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

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Neil O'Donnell

1× Pro BowlTop 22% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 1995

Height6'3"

Weight228 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

166 career value over replacement — #553 all-time of 4,695. 15.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #70 (Rd 3) · PIT · 1990 · +14 vs expected KV-H

57actual

43 expected · Δ+14

💔+80.5 stolen VORP·5.33 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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
1991	25	PIT	12	—	156	286	54.5%	1,963	11	7	3.8	2.4	6.9	6.5	1.6	78.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	26	PIT	12	—	185	313	59.1%	2,283	13	9	4.2	2.9	7.3	6.8	1.4	83.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	27	PIT	16	—	270	486	55.6%	3,208	14	7	2.9	1.4	6.6	6.5	2.0	79.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	28	PIT	14	—	212	370	57.3%	2,443	13	9	3.5	2.4	6.6	6.2	1.4	78.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	29	PIT	12	—	246	416	59.1%	2,970	17	7	4.1	1.7	7.1	7.2	2.4	87.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	30	NYJ	6	—	110	188	58.5%	1,147	4	7	2.1	3.7	6.1	4.9	0.6	67.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	31	NYJ	15	—	259	460	56.3%	2,796	17	7	3.7	1.5	6.1	6.1	2.4	80.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	32	CIN	13	—	212	343	61.8%	2,216	15	4	4.4	1.2	6.5	6.8	3.8	90.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	33	TEN	8	—	114	192	59.4%	1,374	10	4	5.2	2.1	7.2	7.3	2.5	90.1	9	19	1	0	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0
2000	34	TEN	6	—	35	62	56.5%	521	2	3	3.2	4.8	8.4	6.9	0.7	74.7	3	9	-2	0	-0.2	0.0	0	0.0	0
2001	35	TEN	5	—	42	76	55.3%	496	2	2	2.6	2.6	6.5	5.9	1.0	73.1	6	6	28	0	4.7	0.0	2	33.3	0
2002	36	TEN	2	—	3	5	60.0%	24	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.8	4.8	—	72.1	0	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2003	37	TEN	1	—	18	27	66.7%	232	2	1	7.4	3.7	8.6	8.4	2.0	102.7	0	1	-1	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career		—	122	—	1,862	3,224	57.8%	21,673	120	67	3.7	2.1	6.7	6.5	1.8	82.0	18	38	23	0	0.6	0.0	2	5.3	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Regular-season all-time ranks

92ndPassing Yards·21,673 yds

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 166 · #553 · High-Value

Worth 166 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 13% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.8

Avg surplus

peak +31

8 seasons × ~20.8 surplus ≈