Ed Luther is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Luther in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Luther's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Ed Luther
Top 34% all-time QBsReliable Starter
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1980 | 23–24 | SD | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 8.7 | -6.3 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 24–25 | SD | 16 | — | 7 | 15 | 46.7% | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 | -2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 25–26 | SD | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 26–27 | SD | 16 | — | 151 | 287 | 52.6% | 1,875 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 56.6 | 13 | 9 | -14 | 0 | -1.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 27–28 | SD | 15 | — | 83 | 151 | 55.0% | 1,163 | 5 | 3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 82.7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 61 | — | 245 | 460 | 53.3% | 3,187 | 12 | 23 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 63.2 | 20 | 20 | -19 | 0 | -0.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
48 career value over replacement — #2106 all-time of 4,649. 9.6/season above a replacement-level QB.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #101 (Rd 4) · SDG · 1980 · +12.3 vs expected KV-H
48actual
35.7 expected · Δ+12.3
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