | 266 | 57.1% | 2,070 | 12 | 8 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 84.6 | — | 17 | 91 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 32–33 | NE | 14 | — | 75 | 150 | 50.0% | 1,006 | 3 | 5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 64.5 | — | 7 | 42 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 33–34 | NE | 16 | — | 139 | 265 | 52.5% | 1,625 | 6 | 11 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 61.6 | — | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 126 | — | 1,085 | 2,081 | 52.1% | 14,391 | 86 | 102 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 67.7 | — | 141 | 611 | 5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
142 career value over replacement — #714 all-time of 4,695. 15.8/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #15 (Rd 1) · OAK · 1980 · -1.2 vs expected KV-H
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