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

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Steve McNair

3× Pro BowlTop 16% all-time QBsIron Man📉 Fades · -20% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #143

Height6'2"

Weight230 lb

BornFeb 14, 1973

Age53

CollegeAlcorn State See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

45thPassing Yards·31,218 yds 55thPassing Touchdowns·174

Postseason all-time ranks

30thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·6 37thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,736 yds 64thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6 88thPlayoff Rushing Yards·343 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end quarterback defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 215 · #327 · Elite

Worth 215 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.5

Avg surplus

peak +28

10 seasons × ~21.5 surplus ≈ VORP 215

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving									Defense
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1995	—	HOU	—	—	41	80	51.2%	569	3	1	3.8	1.3	7.1	7.3	3.0	81.7	—	11	38	0	3.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	HOU	—	—	88	143	61.5%	1,197	6	4	4.2	2.8	8.4	8.0	1.5	90.6	—	31	169	2	5.5	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	TEN	16	—	216	415	52.0%	2,665	14	13	3.4	3.1	6.4	5.7	1.1	70.4	—	101	674	8	6.7	7.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	TEN	16	—	289	492	58.7%	3,228	15	10	3.0	2.0	6.6	6.3	1.5	80.1	—	77	559	4	7.3	5.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	TEN	11	—	185	329	56.2%	2,152	12	8	3.6	2.4	6.5	6.2	1.5	78.2	16	71	328	8	4.6	11.3	33	46.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	TEN	16	—	242	389	62.2%	2,757	15	13	3.9	3.3	7.1	6.4	1.2	82.4	23	72	403	0	5.6	0.0	23	31.9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2001	—	TEN	15	—	264	431	61.3%	3,350	21	12	4.9	2.8	7.8	7.5	1.8	90.2	37	75	414	5	5.5	6.7	31	41.3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	TEN	16	—	301	492	61.2%	3,387	22	15	4.5	3.0	6.9	6.4	1.5	84.0	21	82	440	3	5.4	3.7	29	35.4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	TEN	14	—	250	400	62.5%	3,246	24	7	6.0	1.8	8.1	8.5	3.4	100.7	20	37	138	4	3.7	10.8	9	24.3	2	1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	TEN	8	—	129	215	60.0%	1,343	8	9	3.7	4.2	6.2	5.1	0.9	73.1	13	23	128	1	5.6	4.3	11	47.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	TEN	14	—	292	476	61.3%	3,161	16	11	3.4	2.3	6.6	6.3	1.5	82.4	20	32	139	1	4.3	3.1	12	37.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	BAL	16	—	295	468	63.0%	3,050	16	12	3.4	2.6	6.5	6.0	1.3	82.5	14	45	119	1	2.6	2.2	16	35.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	BAL	6	—	133	205	64.9%	1,113	2	4	1.0	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.5	73.9	11	10	32	0	3.2	0.0	4	40.0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	156	—	2,725	4,535	60.1%	31,218	174	119	3.8	2.6	6.9	6.5	1.5	82.7	175	667	3,581	37	5.4	5.5	168	25.2	12	1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0	8	7	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0

Career EPA287.4·265 passing · 23 rushing·31.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1995	22	HOU	—	—	41	80	51.2%	569	3	1	3.8	1.3	7.1	7.3	3.0	81.7	—	—
1996	23	HOU	—	—	88	143	61.5%	1,197	6	4	4.2	2.8	8.4	8.0	1.5	90.6	—	—
1997	24	TEN	16	—	216	415	52.0%	2,665	14	13	3.4	3.1	6.4	5.7	1.1	70.4	—	14.4
1998	25	TEN	16	—	289	492	58.7%	3,228	15	10	3.0	2.0	6.6	6.3	1.5	80.1	—	15.2
1999	26	TEN	11	—	185	329	56.2%	2,152	12	8	3.6	2.4	6.5	6.2	1.5	78.2	16	10.9
2000	27	TEN	16	—	242	389	62.2%	2,757	15	13	3.9	3.3	7.1	6.4	1.2	82.4	23	12.4
2001	28	TEN	15	—	264	431	61.3%	3,350	21	12	4.9	2.8	7.8	7.5	1.8	90.2	37	16.8
2002	29	TEN	16	—	301	492	61.2%	3,387	22	15	4.5	3.0	6.9	6.4	1.5	84.0	21	14.1
2003	30	TEN	14	—	250	400	62.5%	3,246	24	7	6.0	1.8	8.1	8.5	3.4	100.7	20	17.5
2004	31	TEN	8	—	129	215	60.0%	1,343	8	9	3.7	4.2	6.2	5.1	0.9	73.1	13	5.7
2005	32	TEN	14	—	292	476	61.3%	3,161	16	11	3.4	2.3	6.6	6.3	1.5	82.4	20	12.3
2006	33	BAL	16	—	295	468	63.0%	3,050	16	12	3.4	2.6	6.5	6.0	1.3	82.5	14	11.6
2007	34	BAL	6	—	133	205	64.9%	1,113	2	4	1.0	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.5	73.9	11	3.6
Career			148		2,725	4,535	60.1%	31,218	174	119	3.8	2.6	6.9	—	—	82.7	175	134.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1995	22	HOU	—	—	11	38	0	3.5	0.0	—	—	—
1996	23	HOU	—	—	31	169	2	5.5	6.5	—	—	—
1997	24	TEN	16	—	101	674	8	6.7	7.9	—	—	—
1998	25	TEN	16	—	77	559	4	7.3	5.2	—	—	—
1999	26	TEN	11	—	71	328	8	4.6	11.3	33	46.5	0
2000	27	TEN	16	—	72	403	0	5.6	0.0	23	31.9	3
2001	28	TEN	15	—	75	414	5	5.5	6.7	31	41.3	2
2002	29	TEN	16	—	82	440	3	5.4	3.7	29	35.4	1
2003	30	TEN	14	—	37	138	4	3.7	10.8	9	24.3	2
2004	31	TEN	8	—	23	128	1	5.6	4.3	11	47.8	1
2005	32	TEN	14	—	32	139	1	4.3	3.1	12	37.5	0
2006	33	BAL	16	—	45	119	1	2.6	2.2	16	35.6	1
2007	34	BAL	6	—	10	32	0	3.2	0.0	4	40.0	2
Career			148		667	3,581	37	5.4	—	168	—	12

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2003	30	TEN	14	—	1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0
Career			14		1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
1999	26	MIA	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2000	27	KC	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	1	—
2002	29	BAL	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2003	30	NO	1	—	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2005	32	BAL	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	34	CIN	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			8		8	7	1	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	26	—	—	—	9.3	17.4	—	0
2000	27	—	—	—	14.5	-4.2	—	0
2001	28	—	—	—	65.6	9.5	—	0
2002	29	—	—	—	72.5	10.3	—	0
2003	30	—	—	—	104.2	-0.4	-0.1	0
2004	31	—	—	—	4.6	3.8	—	0
2005	32	—	—	—	-9.4	3.7	—	0
2006	33	—	—	—	39.6	-8.3	—	3,473
2007	34	—	—	—	-36.2	-9.0	—	1,137
Career					—	—	—	4,610

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 39.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 552007

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #143 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2005 TEN·4 team wins#13

Passing Yards · 3,161 · score 39

2005 TEN·4 team wins#17

Passing Touchdowns · 16 · score 27

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 35% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

35% of the all-time Passing Yards leader35

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

31.93 EPA/season over 9 seasons61

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: 89%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 82.7 regular season → 66.2 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

-20%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Passing

Cmp182Att309Cmp%58.9%Yds1,736TD6Int11TD%1.9Int%3.6Y/A5.6AdjY/A4.4TD:INT0.5Rate66.2Sk14

Rushing

Att54Yds343TD6Y/A6.4TD%11.11D321D%59.3Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt1Rec1Yds-10Ctch%100.0%Y/R-10.0Y/Tgt-10.0

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-34.2Rush EPA34.5Rec EPA-1.7Pass AirYd226

College Stats

Alcorn StateImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1991	—	189	338	55.9%	2,895	24	—	7.1	—	8.6	—	—	89.8	—
1992	—	231	419	55.1%	3,541	29	—	6.9	—	8.5	—	—	95.4	—
1993	—	204	386	52.8%	3,197	22	—	5.7	—	8.3	—	—	83.4	—
1994	—	356	612	58.2%	5,377	47	—	7.7	—	8.8	—	—	102.5	—
Career		980	1,755	55.8%	15,010	122	0	7.0	0.0	8.6	9.9	—	107.4	0

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1991	—	57	242	—	4.2	—	—	—	—
1992	—	92	516	—	5.6	—	—	—	—
1993	—	107	633	—	5.9	—	—	—	—
1994	—	128	904	—	7.1	—	—	—	—
Career		384	2,295	0	6.0	0.0	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1995 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Ki-Jana CarterRB #2Tony BoselliOT #4Michael WestbrookWR #5Kerry CollinsQB #6Kevin CarterDE #7Mike MamulaDE #8Joey GallowayWR #9Kyle BradyTE #10J.J. StokesWR #11Derrick L. AlexanderDE #12Warren SappDT #13Mark FieldsOLB #14Ruben BrownG #15Ellis JohnsonDE #16Hugh DouglasDE #17Tyrone WheatleyRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Steve inherited the Tennessee Titans QB room from Chris Chandler (1995–1996), and handed it to Billy Volek (2001–2005).

Warren Moon 1984–1993Cody Carlson 1988–1994Chris Chandler 1995–1996Steve McNair 1997–2005Billy Volek 2001–2005Kerry Collins

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2007final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2006team change
Joined BAL (from TEN)
1997team change
Joined TEN (from HOU)
1995draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 230 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

C+1997

B1998

C+1999

C+2000

B2001

B2002

B2003

C2004

B2005

C+2006

D2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
1997	2,665	166.6	3,377+712	198.6
1998	3,228	201.8	3,896+668	229.2
1999	2,152	195.6	3,757+1,605	221
2000	2,757	172.3	3,385+628	199.1
2001	3,350	223.3	4,038+688	237.5
2002	3,387	211.7	3,810+423	224.1
2003	3,246	231.9	4,088+842	240.5
2004	1,343	167.9	3,194+1,851	187.9
2005	3,161	225.8	4,021+860	236.5
2006	3,050	190.6	3,538+488	208.1
2007	1,113	185.5	3,506+2,393	206.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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 (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

215 career value over replacement — #327 all-time of 4,642. 19.5/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 1995 · -0.8 vs expected KV-H

61actual

61.8 expected · Δ−0.8

💔+28.4 stolen VORP·1.69 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Passing

College Rushing

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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