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

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Trent Dilfer

1× Pro BowlTop 27% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 1996 Team Carrier · #521

Height6'4"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

116 career value over replacement — #942 all-time of 4,695. 9.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #6 (Rd 1) · TAM · 1994 · -10.3 vs expected KV-H

53actual

63.3 expected · Δ−10.3

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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
1994	22	TB	2	—	—	38	82	46.3%	433	1	6	1.2	7.3	5.3	2.2	0.2	36.3	—	2	27	0	13.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	23	TB	16	—	0.0	224	415	54.0%	2,774	4	18	1.0	4.3	6.7	4.9	0.2	60.1	—	23	115	2	5.0	8.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	24	TB	16	—	1.8	267	482	55.4%	2,859	12	19	2.5	3.9	5.9	4.7	0.6	64.8	—	32	124	0	3.9	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	25	TB	16	—	13.8	217	386	56.2%	2,555	21	11	5.4	2.8	6.6	6.4	1.9	82.8	—	33	99	1	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	26	TB	16	—	12.9	225	429	52.4%	2,729	21	15	4.9	3.5	6.4	5.8	1.4	74.0	—	40	141	2	3.5	5.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	27	TB	10	—	0.0	145	242	59.9%	1,610	11	10	4.5	4.1	6.7	5.7	1.1	77.7	26	34	143	0	4.2	0.0	13	38.2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	28	BAL	9	—	0.0	133	225	59.1%	1,493	12	11	5.3	4.9	6.6	5.5	1.1	76.4	23	20	75	0	3.8	0.0	4	20.0	1	1	1	-1	0	100.0%	-1.0	-1.0	—	0
2001	29	SEA	6	—	2.5	73	122	59.8%	1,014	7	4	5.7	3.3	8.3	8.0	1.8	92.0	10	11	17	0	1.5	0.0	3	27.3	0	1	1	-5	0	100.0%	-5.0	-5.0	—	0
2002	30	SEA	6	—	7.2	94	168	56.0%	1,182	4	6	2.4	3.6	7.0	5.9	0.7	71.1	7	10	27	0	2.7	0.0	4	40.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	31	SEA	5	—	0.0	4	8	50.0%	31	1	1	12.5	12.5	3.9	0.8	1.0	59.9	1	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	32	SEA	4	—	0.0	25	58	43.1%	333	1	3	1.7	5.2	5.7	3.8	0.3	46.1	4	10	14	0	1.4	0.0	1	10.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	33	CLE	11	—	4.0	199	333	59.8%	2,321	11	12	3.3	3.6	7.0	6.0	0.9	76.9	23	20	46	0	2.3	0.0	2	10.0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	35	SF	7	—	0.0	113	219	51.6%	1,166	7	12	3.2	5.5	5.3	3.5	0.6	55.1	27	10	25	0	2.5	0.0	1	10.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	124	—	42.2	1,757	3,169	55.4%	20,500	113	128	3.6	4.0	6.5	5.4	0.9	70.3	121	247	852	5	3.4	2.0	28	11.3	7	2	2	-6	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

60thPlayoff Passing Yards·971 yds 85thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·4

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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 116 · #942 · High-Value

Worth 116 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 21% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

5 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.6

Avg surplus

peak +22

7 seasons × ~16.6 surplus ≈