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

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Sam Bradford

Top 17% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'4"

Weight224 lb

BornNov 8, 1987

Age

Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #856 all-time of 4,695. 20.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Comet58% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · LA · 2010 · -3.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

63.3 expected · Δ−3.3

💔+58 stolen VORP·2.8 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2010	22–23	STL	16	—	354	590	60.0%	3,512	18	15	3.1	2.5	6.0	5.4	1.2	76.5	34	27	63	1	2.3	3.7	6	22.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	23–24	STL	10	—	191	357	53.5%	2,164	6	6	1.7	1.7	6.1	5.6	1.0	70.5	36	18	26	0	1.4	0.0	3	16.7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	24–25	STL	16	—	328	551	59.5%	3,702	21	13	3.8	2.4	6.7	6.4	1.6	82.6	35	36	124	1	3.4	2.8	9	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	25–26	STL	7	—	159	262	60.7%	1,687	14	4	5.3	1.5	6.4	6.8	3.5	90.9	15	15	31	0	2.1	0.0	1	6.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	451	98.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	27–28	PHI	14	—	346	532	65.0%	3,725	19	14	3.6	2.6	7.0	6.5	1.4	86.4	28	26	39	0	1.5	0.0	2	7.7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	987	97.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	28–29	MIN	15	—	395	552	71.6%	3,877	20	5	3.6	0.9	7.0	7.3	4.0	99.3	37	20	53	0	2.6	0.0	3	15.0	0	1	1	5	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0	979	98.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	29–30	MIN	2	—	32	43	74.4%	382	3	0	7.0	0.0	8.9	10.3	—	124.4	5	2	-3	0	-1.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	91	68.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	30–31	ARI	3	—	50	80	62.5%	400	2	4	2.5	5.0	5.0	3.3	0.5	62.5	6	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	135	91.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	83	—	1,855	2,967	62.5%	19,449	103	61	3.5	2.1	6.6	6.3	1.7	84.5	196	146	340	2	2.3	1.4	25	17.1	4	1	1	5	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 124 · #856 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 19% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.7

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~20.7 surplus ≈ VORP 124