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

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Mark Rypien

2× Pro BowlTop 12% all-time QBsElite Playmaker

Height6'4"

Weight225 lb

BornOct 2, 1962

Age63

CollegeWashington State See College Stats

Rookie yr1987

Draft

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Passing Yards leader21

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 84%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #629 all-time of 4,649. 21.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #146 (Rd 6) · WAS · 1986 · +32.4 vs expected KV-H

63actual

30.6 expected · Δ+32.4

💔+83.9 stolen VORP·4.51 szns lost

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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.

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

Mark inherited the Washington Commanders QB room from Jay Schroeder (1985–1987), and handed it to Gus Frerotte (1994–1998).

Jay Schroeder 1985–1987Mark Rypien 1988–1993Gus Frerotte 1994–1998Brad Johnson 1999–2000Patrick Ramsey 2002–2005Mark Brunell 2004–2006Jason Campbell 2006–2009Robert Griffin III 2012–2014Kirk Cousins 2012–2017Taylor Heinicke 2020–2022Jayden Daniels 2024–2025

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

2001team change
Joined IND (from STL)
2001final season
Last recorded season with IND
1997team change
Joined STL (from PHI)
1996team change
Joined PHI (from STL)
1995team change
Joined STL (from CLE)
1994team change
Joined CLE (from WAS)
1986draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 6, Pick 146

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

C+1988

B+1989

C+1990

B1991

B1992

C1993

F1997

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

54%

19882001

1988 · cause not documented · 56%1990 · cause not documented · 63%1995 · cause not documented · 19%1996 · cause not documented · 6%1997 · cause not documented · 31%2001 · cause not documented · 6%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1988	1,730	192.2	3,885+2,155	228.5
1989	3,768	269.1	4,510+742	265.3
1990	2,070	207	4,030+1,960	237.1
1991	3,564	222.8	4,144+580	243.7
1992	3,282	205.1	4,036+754	237.4
1993	1,514	126.2	3,358+1,844	197.5
1997	270	54	2,047+1,777	120.4

Mark Rypien

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

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1986 Draft Class· this player went #146

Franchise Succession

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