Not to be confused withAlex Smith (TE · 2005–2015).

Also in other sports:nhlAlex Smith (D · 1925–1935).

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

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Alex Smith

3× Pro BowlTop 22% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +12% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2005

Height6'4"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

183 career value over replacement — #446 all-time of 4,649. 13.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler31% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · SF · 2005 · -5.4 vs expected KV-H

56actual

61.4 expected · Δ−5.4

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 40% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

40% of the all-time Passing Yards leader40

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2005

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

QB · 2005 class

4.71s

40-Yard

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 45thClass Pos 77thClass All 49th

32"

Vertical

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 37thClass Pos 55thClass All 31th

113"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Passer Rating: 87.0 regular season → 97.4 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+12%

vs reg season

Career Milestones10

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20061K career passing yards
20095K career passing yards
200925 career passing TDs
201050 career passing TDs
201110K career passing yards
2013100 career passing TDs
2013

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Passing

Cmp156Att253Cmp%61.7%Yds1,745TD14Int2TD%5.5Int%0.8Y/A6.9

College Stats

UtahCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

Top Teammates

Frank GoreRB7y Vernon DavisTE7y Isaac SopoagaNT7y Delanie WalkerTE6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alex inherited the San Francisco 49ers QB room from Tim Rattay (2000–2005), and handed it to Colin Kaepernick (2011–2016).

Steve Bono 1989–1993Elvis Grbac 1994–1996Jeff Garcia 1999–2003Tim Rattay 2000–2005Alex Smith 2005–2012Colin Kaepernick

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

Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2018team change
Joined WAS (from KC)
2013team change
Joined KC (from SF)
2005draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 215 lb

Frame

217 lb at 4.71s

Size-speed

32" vert / 113" broad

Explosion

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	WAS	1	W15Out· CalfW16Questionable· CalfW17Questionable· CalfW18Questionable· Calf
2016	KC	1	W9Out· Head / Ear
2014

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

F2005

C+2006

F2007

C+2009

C+2010

C+2011

D2012

C+2013

C+2014

C+2015

C+2016

B2017

C2018

D2020

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
2005	875	97.2	2,326+1,451	136.8
2006	2,901	181.3	3,426+525	201.5
2007	914	130.6	2,807+1,893	165.1
2009	2,350	213.6	3,700+1,350	217.7
2010	2,370	215.5	3,671+1,301	216
2011	3,144	196.5	3,333+189	196.1
2012	1,737	173.7	2,938+1,201	172.8
2013	3,313	220.9	3,467+154	203.9
2014	3,265	217.7	3,357+92	197.5
2015	3,486	217.9	3,341-145	196.5
2016	3,502	233.5	3,527+25	207.5
2017	4,042	269.5	4,080+38	240
2018	2,180	218	3,351+1,171	197.1
2020	1,582	197.8	3,133+1,551	184.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

11%

Longshot

What carries the case

Longevity 65.6%Pro Bowls 28.1%All-Time Ranks 6.3%

Monitor score 32 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity82

Peak59

Accolades8

Consistency67

Per-Snap50

Alex Smith

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

Postseason Career

Passing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Rushing

Snap Counts

2005 Draft Class· this player went #1

Career Geography