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Drew Bledsoe

Drew McQueen Bledsoe

Position: QB
Height: 6-5    Weight: 238 lbs.
Born: February 14, 1972 in Ellensburg, WA
College: Washington State

Career AV: 103 (106th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
1993 21 NWE QB 11 13 12 5-7-0 214 429 49.9 2494 15 3.5 15 3.5 54 5.8 4.9 11.7 191.8 65.0 16 99 5.4 4.5 3.6 6
1994* 22 NWE QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 400 691 57.9 4555 25 3.6 27 3.9 62 6.6 5.6 11.4 284.7 73.6 22 139 6.2 5.2 3.1 13
1995 23 NWE QB 11 15 15 6-9-0 323 636 50.8 3507 13 2.0 16 2.5 47 5.5 4.8 10.9 233.8 63.7 23 170 5.1 4.4 3.5 7
1996* 24 NWE QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 373 623 59.9 4086 27 4.3 15 2.4 84 6.6 6.3 11.0 255.4 83.7 30 190 6.0 5.8 4.6 16
1997* 25 NWE QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 314 522 60.2 3706 28 5.4 15 2.9 76 7.1 6.9 11.8 231.6 87.7 30 258 6.2 6.0 5.4 14
1998 26 NWE QB 11 14 14 8-6-0 263 481 54.7 3633 20 4.2 14 2.9 86 7.6 7.1 13.8 259.5 80.9 36 295 6.5 6.0 7.0 12
1999 27 NWE QB 11 16 16 8-8-0 305 539 56.6 3985 19 3.5 21 3.9 68 7.4 6.3 13.1 249.1 75.6 55 342 6.1 5.2 9.3 11
2000 28 NWE QB 11 16 16 5-11-0 312 531 58.8 3291 17 3.2 13 2.4 59 6.2 5.7 10.5 205.7 77.3 45 264 5.3 4.8 7.8 10
2001 29 NWE 11 2 2 0-2-0 40 66 60.6 400 2 3.0 2 3.0 58 6.1 5.3 10.0 200.0 75.3 5 21 5.3 4.6 7.0 2
2002* 30 BUF QB 11 16 16 8-8-0 375 610 61.5 4359 24 3.9 15 2.5 73 7.1 6.8 11.6 272.4 86.0 54 369 6.0 5.7 8.1 14
2003 31 BUF QB 11 16 16 6-10-0 274 471 58.2 2860 11 2.3 12 2.5 54 6.1 5.4 10.4 178.8 73.0 49 371 4.8 4.2 9.4 7
2004 32 BUF QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 256 450 56.9 2932 20 4.4 16 3.6 69 6.5 5.8 11.5 183.3 76.6 37 215 5.6 4.9 7.6 10
2005 33 DAL QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 300 499 60.1 3639 23 4.6 17 3.4 71 7.3 6.7 12.1 227.4 83.7 49 295 6.1 5.5 8.9 11
2006 34 DAL qb 11 6 6 3-3-0 90 169 53.3 1164 7 4.1 8 4.7 51 6.9 5.6 12.9 194.0 69.2 16 107 5.7 4.5 8.6 4
Career 194 193 98-95-0 3839 6717 57.2 44611 251 3.7 206 3.1 86 6.6 6.0 11.6 230.0 77.1 467 3135 5.8 5.2 6.5 137
9 yrs NWE 124 123 63-60-0 2544 4518 56.3 29657 166 3.7 138 3.1 86 6.6 5.9 11.7 239.2 75.9 262 1778 5.8 5.2 5.5 91
3 yrs BUF 48 48 23-25-0 905 1531 59.1 10151 55 3.6 43 2.8 73 6.6 6.1 11.2 211.5 79.2 140 955 5.5 5.0 8.4 31
2 yrs DAL 22 22 12-10-0 390 668 58.4 4803 30 4.5 25 3.7 71 7.2 6.4 12.3 218.3 80.1 65 402 6.0 5.3 8.9 15

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1994 (0-1), 1996 (2-1), 1997 (1-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1993 21 NWE QB 11 13 12 5-7-0 429 81 91 85 92 76 97 98 121 84
1994* 22 NWE QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 691 97 105 92 98 99 98 88 121 94
1995 23 NWE QB 11 15 15 6-9-0 636 70 80 80 86 76 76 111 118 79
1996* 24 NWE QB 11 16 16 11-5-0 623 96 103 104 108 109 105 112 113 109
1997* 25 NWE QB 11 16 16 10-6-0 522 107 108 110 111 113 114 105 109 113
1998 26 NWE QB 11 14 14 8-6-0 481 114 112 111 109 92 101 104 101 104
1999 27 NWE QB 11 16 16 8-8-0 539 110 104 103 99 97 95 92 87 97
2000 28 NWE QB 11 16 16 5-11-0 531 90 89 96 95 103 92 114 94 99
2001 29 NWE 11 2 2 0-2-0 66 87 90 89 91 106 88 103 98 95
2002* 30 BUF QB 11 16 16 8-8-0 610 110 103 112 107 108 100 113 89 110
2003 31 BUF QB 11 16 16 6-10-0 471 87 79 90 84 96 78 110 80 90
2004 32 BUF QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 450 95 94 95 94 92 104 93 93 95
2005 33 DAL QB 11 16 16 9-7-0 499 107 101 105 101 101 106 95 86 103
2006 34 DAL qb 11 6 6 3-3-0 169 101 95 92 89 76 101 74 86 84
Career 194 193 98-95-0 6717 97 98 98 99 97 97 102 101 98

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1993 21 NWE QB 11 13 12 32 82 0 15 2.6 6.3 2.5 82 0 8
1994* 22 NWE QB 11 16 16 44 40 0 7 0.9 2.5 2.8 40 0 9
1995 23 NWE QB 11 15 15 20 28 0 15 1.4 1.9 1.3 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.6 19 0 11
1996* 24 NWE QB 11 16 16 24 27 0 8 1.1 1.7 1.5 27 0 9
1997* 25 NWE QB 11 16 16 28 55 0 8 2.0 3.4 1.8 55 0 4
1998 26 NWE QB 11 14 14 28 44 0 10 1.6 3.1 2.0 44 0 9
1999 27 NWE QB 11 16 16 42 101 0 25 2.4 6.3 2.6 101 0 8
2000 28 NWE QB 11 16 16 47 158 2 16 3.4 9.9 2.9 158 2 9
2001 29 NWE 11 2 2 5 18 0 8 3.6 9.0 2.5 18 0 1
2002* 30 BUF QB 11 16 16 27 67 2 11 2.5 4.2 1.7 67 2 11
2003 31 BUF QB 11 16 16 24 29 2 11 1.2 1.8 1.5 29 2 15
2004 32 BUF QB 11 16 16 22 37 0 17 1.7 2.3 1.4 37 0 9
2005 33 DAL QB 11 16 16 34 50 2 9 1.5 3.1 2.1 50 2 17
2006 34 DAL qb 11 6 6 8 28 2 11 3.5 4.7 1.3 28 2 3
Career 194 193 385 764 10 25 2.0 3.9 2.0 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 755 10 123
9 yrs NWE 124 123 270 553 2 25 2.0 4.5 2.2 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 544 2 68
3 yrs BUF 48 48 73 133 4 17 1.8 2.8 1.5 133 4 35
2 yrs DAL 22 22 42 78 4 11 1.9 3.5 1.9 78 4 20

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1993 21 NWE QB 11 13 12 8 5 -23 0
1994* 22 NWE QB 11 16 16 9 3 -5 0
1995 23 NWE QB 11 15 15 11 1 -8 0
1996* 24 NWE QB 11 16 16 9 1 -2 0
1997* 25 NWE QB 11 16 16 4 3 -4 0
1998 26 NWE QB 11 14 14 9 4 -10 0
1999 27 NWE QB 11 16 16 8 6 -13 0
2000 28 NWE QB 11 16 16 9 3 -20 0
2001 29 NWE 11 2 2 1 1 0 0
2002* 30 BUF QB 11 16 16 11 2 -8 0
2003 31 BUF QB 11 16 16 15 4 -18 0
2004 32 BUF QB 11 16 16 9 2 -56 0
2005 33 DAL QB 11 16 16 17 3 -12 0
2006 34 DAL qb 11 6 6 3 1 0 0
Career 194 193 123 39 -179 0
9 yrs NWE 124 123 68 27 -85 0
3 yrs BUF 48 48 35 8 -82 0
2 yrs DAL 22 22 20 4 -12 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2000 28 NWE QB 11 16 16 2 2 12
2002* 30 BUF QB 11 16 16 2 2 12
2003 31 BUF QB 11 16 16 2 2 12
2005 33 DAL QB 11 16 16 2 2 12
2006 34 DAL qb 11 6 6 2 2 12
Career 194 193 10 10 60
9 yrs NWE 124 123 2 2 12
3 yrs BUF 48 48 4 4 24
2 yrs DAL 22 22 4 4 24

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 David Carr, Mark Rypien, Joe Kapp, Doug Williams, Archie Manning, Rodney Peete, Joe Namath*, Bob Griese*, Jay Schroeder, Neil O'Donnell
4 Bernie Kosar, Mark Rypien, Marc Bulger, Ken Anderson, Joe Namath*, Randall Cunningham, Ken O'Brien, Neil Lomax, Doug Williams, Troy Aikman*
5 Marc Bulger, Joe Namath*, Jim Everett, Bernie Kosar, Mark Rypien, Randall Cunningham, Michael Vick, Ken Anderson, John Elway*, Bob Griese*
6 Aaron Brooks, Joe Namath*, John Elway*, Ken Anderson, Jim Kelly*, Steve Grogan, Jim Everett, Troy Aikman*, Mark Brunell, Ken O'Brien
7 Steve Grogan, Jim Everett, John Elway*, Ken Anderson, Troy Aikman*, Steve McNair, Ken O'Brien, Mark Brunell, Aaron Brooks, Jim Zorn
8 Ken O'Brien, Fran Tarkenton*, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Steve Grogan, Troy Aikman*, Neil Lomax, John Elway*, Jim Everett, Donovan McNabb
9 Jake Plummer, Terry Bradshaw*, Jim Everett, Ken O'Brien, Troy Aikman*, Steve Grogan, Bob Griese*, Ken Anderson, Fran Tarkenton*, Neil Lomax
10 Terry Bradshaw*, Ken Anderson, Jim Everett, Bob Griese*, Steve Grogan, Troy Aikman*, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair, Joe Namath*, Mark Brunell
11 Terry Bradshaw*, Joe Namath*, Jim Everett, Troy Aikman*, Bob Griese*, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Steve McNair, Joe Theismann, Fran Tarkenton*
12 Terry Bradshaw*, Roman Gabriel, Jim Kelly*, Bob Griese*, Troy Aikman*, Steve McNair, Jim Everett, John Hadl, Ken Stabler, Fran Tarkenton*
13 Terry Bradshaw*, Jim Kelly*, Bob Griese*, Roman Gabriel, Warren Moon*, Mark Brunell, Steve McNair, John Hadl, Troy Aikman*, Ken Stabler
14 Bob Griese*, Terry Bradshaw*, Roman Gabriel, Jim Kelly*, John Hadl, Bart Starr*, Boomer Esiason, Mark Brunell, Ken Stabler, Steve McNair
Career Terry Bradshaw*, Len Dawson*, Bob Griese*, Roman Gabriel, Jim Kelly*, Phil Simms, John Hadl, Mark Brunell, Steve McNair, Ken Stabler

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1994
1996
1997
2002

Passes Completed

1994 NFL 400 (1/6)
1995 NFL 323 (7/99)
1996 NFL 373 (1/17)
1997 NFL 314 (2)
1998 NFL 263 (8)
1999 NFL 305 (6)
2000 NFL 312 (8)
2002 NFL 375 (3/15)
2005 NFL 300 (8)
Career 3839 (6)

Pass Attempts

1994 NFL 691 (1/1)
1995 NFL 636 (1/4)
1996 NFL 623 (1/6)
1997 NFL 522 (3)
1998 NFL 481 (8)
1999 NFL 539 (3/96)
2000 NFL 531 (8)
2002 NFL 610 (2/12)
2005 NFL 499 (8)
Career 6717 (5)

Passing Yds

1994 NFL 4555 (1/16)
1996 NFL 4086 (3/59)
1997 NFL 3706 (4)
1998 NFL 3633 (6)
1999 NFL 3985 (6/77)
2002 NFL 4359 (2/28)
2005 NFL 3639 (8)
Career 44611 (8)

Passing TD

1993 NFL 15 (10)
1994 NFL 25 (4)
1996 NFL 27 (3)
1997 NFL 28 (3/78)
1999 NFL 19 (10)
2002 NFL 24 (7)
2005 NFL 23 (8)
Career 251 (13)

Passer Rating

1996 NFL 83.7 (8)
1997 NFL 87.7 (6)
2002 NFL 86.0 (7)
Career 77.1 (72)

Long Pass

1996 NFL 84 (3)
1997 NFL 76 (9)
1998 NFL 86 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1993 NFL 15 (9)
1994 NFL 27 (1/19)
1995 NFL 16 (6)
1997 NFL 15 (5)
1999 NFL 21 (3)
2002 NFL 15 (10)
2004 NFL 16 (7)
2005 NFL 17 (2)
Career 206 (22)

Sacked

1998 NFL 36 (9)
1999 NFL 55 (2/15)
2000 NFL 45 (4/81)
2002 NFL 54 (2/18)
2003 NFL 49 (1/41)
2004 NFL 37 (7)
2005 NFL 49 (2/41)
Career 467 (6)

Sacked Yds Lost

1997 NFL 258 (9)
1998 NFL 295 (2)
1999 NFL 342 (2/63)
2000 NFL 264 (4)
2002 NFL 369 (2/35)
2003 NFL 371 (1/33)
2005 NFL 295 (2)
Career 3135 (8)

Passing Yds/Game

1994 NFL 284.7 (1/24)
1996 NFL 255.4 (3/94)
1997 NFL 231.6 (7)
1998 NFL 259.5 (3/76)
1999 NFL 249.1 (6)
2002 NFL 272.4 (2/47)
Career 230.0 (14)

Yds/Pass Att

1997 NFL 7.1 (8)
1998 NFL 7.6 (7)
1999 NFL 7.4 (8)
2002 NFL 7.1 (8)
2005 NFL 7.3 (10)
Career 6.6 (157)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1998 NFL 13.8 (3)
1999 NFL 13.1 (5)
2002 NFL 11.6 (10)
2005 NFL 12.1 (9)
Career 11.6 (175)

Pass Attempts/Game

1993 NFL 33.0 (3)
1994 NFL 43.2 (1/1)
1995 NFL 42.4 (1/2)
1996 NFL 38.9 (1/11)
1997 NFL 32.6 (5)
1998 NFL 34.4 (3)
1999 NFL 33.7 (4)
2000 NFL 33.2 (10)
2002 NFL 38.1 (2/22)
Career 34.6 (1)

Games Started

Career 193 (74)

Fumbles

1994 NFL 9 (8)
1995 NFL 11 (9)
1996 NFL 9 (8)
1998 NFL 9 (7)
2000 NFL 9 (6)
2002 NFL 11 (5)
2003 NFL 15 (2/28)
2005 NFL 17 (1/7)
Career 123 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1993 NFL 5 (2)
1994 NFL 3 (5)
1998 NFL 4 (5)
1999 NFL 6 (3/44)
2003 NFL 4 (4)
Career 39 (7)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1997 NFL 6.88 (7)
1998 NFL 7.07 (9)
2002 NFL 6.83 (9)
Career 6.01 (86)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1997 NFL 6.25 (7)
1998 NFL 6.46 (10)
Career 5.77 (100)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1996 NFL 5.76 (10)
1997 NFL 6.04 (8)
Career 5.18 (74)

Passes Completed/Game

1994 NFL 25.0 (1/7)
1995 NFL 21.5 (7/80)
1996 NFL 23.3 (1/27)
1997 NFL 19.6 (5)
1998 NFL 18.8 (7)
1999 NFL 19.1 (8)
2000 NFL 19.5 (10)
2002 NFL 23.4 (3/24)
Career 19.8 (11)

Pass Completion %

1996 NFL 59.9% (8)
1997 NFL 60.2% (5)
Career 57.2% (66)

Pass Intercept. %

1996 NFL 2.4% (3)
2000 NFL 2.4% (9)
2002 NFL 2.5% (10)
2003 NFL 2.5% (10)
Career 3.1% (37)

Passing TD %

1997 NFL 5.4% (4)
Career 3.7% (152)

Sack %

1993 NFL 3.60% (2/84)
1994 NFL 3.09% (2/52)
1995 NFL 3.49% (4/75)
1996 NFL 4.59% (7)
1997 NFL 5.43% (8)
Career 6.50% (71)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1994UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1996UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1993 21 13 QB 168 15
1994 22 16 QB 282 71 4 17
1995 23 15 QB 188 23
1996 24 16 QB 298 106 6 12
1997 25 16 QB 292 62 5 21
1998 26 14 QB 242 1 11 73
1999 27 16 QB 242 17 9 60
2000 28 16 QB 235 12 76
2001 29 2 QB 26 43
2002 30 16 QB 307 44 7 37
2003 31 16 QB 171 21
2004 32 16 QB 209 19
2005 33 16 QB 267 15 7 55
2006 34 6 QB 87 35
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