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

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Marcus Mariota

Top 37% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #350

Height6'4"

Weight222 lb

Career Value · VORP

57 career value over replacement — #1937 all-time of 4,695. 7.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.22

Draft OutcomeBust ↓

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · TEN · 2015 · -17.3 vs expected KV-H

46actual

63.3 expected · Δ−17.3

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Passing													Rushing								Snap Counts						Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2015	21–22	TEN	12	—	2.2	230	370	62.2%	2,818	19	10	5.1	2.7	7.6	7.4	1.9	91.5	38	34	252	2	7.4	5.9	10	29.4	0	733	91.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	41	1	100.0%	41.0	41.0	—	1
2016	22–23	TEN	15	—	13.0	276	451	61.2%	3,426	26	9	5.8	2.0	7.6	7.9	2.9	95.6	23	60	349	2	5.8	3.3	19	31.7	3	964	96.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
2017	23–24	TEN	15	—	14.3	281	453	62.0%	3,232	13	15	2.9	3.3	7.1	6.2	0.9	79.3	27	60	312	5	5.2	8.3	22	36.7	1	943	96.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	24–25	TEN	14	—	4.4	228	331	68.9%	2,528	11	8	3.3	2.4	7.6	7.2	1.4	92.3	42	64	357	2	5.6	3.1	26	40.6	1	775	88.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	21	0	100.0%	21.0	21.0	—	1
2019	25–26	TEN	7	—	2.1	95	160	59.4%	1,203	7	2	4.4	1.3	7.5	7.8	3.5	92.3	25	24	129	0	5.4	0.0	5	20.8	0	354	79.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	26–27	LV	1	—	—	17	28	60.7%	226	1	1	3.6	3.6	8.1	7.2	1.0	83.3	0	9	88	1	9.8	11.1	8	88.9	0	65	86.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	27–28	LV	10	—	1.0	1	2	50.0%	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	—	56.3	0	13	87	1	6.7	7.7	6	46.2	0	24	3.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	28–29	ATL	13	—	6.0	184	300	61.3%	2,219	15	9	5.0	3.0	7.4	7.0	1.7	88.2	28	85	438	4	5.2	4.7	30	35.3	2	776	100.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	29–30	PHI	3	—	—	15	23	65.2%	164	1	1	4.3	4.3	7.1	6.0	1.0	82.5	3	8	52	0	6.5	0.0	6	75.0	0	44	22.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	30–31	WAS	3	—	—	34	44	77.3%	364	4	0	9.1	0.0	8.3	10.1	—	131.3	3	18	92	1	5.1	5.6	6	33.3	0	100	51.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	31–32	WAS	11	—	5.9	139	227	61.2%	1,695	10	7	4.4	3.1	7.5	7.0	1.4	86.1	16	50	297	1	5.9	2.0	12	24.0	2	510	74.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	32–33	WAS	3	—	—	33	51	64.7%	340	4	0	7.8	0.0	6.7	8.2	—	109.9	3	7	49	0	7.0	0.0	3	42.9	0	111	53.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	107	—	48.9	1,533	2,440	62.8%	18,219	111	62	4.5	2.5	7.5	7.2	1.8	90.1	208	432	2,502	19	5.8	4.4	153	35.4	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	62	1	66.7%	31.0	20.7	—	2

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

82ndPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·4 91stPlayoff Passing Yards·473 yds

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A quality quarterback with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 57 · #1937 · Above Average

Worth 57 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 42% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.4

Avg surplus

peak +18

5 seasons × ~11.4 surplus ≈