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

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Mark Sanchez

Top 26% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +29% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #592

Height6'2"

Weight232 lb

BornNov 11, 1986

Age39

CollegeUSC See College Stats

ConferencePacific Ten

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 1, Pick 5 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

43rdPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·9 53rdPlayoff Passing Yards·1,155 yds

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 89 · #1300 · High-Value

Worth 89 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 29% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.8

Avg surplus

peak +22

5 seasons × ~17.8 surplus ≈ VORP 89

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								Defense													Snap Counts
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2009	—	NYJ	15	—	196	363	54.0%	2,444	12	20	3.3	5.5	6.7	4.9	0.6	63.2	26	36	106	3	2.9	8.3	15	41.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYJ	15	—	278	507	54.8%	3,291	17	13	3.4	2.6	6.5	6.0	1.3	75.3	27	30	105	3	3.5	10.0	11	36.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NYJ	16	—	308	543	56.7%	3,474	26	18	4.8	3.3	6.4	5.9	1.4	78.2	39	37	103	6	2.8	16.2	13	35.1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NYJ	15	—	246	453	54.3%	2,883	13	18	2.9	4.0	6.4	5.2	0.7	66.9	34	22	28	0	1.3	0.0	3	13.6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TEN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	PHI	9	—	198	309	64.1%	2,418	14	11	4.5	3.6	7.8	7.1	1.3	88.4	23	34	87	1	2.6	2.9	5	14.7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	626	96.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	PHI	3	—	59	91	64.8%	616	4	4	4.4	4.4	6.8	5.7	1.0	80.7	9	6	22	0	3.7	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	169	60.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	DAL	2	—	10	18	55.6%	93	0	2	0.0	11.1	5.2	0.2	0.0	30.3	3	4	-2	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	34.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	WAS	2	—	19	35	54.3%	138	0	3	0.0	8.6	3.9	0.1	0.0	28.0	7	1	8	0	8.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	65	62.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	86	—	1,314	2,319	56.7%	15,357	86	89	3.7	3.8	6.6	5.6	1.0	73.3	168	170	457	13	2.7	7.6	50	29.4	8	9	8	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	899	63.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA-253.4·-219 passing · -34 rushing·-31.7/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2009	23	NYJ	15	—	196	363	54.0%	2,444	12	20	3.3	5.5	6.7	4.9	0.6	63.2	26	9.2
2010	24	NYJ	15	—	278	507	54.8%	3,291	17	13	3.4	2.6	6.5	6.0	1.3	75.3	27	11.6
2011	25	NYJ	16	—	308	543	56.7%	3,474	26	18	4.8	3.3	6.4	5.9	1.4	78.2	39	13.6
2012	26	NYJ	15	—	246	453	54.3%	2,883	13	18	2.9	4.0	6.4	5.2	0.7	66.9	34	5
2014	28	PHI	9	9*	198	309	64.1%	2,418	14	11	4.5	3.6	7.8	7.1	1.3	88.4	23	7.1
2015	29	PHI	3	2*	59	91	64.8%	616	4	4	4.4	4.4	6.8	5.7	1.0	80.7	9	—
2016	30	DAL	2	—	10	18	55.6%	93	0	2	0.0	11.1	5.2	0.2	0.0	30.3	3	—
2018	32	WAS	2	—	19	35	54.3%	138	0	3	0.0	8.6	3.9	0.1	0.0	28.0	7	—
Career			77	11*	1,314	2,319	56.7%	15,357	86	89	3.7	3.8	6.6	—	—	73.3	168	46.5

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2009	23	NYJ	15	—	36	106	3	2.9	8.3	15	41.7	0
2010	24	NYJ	15	—	30	105	3	3.5	10.0	11	36.7	0
2011	25	NYJ	16	—	37	103	6	2.8	16.2	13	35.1	4
2012	26	NYJ	15	—	22	28	0	1.3	0.0	3	13.6	2
2014	28	PHI	9	9*	34	87	1	2.6	2.9	5	14.7	2
2015	29	PHI	3	2*	6	22	0	3.7	0.0	2	33.3	0
2016	30	DAL	2	—	4	-2	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0
2018	32	WAS	2	—	1	8	0	8.0	0.0	1	100.0	0
Career			77	11*	170	457	13	2.7	—	50	—	8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2010	24	HOU	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2011	25	MIA	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2012	26	TEN	4	—	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
2016	30	PHI	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2018	32	PHI	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9		9	8	1	—	—	—

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2014	28	PHI	9	9*	626	96.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	29	PHI	4	2*	169	60.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	30	DAL	2	—	39	34.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	32	WAS	2	—	65	62.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			17	11*	899	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
2009	23	—	—	—	-70.7	7.1	—	3,407
2010	24	—	—	—	-9.5	1.6	—	4,662
2011	25	—	—	—	-57.6	-3.2	—	4,384
2012	26	—	—	—	-63.9	-14.8	—	4,065
2014	28	—	—	9*	38.8	-23.1	—	2,582
2015	29	—	—	2*	-12.7	1.3	—	538
2016	30	—	—	—	-11.9	-4.7	—	24
2018	32	—	—	—	-31.7	1.6	—	220
Career				11*	—	—	—	19,882

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2018	32	WAS	—	—	—	14.3	21	48.8	10	4	8	2.4	0	—	—
Career					—	—	21	—	10	4	8	—	0	—	—

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	32	WAS	2	—	8	8.0	0	0.0	0	—	1
Career			2		8	—	0	—	0	—	1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 35.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 542014

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #592 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2012 NYJ·6 team wins#25

Passing Touchdowns · 13 · score 1

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Passing Yards leader17

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-31.68 EPA/season over 8 seasons39

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

EPA / snap:-0.047See leaderboard →

EPA/snap-0.047Snap share63.2%Off snaps899Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within quarterbacks, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2009

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

QB · 2009 class

4.93s

40-Yard

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 25thClass Pos 17thClass All 20th

32.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 59th pct

Pos 59thAll 39thClass Pos 50thClass All 33th

116"

Broad Jump

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 46thClass Pos 69thClass All 49th

7.06s

3-Cone

Above avg · 62th pct

Pos 62thAll 62thClass Pos 61thClass All 54th

4.21s

Shuttle

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 71thClass Pos 94thClass All 76th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Passer Rating: 73.3 regular season → 94.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+29%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Passing

Cmp95Att157Cmp%60.5%Yds1,155TD9Int3TD%5.7Int%1.9Y/A7.4AdjY/A7.6TD:INT3.0Rate94.3Sk4

Rushing

Att11Yds9Y/A0.81D11D%9.1

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA30.4Rush EPA-5.5Pass AirYd1,463

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #5

#1Jeremy JarmonDE #1Matthew StaffordQB #2Jason SmithOT #3Tyson JacksonDE #4Aaron CurryLB #6Andre SmithOT #7Darrius Heyward-BeyWR #8Eugene MonroeOT #9B.J. RajiNT #10Michael CrabtreeWR #11Aaron MaybinLB #12Knowshon MorenoRB #13Brian OrakpoOLB #14Malcolm JenkinsS #15Brian CushingILB #16Larry EnglishDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mark inherited the New York Jets QB room from Chad Pennington (2000–2007), and handed it to Ryan Fitzpatrick (2015–2016).

Ken O'Brien 1984–1992Boomer Esiason 1993–1995Neil O'Donnell 1996–1997Ray Lucas 1997–2000Vinny Testaverde 1998–2005Chad Pennington

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined WAS (from DAL)
2018final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2016team change
Joined DAL (from PHI)
2014team change
Joined PHI (from NYJ)
2009draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 232 lb

Frame

227 lb at 4.93s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	CHI	0	W12Questionable· Illness
2013	NYJ	2	W1Out· right ShoulderW2Out· right Shoulder
2009	NYJ	1	W14Out· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 55

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

C2009

C+2010

C+2011

C2012

C+2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

61%

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
2009	2,444	162.9	3,045+601	179.1
2010	3,291	219.4	3,667+376	215.7
2011	3,474	217.1	3,611+137	212.4
2012	2,883	192.2	3,175+292	186.8
2014	2,418	268.7	4,098+1,680	241

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

89 career value over replacement — #1300 all-time of 4,642. 17.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet63% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #5 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2009 · -7.8 vs expected KV-H

54actual

61.8 expected · Δ−7.8

💔+55.5 stolen VORP·3.12 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2009

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #5

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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