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

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Sam Darnold

2× Pro BowlTop 24% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 2024 🏆 Clutch · +10% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2024Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #491

Height6'3"

Weight225 lb

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

86thPassing Touchdowns·123 89thPassing Yards·20,431 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

63rdPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6 64thPlayoff Passing Yards·917 yds

Career Value · VORP

112 career value over replacement — #961 all-time of 4,649. 14/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet56% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2018 · -6.4 vs expected KV-H

55actual

61.4 expected · Δ−6.4

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 112 · #961 · High-Value

Worth 112 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 22% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.7

Avg surplus

peak +34

6 seasons × ~18.7 surplus ≈ VORP 112

Sam Darnold

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Career Value · VORP