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

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Jeff Garcia

Top 14% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -16% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000 Team Carrier · #113

Height6'1"

Weight205 lb

BornFeb 24, 1970

Age56

College

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #113 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

1999 SF·4 team wins#17

Passing Yards · 2,516 · score 27

2000 SF·6 team wins#2

Passing Yards · 4,238 · score 24

2000 SF

Career Value · VORP

184 career value over replacement — #441 all-time of 4,649. 18.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

💔+59 stolen VORP·3.19 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 29% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Passing Yards leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 88%.

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.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 24. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 87.7 regular season → 73.8 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-16%

vs reg season

Career Milestones10

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19991K career passing yards
20005K career passing yards
200025 career passing TDs
200110K career passing yards
200150 career passing TDs
20021K career rushing yards
2003100 career passing TDs
200620K career passing yards
200725 career rushing TDs
2008150 career passing TDs

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.

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Passing

Cmp126Att217Cmp%58.1%Yds1,357TD7Int7TD%3.2Int%3.2Y/A6.3AdjY/A5.4TD:INT1.0Rate73.8Sk10

Rushing

Att18Yds88TD1Y/A4.9TD%5.61D81D%44.4

College Stats

San Jose State; Gavilan CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (San Jose State; Gavilan College), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jeff inherited the San Francisco 49ers QB room from Elvis Grbac (1994–1996), and handed it to Tim Rattay (2000–2005).

Steve Bono 1989–1993Elvis Grbac 1994–1996Jeff Garcia 1999–2003Tim Rattay 2000–2005Alex Smith 2005–2012Colin Kaepernick 2011–2016Jimmy Garoppolo 2017–2022Brock Purdy 2022–2025

Jeff inherited the Philadelphia Eagles QB room from Donovan McNabb (1999–2009), and handed it to Mike Vick (2009–2013).

Randall Cunningham 1985–1995Ty Detmer 1996–1997Donovan McNabb 1999–2009Jeff Garcia 2006–2009Mike Vick 2009–2013Nick Foles 2012–2018Carson Wentz

Jeff inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB room from Brian Griese (2004–2008), and handed it to Josh Freeman (2009–2013).

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.

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined PHI (from TB)
2009final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2007team change
Joined TB (from PHI)
2006team change
Joined PHI (from DET)
2005team change
Joined DET (from CLE)
2004team change
Joined CLE (from SF)
1999signing
Entered the NFL with SF

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 205 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

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

peak 67

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

C+1999

B+2000

B2001

B2002

C+2003

C2004

F2005

C2006

C+2007

C+2008

Availability

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

71%

19992009

2004 · cause not documented · 69%2005 · cause not documented · 38%2006 · cause not documented · 50%2009 · cause not documented · 6%

Durability IQ

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

Durable

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
1999	2,516	193.5	3,745+1,229	220.3
2000	4,238	264.9	4,617+379	271.6
2001	3,538	221.1	4,004+466	235.6
2002	3,344	209	3,774+430	222
2003	2,704	208	3,724+1,020	219.1
2004	1,731	157.4	3,054+1,323	179.7
2005	937	156.2	3,104+2,167	182.6
2006	1,309	163.6	3,195+1,886	188
2007	2,440	187.7	3,527+1,087	207.5
2008	2,712	226	3,937+1,225	231.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 5 crestsLeague board →

Wore 5 distinct franchise crests across 11 seasons (1999–2009) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

SF 1999–2003 CLE 2004 DET 2005 PHI 2006–2009 TB 2007–2008

Jeff Garcia

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography