Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1985 | 23 | OAK | 4 | — | 4 | 13 | 30.8% | 54 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | — | 70.7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 24 | OAK | 2 | — | 19 | 38 | 50.0% | 266 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 70.7 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 25 | OAK | 5 | — | 55 | 106 | 51.9% | 706 | 2 | 6 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 55.8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | DET | 11 | — | 126 | 306 | 41.2% | 1,558 | 7 | 12 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 48.9 | 31 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | IND | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 23 | — | 204 | 464 | 44.0% | 2,584 | 11 | 19 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 52.8 | 49 | 35 | 91 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
14 career value over replacement — #3468 all-time of 4,695. 4.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #143 (Rd 6) · RAI · 1985 · -1.5 vs expected KV-H
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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.
#248 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 23 | OAK | 4 | — | 4 | 13 | 30.8% | 54 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 | — | 70.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 24 | OAK | 2 | — | 19 | 38 | 50.0% | 266 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 70.7 | 3 | — |
| 1987 | 25 | OAK | 5 | — | 55 | 106 | 51.9% | 706 | 2 | 6 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 55.8 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | DET | 11 | — | 126 | 306 | 41.2% | 1,558 | 7 | 12 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 48.9 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | IND | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | — |
| Career | 23 | 204 | 464 | 44.0% | 2,584 | 11 | 19 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 52.8 | 49 | 0 |
A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 29 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 33.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 29· confidence 71%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)
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