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

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Steve Beuerlein

1× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 1993 📈 Late Developer · 1999

Height6'3"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

180 career value over replacement — #478 all-time of 4,695. 12.9/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×3 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #110 (Rd 4) · RAI · 1987 · +22.3 vs expected KV-H

58actual

35.7 expected · Δ+22.3

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

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
1988	23	OAK	10	—	105	238	44.1%	1,643	8	7	3.4	2.9	6.9	6.3	1.1	66.6	—	30	35	0	1.2	0.0	—	—	—
1989	24	OAK	10	—	108	217	49.8%	1,677	13	9	6.0	4.1	7.7	7.1	1.4	78.4	—	16	39	0	2.4	0.0	—	—	—
1991	26	DAL	8	—	68	137	49.6%	909	5	2	3.6	1.5	6.6	6.7	2.5	77.2	—	7	-14	0	-2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1992	27	DAL	16	—	12	18	66.7%	154	0	1	0.0	5.6	8.6	6.1	0.0	70.1	—	4	-7	0	-1.8	0.0	—	—	—
1993	28	ARI	16	—	258	418	61.7%	3,164	18	17	4.3	4.1	7.6	6.6	1.1	82.5	—	22	45	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1994	29	ARI	9	—	130	255	51.0%	1,545	5	9	2.0	3.5	6.1	4.9	0.6	61.6	—	22	39	1	1.8	4.5	—	—	—
1995	30	JAX	15	—	71	142	50.0%	952	4	7	2.8	4.9	6.7	5.0	0.6	60.5	—	5	32	0	6.4	0.0	—	—	—
1996	31	CAR	8	—	69	123	56.1%	879	8	2	6.5	1.6	7.1	7.7	4.0	93.5	—	12	17	0	1.4	0.0	—	—	—
1997	32	CAR	12	—	89	153	58.2%	1,032	6	3	3.9	2.0	6.7	6.6	2.0	83.6	—	4	32	0	8.0	0.0	—	—	—
1998	33	CAR	12	—	216	343	63.0%	2,613	17	12	5.0	3.5	7.6	7.0	1.4	88.2	—	22	26	0	1.2	0.0	—	—	—
1999	34	CAR	16	—	343	571	60.1%	4,436	36	15	6.3	2.6	7.8	7.8	2.4	94.6	49	24	105	1	4.4	4.2	5	20.8	3
2000	35	CAR	16	—	318	524	60.7%	3,691	19	18	3.6	3.4	7.0	6.2	1.1	79.8	60	41	97	1	2.4	2.4	10	24.4	1
2002	37	DEN	5	—	68	117	58.1%	925	6	5	5.1	4.3	7.9	7.0	1.2	82.7	12	5	9	1	1.8	20.0	1	20.0	0
2003	38	DEN	4	—	33	63	52.4%	389	2	5	3.2	7.9	6.2	3.2	0.4	49.0	9	5	13	0	2.6	0.0	1	20.0	0
Career		—	157	—	1,888	3,319	56.9%	24,009	147	112	4.4	3.4	7.2	6.6	1.3	80.3	130	219	468	4	2.1	1.8	17	7.8	4

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

76thPassing Yards·24,009 yds 82ndPassing Touchdowns·147

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1999·Pass Yds4,436 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 180 · #478 · Elite

Worth 180 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

6 replaced

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

+22.5

Avg surplus

peak +44

8 seasons × ~22.5 surplus ≈