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

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Scott Mitchell

Top 17% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 1995

Height6'6"

Weight240 lb

BornJan 2, 1968

Age58

CollegeUtah See College Stats

Rookie yr1991

Draft1990 · Rd 4, Pick 93 · MIA

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 123 · #843 · High-Value

Worth 123 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.6

Avg surplus

peak +41

5 seasons × ~24.6 surplus ≈ VORP 123

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1992	—	MIA	16	—	2	8	25.0%	32	0	1	0.0	12.5	4.0	-1.6	0.0	4.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	MIA	13	—	133	233	57.1%	1,773	12	8	5.2	3.4	7.6	7.1	1.5	84.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	DET	9	—	119	246	48.4%	1,456	10	11	4.1	4.5	5.9	4.7	0.9	62.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	DET	16	—	346	583	59.3%	4,338	32	12	5.5	2.1	7.4	7.6	2.7	92.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	DET	14	—	253	437	57.9%	2,917	17	17	3.9	3.9	6.7	5.7	1.0	74.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	DET	16	—	293	509	57.6%	3,484	19	14	3.7	2.8	6.8	6.4	1.4	79.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	DET	2	—	38	75	50.7%	452	1	3	1.3	4.0	6.0	4.5	0.3	57.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	BAL	1	—	7	16	43.8%	48	0	2	0.0	12.5	3.0	-2.6	0.0	11.5	1	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.2	-1.3	—	0	0
2000	—	CIN	8	—	89	186	47.8%	966	3	8	1.6	4.3	5.2	3.6	0.4	51.1	16	8	44	1	5.5	12.5	4	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-42.6	7.2	—	0	0
2001	—	CIN	1	—	4	12	33.3%	38	0	3	0.0	25.0	3.2	-8.1	0.0	3.5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-17.8	—	—	0	0
Career		—	96	—	1,284	2,305	55.7%	15,504	94	79	4.1	3.4	6.7	6.0	1.2	75.8	19	9	45	1	5.0	11.1	4	44.4	0	-66.7	6.0	—	0	0

Career EPA-60.7·-67 passing · 6 rushing·-20.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1992	24	MIA	16	—	2	8	25.0%	32	0	1	0.0	12.5	4.0	-1.6	0.0	4.2	—	3.4
1993	25	MIA	13	—	133	233	57.1%	1,773	12	8	5.2	3.4	7.6	7.1	1.5	84.2	—	9.7
1994	26	DET	9	—	119	246	48.4%	1,456	10	11	4.1	4.5	5.9	4.7	0.9	62.0	—	4.9
1995	27	DET	16	—	346	583	59.3%	4,338	32	12	5.5	2.1	7.4	7.6	2.7	92.3	—	15.9
1996	28	DET	14	—	253	437	57.9%	2,917	17	17	3.9	3.9	6.7	5.7	1.0	74.9	—	9.8
1997	29	DET	16	—	293	509	57.6%	3,484	19	14	3.7	2.8	6.8	6.4	1.4	79.6	—	12.9
1998	30	DET	2	—	38	75	50.7%	452	1	3	1.3	4.0	6.0	4.5	0.3	57.2	—	—
1999	31	BAL	1	—	7	16	43.8%	48	0	2	0.0	12.5	3.0	-2.6	0.0	11.5	1	—
2000	32	CIN	8	—	89	186	47.8%	966	3	8	1.6	4.3	5.2	3.6	0.4	51.1	16	3.4
2001	33	CIN	1	—	4	12	33.3%	38	0	3	0.0	25.0	3.2	-8.1	0.0	3.5	2	—
Career			96		1,284	2,305	55.7%	15,504	94	79	4.1	3.4	6.7	—	—	75.8	19	60

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
1999	31	BAL	1	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0
2000	32	CIN	8	—	8	44	1	5.5	12.5	4	50.0
Career			9		9	45	1	5.0	—	4	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	31	—	—	—	-6.2	-1.3	—
2000	32	—	—	—	-42.6	7.2	—
2001	33	—	—	—	-17.8	—	—
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 37.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1992bestavg 53elite 702000

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Passing Yards leader17

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-20.24 EPA/season over 3 seasons43

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 86%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

College Stats

UtahImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1987	UTAH	109	188	58.0%	1,448	9	4	4.8	2.1	7.7	7.7	2.3	89.6	—
1988	UTAH	323	533	60.6%	4,322	29	15	5.4	2.8	8.1	7.9	1.9	92.8	—
1989	UTAH	237	444	53.4%	3,211	31	19	7.0	4.3	7.2	6.7	1.6	82.1	—
Career		669	1,165	57.4%	8,981	69	38	5.9	3.3	7.7	7.4	1.8	88.2	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1987	UTAH	21	-44	1	-2.1	4.8	—	—	—
1988	UTAH	56	-23	0	-0.4	0.0	—	—	—
1989	UTAH	64	-78	2	-1.2	3.1	—	—	—
Career		141	-145	3	-1.0	2.1	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #93

#70Neil O'DonnellQB #71Joel SmeengeDE #73Anthony PleasantDE #77Fred BarnettWR #80Greg McMurtryWR #83Stacey SimmonsWR #87Jesse AndersonTE #89Chris WarrenRB #94Bill SchultzG #96Fred JonesWR #97Chris CallowayWR #100Eddie FullerRB #102Jackie HarrisTE #105Chris OldhamDB #106Rick CunninghamOT #108Tony MayberryC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Scott inherited the Detroit Lions QB room from Erik Kramer (1991–1993), and handed it to Charlie Batch (1998–2001).

Eric Hipple 1981–1989Rodney Peete 1989–1993Erik Kramer 1991–1993Scott Mitchell 1994–1998Charlie Batch 1998–2001Joey Harrington

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2000team change
Joined CIN (from BAL)
1999team change
Joined BAL (from DET)
1994team change
Joined DET (from MIA)
1990draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 4, Pick 93

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 240 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 68

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

D1992

C+1993

C1994

B+1995

B1996

B1997

D2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

60%

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1992	32	2	2,327+2,295	136.9
1993	1,773	136.4	3,392+1,619	199.5
1994	1,456	161.8	3,543+2,087	208.4
1995	4,338	271.1	4,638+300	272.8
1996	2,917	208.4	3,958+1,041	232.9
1997	3,484	217.8	4,079+595	239.9
2000	966	120.8	2,701+1,735	158.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

123 career value over replacement — #843 all-time of 4,642. 17.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #93 (Rd 4) · MIA · 1990 · +21.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

38.7 expected · Δ+21.3

💔+69.6 stolen VORP·4 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

College Passing

College Rushing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #93

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

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