David Carr is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Carr in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Carr's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
David Carr
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 2002 | 23 | HOU | 16 | — | 233 | 444 | 52.5% | 2,592 | 9 | 15 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 62.8 | 76 | 59 | 282 | 3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 16 | 27.1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 24 | HOU | 12 | — | 167 | 295 | 56.6% | 2,013 | 9 | 13 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 69.5 | 15 | 27 | 151 | 2 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 11 | 40.7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25 | HOU | 16 | — | 286 | 467 | 61.2% | 3,539 | 16 | 14 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 83.6 | 50 | 72 | 303 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 24 | 33.3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26 | HOU | 16 | — | 256 | 423 | 60.5% | 2,488 | 14 | 11 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 77.2 | 68 | 56 | 308 | 1 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 20 | 35.7 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27 | HOU | 16 | — | 302 | 442 | 68.3% | 2,765 | 11 | 12 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 82.1 | 40 | 54 | 193 | 2 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 16 | 29.6 | 2 |
| 2007 | 28 | CAR | 6 | — | 73 | 136 | 53.7% | 635 | 3 | 5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 58.3 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 29 | NYG | 3 | — | 9 | 12 | 75.0% | 115 | 2 | 0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 12.9 | — | 144.1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | NYG | 6 | — | 21 | 33 | 63.6% | 225 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 7.4 | — | 93.6 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 3.0 | 11.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 31 | SF | 1 | — | 5 | 13 | 38.5% | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 33 | NYG | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | — | 84.0 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 94 | — | 1,354 | 2,268 | 59.7% | 14,458 | 65 | 71 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 74.9 | 267 | 305 | 1,330 | 9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 94 | 30.8 | 5 | |
Career Value · VORP
77 career value over replacement — #1478 all-time of 4,649. 11/season above a replacement-level QB.
Career Profile
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #1 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2002 · -11.4 vs expected KV-H
50actual
61.4 expected · Δ−11.4
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