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

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Matt Cassel

1× Pro BowlTop 33% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2008 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #268

Height6'4"

Weight225 lb

BornMay 17, 1982

Age44

CollegeUSC See College Stats

ConferencePacific Ten

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 7, Pick 230 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

99thPassing Touchdowns·104

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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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 85 · #1361 · High-Value

Worth 85 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.2

Avg surplus

peak +29

6 seasons × ~14.2 surplus ≈ VORP 85

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
2005	—	NE	2	—	13	24	54.2%	183	2	1	8.3	4.2	7.6	7.4	2.0	89.4	1	6	13	0	2.2	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NE	5	—	5	8	62.5%	32	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	—	70.8	3	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NE	5	—	4	7	57.1%	38	0	1	0.0	14.3	5.4	-1.0	0.0	32.7	0	4	12	1	3.0	25.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NE	16	—	328	518	63.3%	3,693	21	11	4.1	2.1	7.1	7.0	1.9	89.2	44	76	271	2	3.6	2.6	23	30.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	KC	15	—	272	494	55.1%	2,924	16	16	3.2	3.2	5.9	5.1	1.0	69.9	42	50	196	0	3.9	0.0	6	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DEN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	KC	15	—	262	450	58.2%	3,116	27	7	6.0	1.6	6.9	7.4	3.9	93.0	26	33	125	0	3.8	0.0	5	15.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	KC	9	—	160	269	59.5%	1,713	10	9	3.7	3.3	6.4	5.6	1.1	76.6	22	25	99	0	4.0	0.0	5	20.0	0	1	1	-4	0	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	KC	9	—	161	277	58.1%	1,796	6	12	2.2	4.3	6.5	5.0	0.5	66.7	19	27	145	1	5.4	3.7	12	44.4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	—	MIN	9	—	153	254	60.2%	1,807	11	9	4.3	3.5	7.1	6.4	1.2	81.6	16	18	57	1	3.2	5.6	3	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2014	—	MIN	3	—	41	71	57.7%	425	3	4	4.2	5.6	6.0	4.3	0.8	65.8	6	9	18	0	2.0	0.0	1	11.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	DAL	8	—	119	204	58.3%	1,276	5	7	2.5	3.4	6.3	5.2	0.7	70.6	14	15	78	0	5.2	0.0	4	26.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	4	—	30	51	58.8%	284	2	2	3.9	3.9	5.6	4.6	1.0	71.0	5	4	3	0	0.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	2	—	25	42	59.5%	162	1	2	2.4	4.8	3.9	2.2	0.5	55.9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	—	DET	2	—	7	17	41.2%	59	0	1	0.0	5.9	3.5	0.8	0.0	26.3	1	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	113	—	1,580	2,686	58.8%	17,508	104	82	3.9	3.1	6.5	5.9	1.3	78.4	207	271	1,034	5	3.8	1.8	64	23.6	5	2	1	-4	0	50.0%	-4.0	-2.0	—	0	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-184.9·-136 passing · -45 rushing · -4 receiving·-13.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2005	23	NE	2	—	13	24	54.2%	183	2	1	8.3	4.2	7.6	7.4	2.0	89.4	1	—
2006	24	NE	5	—	5	8	62.5%	32	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	—	70.8	3	0.9
2007	25	NE	5	—	4	7	57.1%	38	0	1	0.0	14.3	5.4	-1.0	0.0	32.7	0	2
2008	26	NE	16	—	328	518	63.3%	3,693	21	11	4.1	2.1	7.1	7.0	1.9	89.2	44	15.7
2009	27	KC	15	—	272	494	55.1%	2,924	16	16	3.2	3.2	5.9	5.1	1.0	69.9	42	10.4
2010	28	KC	15	—	262	450	58.2%	3,116	27	7	6.0	1.6	6.9	7.4	3.9	93.0	26	13.5
2011	29	KC	9	—	160	269	59.5%	1,713	10	9	3.7	3.3	6.4	5.6	1.1	76.6	22	5.4
2012	30	KC	9	—	161	277	58.1%	1,796	6	12	2.2	4.3	6.5	5.0	0.5	66.7	19	3.2
2013	31	MIN	9	7*	153	254	60.2%	1,807	11	9	4.3	3.5	7.1	6.4	1.2	81.6	16	5.1
2014	32	MIN	3	—	41	71	57.7%	425	3	4	4.2	5.6	6.0	4.3	0.8	65.8	6	—
2015	33	DAL	8	7*	119	204	58.3%	1,276	5	7	2.5	3.4	6.3	5.2	0.7	70.6	14	2.7
2016	34	TEN	4	0*	30	51	58.8%	284	2	2	3.9	3.9	5.6	4.6	1.0	71.0	5	1.4
2017	35	TEN	2	—	25	42	59.5%	162	1	2	2.4	4.8	3.9	2.2	0.5	55.9	8	—
2018	36	DET	2	—	7	17	41.2%	59	0	1	0.0	5.9	3.5	0.8	0.0	26.3	1	—
Career			104	14*	1,580	2,686	58.8%	17,508	104	82	3.9	3.1	6.5	—	—	78.4	207	60.3

* 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
2005	23	NE	2	—	6	13	0	2.2	0.0	2	33.3	0
2006	24	NE	5	—	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	1	50.0	0
2007	25	NE	5	—	4	12	1	3.0	25.0	1	25.0	0
2008	26	NE	16	—	76	271	2	3.6	2.6	23	30.3	1
2009	27	KC	15	—	50	196	0	3.9	0.0	6	12.0	1
2010	28	KC	15	—	33	125	0	3.8	0.0	5	15.2	0
2011	29	KC	9	—	25	99	0	4.0	0.0	5	20.0	0
2012	30	KC	9	—	27	145	1	5.4	3.7	12	44.4	3
2013	31	MIN	9	7*	18	57	1	3.2	5.6	3	16.7	0
2014	32	MIN	3	—	9	18	0	2.0	0.0	1	11.1	0
2015	33	DAL	8	7*	15	78	0	5.2	0.0	4	26.7	0
2016	34	TEN	4	0*	4	3	0	0.8	0.0	0	0.0	0
2018	36	DET	2	—	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
Career			102	14*	271	1,034	5	3.8	—	64	—	5

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T
2009	27	KC	15	—	1	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—
2011	29	KC	9	—	1	1	-4	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—
Career			24		2	1	-4	50.0%	-4.0	-2.0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2008	26	PIT	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	27	DEN	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2012	30	BAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2013	31	CHI	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2017	35	HOU	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9	1*	9	9	—	—	—

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

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	31	MIN	9	7*	459	80.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	32	MIN	3	—	141	76.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	33	DAL	9	7*	418	75.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	34	TEN	4	0*	98	38.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	35	TEN	2	—	77	72.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	36	DET	2	—	23	15.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			29	14*	1,216	—	—	—	—	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2005	23	—	—	—	-0.3	0.1	—	0	0
2006	24	—	—	—	-2.8	-2.6	—	26	0
2007	25	—	—	—	-4.4	-2.8	—	30	0
2008	26	—	—	—	76.3	11.2	—	3,885	0
2009	27	—	—	—	-82.6	-27.7	-3.2	3,966	26
2010	28	—	—	—	64.5	-4.0	—	3,601	0
2011	29	—	—	—	-20.8	-4.0	-1.1	2,444	-4
2012	30	—	—	—	-38.9	-5.6	—	2,298	0
2013	31	—	—	7*	-11.9	-4.0	—	2,145	0
2014	32	—	—	—	-12.6	-4.9	—	434	0
2015	33	—	—	7*	-37.7	3.4	—	1,630	0
2016	34	—	—	0*	-10.8	-5.9	—	378	0
2017	35	—	—	—	-38.2	—	—	332	0
2018	36	—	—	—	-16.0	2.4	—	124	0
Career				14*	—	—	—	21,293	22

* 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	36	DET	—	—	—	31.3	2	10.5	1	0	3	2.3	1	—	—
Career					—	—	2	—	1	0	3	—	1	—	—

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	36	DET	2	—	-6	-3.0	19	9.5	0	—	1
Career			2		-6	—	19	—	0	—	1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 49 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 43

On-field 29.1

Availability 13.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 342016

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #268 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2009 KC·4 team wins#20

Passing Yards · 2,924 · score 18

2009 KC·4 team wins#20

Passing Touchdowns · 16 · score 18

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

-13.21 EPA/season over 14 seasons46

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Quarterbacks · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

EPA / snap:-0.112See leaderboard →

EPA/snap-0.112Snap share59.6%Off snaps1,216VolatileCV 0.44

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Passing

Cmp9Att18Cmp%50.0%Yds70Int3Int%16.7Y/A3.9AdjY/A-3.6Rate20.4Sk3

Rushing

Att4Yds5Y/A1.3

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-8.8Rush EPA-3.0Pass AirYd185

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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #230

#218Reynaldo HillCB #220Rod WilsonLB #222Nehemiah BroughtonRB #223Marcus MaxwellWR #224Jay RatliffDE #225Paris WarrenWR #226LeRon McCoyWR #227Kenneth PettwayLB #231Hamza AbdullahDB #232Jimmy VerdonDE #233Jonathan FaneneDE #234Mike SmithLB #235Cornelius WorthamLB #237Chris RobersonDB #241Darrell ShropshireDT #242Scott MruczkowskiG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Matt inherited the Kansas City Chiefs QB room from Damon Huard (2006–2008), and handed it to Patrick Mahomes (2017–2025).

Todd Blackledge 1983–1987Steve Bono 1994–1996Rich Gannon 1995–1998Elvis Grbac 1997–2000Trent Green 2001–2006Damon Huard

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined DET (from TEN)
2018final season
Last recorded season with DET
2016team change
Joined TEN (from DAL)
2015team change
Joined DAL (from MIN)
2013team change
Joined MIN (from KC)
2009team change
Joined KC (from NE)
2005draft
Drafted by NE — Round 7, Pick 230

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 225 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	KC	1	W6Out· Concussion
2011	KC	1	W11Out· right Hand
2010	KC	0	W14Doubtful· IllnessW15Questionable· Illness
2009	KC	0	W1Questionable· KneeW2Questionable· Knee

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

F2006

F2007

B2008

C+2009

C+2010

C2011

C2012

C2013

F2015

F2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 14 seasons.

53%

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
2006	32	6.4	1,158+1,126	68.1
2007	38	7.6	1,329+1,291	78.2
2008	3,693	230.8	3,996+303	235.1
2009	2,924	194.9	3,453+529	203.1
2010	3,116	207.7	3,514+398	206.7
2011	1,713	190.3	3,254+1,541	191.4
2012	1,796	199.6	3,280+1,484	192.9
2013	1,807	200.8	3,170+1,363	186.4
2015	1,276	159.5	2,464+1,188	144.9
2016	284	71	1,174+890	69.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, 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

85 career value over replacement — #1361 all-time of 4,642. 8.5/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet56% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #230 (Rd 7) · NE · 2005 · +26.2 vs expected KV-H

49actual

22.8 expected · Δ+26.2

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Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

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

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #230

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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