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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124 career value over replacement — #856 all-time of 4,695. 20.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
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Pick #1 (Rd 1) · LA · 2010 · -3.3 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
6 seasons · peak 16.5 in 2012
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.
4.5 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2012 · +1.3 wins
Latest season · 2016 ·
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 13.8 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| 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 | 16.5 |
| 2013 | 25–26 | STL | 7 | 7* | 159 | 262 | 60.7% | 1,687 | 14 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 90.9 | 15 | 11 |
| 2015 | 27–28 | PHI | 14 | 14* | 346 | 532 | 65.0% | 3,725 | 19 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 86.4 | 28 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 28–29 | MIN | 15 | 15* | 395 | 552 | 71.6% | 3,877 | 20 | 5 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 99.3 | 37 | 11.5 |
| 2017 | 29–30 | MIN | 2 | — | 32 | 43 | 74.4% | 382 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | — | 124.4 | 5 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 58.6 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22–23 | STL | 16 | — | 27 | 63 | 1 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6 | 22.2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 23–24 | STL | 10 | — | 18 | 26 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 16.7 | 2 |
| 2012 | 24–25 | STL | 16 | — | 36 | 124 | 1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 9 | 25.0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 25–26 | STL | 7 | 7* | 15 | 31 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 27–28 | PHI | 14 | 14* | 26 | 39 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 2016 | 28–29 | MIN | 15 | 15* | 20 | 53 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 29–30 | MIN | 2 | — | 2 | -3 | 0 | -1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30–31 | ARI | 3 | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| Career | 83 | 146 | 340 | 2 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 25 | 17.1 | 4 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 28–29 | MIN | 15 | 15* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
| Career | 15 | 15* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 25–26 | STL | 7 | 7* | 451 | 98.6% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 27–28 | PHI | 14 | 14* | 987 | 97.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 28–29 | MIN | 15 | 15* | 979 | 98.9% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 29–30 | MIN | 2 | — | 91 | 68.5% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 30–31 | ARI | 3 | — | 135 | 91.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | OnTgt% | Bad% | Prss | Prss% | Hrry | Hits | Bltz | PktTime | Throwaway | Batted | Scrm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 30–31 | ARI | — | — | — | 14.1 | 23 | 26.4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2.2 | 2 | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 23 | — | 8 | 9 | 17 | — | 2 | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 3 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 11 | 270 | 370 | 2705 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 38 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
Blend 60.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 98%
Aidan O'Connell
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84% match
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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.
#70 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H
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| 158.5 |
| Away | 9 | 207 | 305 | 1954 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 19 | — | — | — | 102.06 |
| Wins / Losses | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 9 | 189 | 263 | 2083 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 36 | — | — | — | 138.92 |
| Losses | 11 | 288 | 412 | 2576 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 121.64 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 20 | 477 | 675 | 4659 | 25 | 9 | 48 | 24 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 260.56 |
| By opponent | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs ARI | 1 | 20 | 28 | 169 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | -1 | — | — | — | 8.66 |
| vs CAR | 1 | 18 | 28 | 171 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | -2 | — | — | — | 10.64 |
| vs CHI | 4 | 66 | 100 | 671 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 24 | — | — | — | 45.24 |
| vs DAL | 1 | 32 | 45 | 247 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 14.88 |
| vs DET | 2 | 62 | 77 | 497 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22.38 |
| vs GB | 2 | 56 | 81 | 668 | 5 | — | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 44.92 |
| vs HOU | 1 | 22 | 30 | 271 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | -2 | — | — | — | 18.64 |
| vs IND | 1 | 32 | 42 | 291 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.64 |
| vs JAX | 1 | 24 | 34 | 292 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | 17.38 |
| vs LA | 1 | 17 | 27 | 90 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| vs NO | 1 | 27 | 32 | 346 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | -3 | — | — | — | 25.54 |
| vs NYG | 1 | 26 | 36 | 262 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | 15.08 |
| vs PHI | 1 | 24 | 41 | 224 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -1 | — | — | — | 6.86 |
| vs WAS | 2 | 51 | 74 | 460 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | 21.1 |
| By month | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 25 | 33 | 250 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 24 | — | — | — | 22.4 |
| September | 6 | 117 | 171 | 1203 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 7 | -1 | — | — | — | 68.02 |
| October | 5 | 100 | 155 | 1021 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 55.14 |
| November | 4 | 113 | 145 | 973 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 49.32 |
| December | 4 | 122 | 171 | 1212 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 32 | — | — | — | 65.68 |
| Division games | G | Cmp | Att | Pass Yds | Pass TD | INT | Sk | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 8 | 188 | 266 | 1769 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 105.86 |
| Non-division | 12 | 289 | 409 | 2890 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 31 | — | — | — | 154.7 |
Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)