Eric Hipple is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Hipple in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hipple's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Eric Hipple
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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 | |||||
| 1981 | 23–24 | DET | 16 | — | 140 | 279 | 50.2% | 2,358 | 14 | 15 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 73.4 | — | 41 | 168 | 7 | 4.1 | 17.1 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 24–25 | DET | 9 | — | 36 | 86 | 41.9% | 411 | 2 | 4 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 45.3 | — | 10 | 57 | 0 | 5.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 25–26 | DET | 16 | — | 204 | 387 | 52.7% | 2,577 | 12 | 18 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 64.7 | — | 41 | 171 | 3 | 4.2 | 7.3 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 26–27 | DET | 8 | — | 16 | 38 | 42.1% | 246 | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 62.0 | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 27–28 | DET | 16 | — | 223 | 406 | 54.9% | 2,952 | 17 | 18 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 73.6 | — | 32 | 89 | 2 | 2.8 | 6.3 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 28–29 | DET | 16 | — | 192 | 305 | 63.0% | 1,919 | 9 | 11 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 75.6 | — | 16 | 46 | 0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 30–31 | DET | 5 | — | 12 | 27 | 44.4% | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | — | 63.5 | — | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 31–32 | DET | 1 | — | 7 | 18 | 38.9% | 90 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 5.0 | -2.5 | 0.0 | 15.7 | — | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5.5 | 50.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 87 | — | 830 | 1,546 | 53.7% | 10,711 | 55 | 70 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 68.7 | — | 145 | 550 | 13 | 3.8 | 9.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
114 career value over replacement — #922 all-time of 4,649. 16.3/season above a replacement-level QB.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #85 (Rd 4) · DET · 1980 · +20.7 vs expected KV-H
58actual
37.3 expected · Δ+20.7
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