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.

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Mike Tomczak

Top 37% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 1996 Team Carrier · #522

Height6'1"

Weight210 lb

BornOct 23, 1962

Age63

CollegeOhio State

Combined Season Grid

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

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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
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
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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Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 7.1 in 1989

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.1 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1989 · +0.5 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.5

Latest season · 1999 · +0.3 wins

Passing+0.4
Rushing−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · QB

#151 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H

063th percentile100

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Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1985	22–23	CHI	6	—	2	6	33.3%	33	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.5	5.5	—	52.8	—	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	—	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	—	0.2
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	—	6.5
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	—	7.1
1990	27–28	CHI	11	—	39	104	37.5%	521	3	5	2.9	4.8	5.0	3.4	0.6	43.8	—	0.2
1991	28–29	GB	—	—	128	238	53.8%	1,490	11	9	4.6	3.8	6.3	5.5	1.2	72.6	—	6.6
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	—	4.7
1993	30–31	PIT	1	—	29	54	53.7%	398	2	5	3.7	9.3	7.4	3.9	0.4	51.3	—	—
1994	31–32	PIT	—	—	54	93	58.1%	804	4	0	4.3	0.0	8.6	9.5	—	100.8	—	5.5
1995	32–33	PIT	—	—	65	113	57.5%	666	1	9	0.9	8.0	5.9	2.5	0.1	44.3	—	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	—	5.8
1997	34–35	PIT	16	—	16	24	66.7%	185	1	2	4.2	8.3	7.7	4.8	0.5	68.9	—	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
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	3.5
Career			—		1,246	2,334	53.4%	16,050	88	106	3.8	4.5	6.9	5.6	0.8	68.9	15	40.1

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1985	22–23	CHI	6	—	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	—	—	—
1986	23–24	CHI	13	—	23	117	3	5.1	13.0	—	—	—
1987	24–25	CHI	12	—	18	54	1	3.0	5.6	—	—	—
1988	25–26	CHI	14	—	13	40	1	3.1	7.7	—	—	—
1989	26–27	CHI	16	—	24	71	1	3.0	4.2	—	—	—
1990	27–28	CHI	11	—	12	41	2	3.4	16.7	—	—	—
1991	28–29	GB	—	—	17	93	1	5.5	5.9	—	—	—
1992	29–30	CLE	12	—	24	39	0	1.6	0.0	—	—	—
1993	30–31	PIT	1	—	5	-4	0	-0.8	0.0	—	—	—
1994	31–32	PIT	—	—	4	22	0	5.5	0.0	—	—	—
1995	32–33	PIT	—	—	11	25	0	2.3	0.0	—	—	—
1996	33–34	PIT	16	—	22	-7	0	-0.3	0.0	—	—	—
1997	34–35	PIT	16	—	7	13	0	1.9	0.0	—	—	—
1998	35–36	PIT	16	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—
1999	36–37	PIT	9	—	16	19	0	1.2	0.0	3	18.8	1
Career			—		198	526	9	2.7	4.5	3	1.5	1