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

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Randall Cunningham

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 13% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 1998 ⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'4"

Weight215 lb

BornMar 27, 1963

Age63

College

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Passing Yards leader34

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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: 86%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

237 career value over replacement — #254 all-time of 4,649. 14.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #37 (Rd 2) · PHI · 1985 · +12.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

50.5 expected · Δ+12.5

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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

Randall opened the Philadelphia Eagles QB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Ty Detmer (1996–1997).

Randall Cunningham 1985–1995Ty Detmer 1996–1997Donovan McNabb 1999–2009Jeff Garcia 2006–2009Mike Vick 2009–2013Nick Foles 2012–2018Carson Wentz 2016–2020Jalen Hurts 2020–2025

Randall inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Brad Johnson (1994–2006), and handed it to Daunte Culpepper (1999–2005).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper 1999–2005Gus Frerotte

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

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

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 16-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

D1985

C1986

B1987

B1988

B1989

B1990

D1991

B1992

F1993

B1994

D1995

F1997

B+1998

C1999

F2000

F2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 16 seasons.

74%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

19%

Building a Case

What carries the case

All-Pro 24.3%Pro Bowls 24.3%Longevity 21.3%Era Quality (KV-H) 17.8%League Leads 8.1%All-Time Ranks 4.1%

Monitor score 49.3 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity81

Peak71

Accolades23

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Wasted Talent#42 most affected

This player carries the statistical signature of a Hall-of-Fame candidate whose career was cut short by injury or circumstance. The gap between their ceiling and actual production is quantified below.

HOF Probability

1860%

building

Durability IQ

Typical

Availability Rate

7400%

of games played vs eligible

IR / Lost Seasons

seasons lost to injury

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
1985	548	42.2	2,755+2,207	162.1
1986	1,391	92.7	3,170+1,779	186.4
1987	2,786	232.2	4,209+1,423	247.6
1988	3,808	238	4,232+424	249
1989	3,400	212.5	4,058+658	238.7
1990	3,466	216.6	4,106+640	241.5
1991	19	1.9	2,482+2,463	146
1992	2,775	185	3,876+1,101	228
1993	850	212.5	4,072+3,222	239.5
1994	3,229	230.6	4,205+976	247.3
1995	605	46.5	2,301+1,696	135.4
1997	501	41.8	1,896+1,395	111.5
1998	3,704	246.9	4,448+744	261.6
1999	1,436	239.3	4,360+2,924	256.5
2000	840	140	2,952+2,112	173.6
2001	573	114.6	2,407+1,834	141.6

Randall Cunningham

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1985 Draft Class· this player went #37

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography