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

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Doug Flutie

1× Pro BowlTop 24% all-time QBsHigh-End StarterTeam Carrier · #196

Height5'10"

Weight180 lb

BornOct 23, 1962

Age63

CollegeBoston College See College Stats

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #196 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

2 qualifying seasons

2001 LAC·5 team wins#10

Passing Yards · 3,464 · score 32

2001 LAC·5 team wins#17

Passing Touchdowns · 15 · score 18

All-Time Standing

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

Career Value · VORP

97 career value over replacement — #1164 all-time of 4,649. 10.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #285 (Rd 11) · LA · 1985 · +54 vs expected KV-H

54actual

0 expected · Δ+54

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Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers

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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.

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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Doug inherited the New England Patriots QB room from Tony Eason (1983–1989), and handed it to Drew Bledsoe (1993–2001).

Tony Eason 1983–1989Doug Flutie 1987–2005Drew Bledsoe 1993–2001Tom Brady 2000–2019Brian Hoyer 2009–2022Jacoby Brissett 2016–2024

Doug inherited the Buffalo Bills QB room from Todd Collins (1995–1997), and handed it to Rob Johnson (1999–2001).

Matt Kofler 1982–1984Frank Reich 1985–1994Todd Collins 1995–1997Doug Flutie 1998–2000Rob Johnson 1999–2001Drew Bledsoe 2002–2004J.P. Losman

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.

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined NE (from SD)
2005final season
Last recorded season with NE
2001team change
Joined SD (from BUF)
1998team change
Joined BUF (from NE)
1987team change
Joined NE (from CHI)
1986team change
Joined CHI (from LA)
1985draft
Drafted by LA — Round 11, Pick 285

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

F1986

C1988

F1989

B1998

B1999

C2000

B2001

D2003

F2005

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

53%

19862005

1986 · backup · 4/16 G1987 · backup · 1/15 G

1988 · cause not documented · 69%1989 · cause not documented · 31%2000 · cause not documented · 63%2002 · cause not documented · 6%2003 · cause not documented · 44%2004 · cause not documented · 13%2005 · cause not documented · 25%

Durability IQ

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

Fragile

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
1986	361	90.3	3,150+2,789	185.3
1988	1,150	104.5	3,220+2,070	189.4
1989	493	98.6	3,148+2,655	185.2
1998	2,711	208.5	3,972+1,261	233.7
1999	3,145	209.7	3,962+817	233
2000	1,656	165.6	3,293+1,637	193.7
2001	3,464	216.5	3,935+471	231.5
2003	1,097	156.7	2,942+1,845	173.1
2005	29	7.3	1,139+1,110	67

Doug Flutie

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

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1985 Draft Class· this player went #285

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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