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

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Neil O'Donnell

1× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'3"

Weight228 lb

BornJul 3, 1966

Age60

CollegeMaryland See College Stats

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Passing Yards leader24

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

169 career value over replacement — #522 all-time of 4,649. 15.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #70 (Rd 3) · PIT · 1990 · +14.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

42.9 expected · Δ+14.1

💔+80.5 stolen VORP·5.33 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

Neil inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers QB room from Bubby Brister (1986–1992), and handed it to Mike Tomczak (1993–1999).

Mark Malone 1980–1987Bubby Brister 1986–1992Neil O'Donnell 1991–1995Mike Tomczak 1993–1999Kordell Stewart 1995–2002Ben Roethlisberger 2004–2021

Neil inherited the New York Jets QB room from Boomer Esiason (1993–1995), and handed it to Ray Lucas (1997–2000).

Ken O'Brien 1984–1992Boomer Esiason 1993–1995Neil O'Donnell 1996–1997Ray Lucas 1997–2000Vinny Testaverde 1998–2005Chad Pennington 2000–2007Mark Sanchez

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.

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

C+1991

C+1992

B1993

C+1994

B1995

D1996

C+1997

C+1998

C1999

F2000

F2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

59%

19912003

1996 · cause not documented · 38%1999 · cause not documented · 50%2000 · cause not documented · 38%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

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
1991	1,963	163.6	3,698+1,735	217.6
1992	2,283	190.3	3,918+1,635	230.5
1993	3,208	200.5	3,973+765	233.7
1994	2,443	174.5	3,711+1,268	218.3
1995	2,970	247.5	4,375+1,405	257.4
1996	1,147	191.2	3,773+2,626	221.9
1997	2,796	186.4	3,688+892	216.9
1998	2,216	170.5	3,500+1,284	205.9
1999	1,374	171.8	3,453+2,079	203.1
2000	521	86.8	2,243+1,722	131.9
2001	496	99.2	2,176+1,680	128

Neil O'Donnell

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

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1990 Draft Class· this player went #70

Franchise Succession

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