Mike Tomczak is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Tomczak in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Tomczak's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| 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 | |||||
| 1985 | 22–23 | CHI | 6 | — | 2 | 6 | 33.3% | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | — | 52.8 | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 23–24 | CHI | 13 | — | 74 | 151 | 49.0% | 1,105 | 2 | 10 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 50.2 | — | 23 | 117 | 3 | 5.1 | 13.0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 24–25 | CHI | 12 | — | 97 | 178 | 54.5% | 1,220 | 5 | 10 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 62.0 | — | 18 | 54 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.6 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 25–26 | CHI | 14 | — | 86 | 170 | 50.6% | 1,310 | 7 | 6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 75.4 | — | 13 | 40 | 1 | 3.1 | 7.7 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26–27 | CHI | 16 | — | 156 | 306 | 51.0% | 2,058 | 16 | 16 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 68.2 | — | 24 | 71 | 1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 27–28 | CHI | 11 | — | 39 | 104 | 37.5% | 521 | 3 | 5 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 43.8 | — | 12 | 41 | 2 | 3.4 | 16.7 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 28–29 | GB | — | — | 128 | 238 | 53.8% | 1,490 | 11 | 9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 72.6 | — | 17 | 93 | 1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 29–30 | CLE | 12 | — | 120 | 211 | 56.9% | 1,693 | 7 | 7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 80.1 | — | 24 | 39 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 30–31 | PIT | 1 | — | 29 | 54 | 53.7% | 398 | 2 | 5 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 51.3 | — | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 31–32 | PIT | — | — | 54 | 93 | 58.1% | 804 | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 9.5 | — | 100.8 | — | 4 | 22 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 32–33 | PIT | — | — | 65 | 113 | 57.5% | 666 | 1 | 9 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 44.3 | — | 11 | 25 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 33–34 | PIT | 16 | — | 222 | 401 | 55.4% | 2,767 | 15 | 17 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 71.8 | — | 22 | -7 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 34–35 | PIT | 16 | — | 16 | 24 | 66.7% | 185 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 68.9 | — | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 35–36 | PIT | 16 | — | 21 | 30 | 70.0% | 204 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 83.2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 36–37 | PIT | 9 | — | 137 | 255 | 53.7% | 1,596 | 12 | 8 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 75.5 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 18.8 | 1 |
| Career | — | — | — | 1,246 | 2,334 | 53.4% | 16,050 | 88 | 106 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 68.9 | 15 | 198 | 526 | 9 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
Career Value · VORP
95 career value over replacement — #1235 all-time of 4,695. 8.6/season above a replacement-level QB.
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A quality quarterback with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 95 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 27% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.6 on average.See board →
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