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

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Brian Griese

1× Pro BowlTop 22% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 1999 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000 Team Carrier · #168

Height6'3"

Weight214 lb

BornMar 18, 1975

Age51

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #168 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2004 TB·5 team wins#14

Passing Touchdowns · 20 · score 24

1999 DEN·6 team wins#12

Passing Yards · 3,006 · score 14

2004 TB

Career Value · VORP

153 career value over replacement — #612 all-time of 4,649. 15.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #91 (Rd 3) · DEN · 1998 · +18.7 vs expected KV-H

56actual

37.3 expected · Δ+18.7

💔+65.4 stolen VORP·4.3 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Passing Yards leader22

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 87%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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)Not available for this player

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 DayNot available for this player

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.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

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.

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.

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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Denver Broncos QB room from John Elway (1983–1998), and handed it to Jake Plummer (2003–2006).

Gary Kubiak 1983–1991John Elway 1983–1998Brian Griese 1998–2002Jake Plummer 2003–2006Jay Cutler 2006–2008Kyle Orton 2009–2011Peyton Manning 2012–2015Russell Wilson 2022–2023Bo Nix 2024–2025

Brian inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB room from Brad Johnson (2001–2004), and handed it to Jeff Garcia (2007–2008).

Vinny Testaverde 1987–1992Craig Erickson 1992–1994Trent Dilfer 1994–1999Shaun King 1999–2003Brad Johnson 2001–2004Brian Griese 2004–2008Jeff Garcia

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →

peak 62

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

B1999

B2000

C+2001

B2002

F2003

B2004

D2005

F2006

C+2007

D2008

Availability

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

57%

19982008

1998 · backup · 1/16 G

2000 · cause not documented · 63%2003 · cause not documented · 31%2004 · cause not documented · 69%2005 · cause not documented · 38%2006 · cause not documented · 31%2007 · cause not documented · 44%2008 · cause not documented · 31%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Fragile

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1999	3,006	214.7	4,030+1,024	237
2000	2,606	260.6	4,560+1,954	268.2
2001	2,827	188.5	3,515+688	206.7
2002	3,214	247.2	4,299+1,085	252.9
2003	813	162.6	3,032+2,219	178.3
2004	2,632	239.3	4,199+1,567	247
2005	1,136	189.3	3,542+2,406	208.3
2006	220	44	1,638+1,418	96.3
2007	1,803	257.6	4,408+2,605	259.3
2008	1,073	214.6	3,802+2,729	223.6

Brian Griese

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Franchise Succession

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