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Boomer Esiason

Norman Julius Esiason

Position: QB
Height: 6-5    Weight: 224 lbs.
Born: April 17, 1961 in West Islip, NY
College: Maryland

Career AV: 105 (93rd overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1984 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
1984 23 CIN 7 10 4 3-1-0 51 102 50.0 530 3 2.9 3 2.9 36 5.2 4.5 10.4 53.0 62.9 5 52 4.5 3.8 4.7 2
1985 24 CIN QB 7 15 14 7-7-0 251 431 58.2 3443 27 6.3 12 2.8 68 8.0 8.0 13.7 229.5 93.2 32 289 6.8 6.8 6.9 14
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 10-6-0 273 469 58.2 3959 24 5.1 17 3.6 57 8.4 7.8 14.5 247.4 87.7 26 194 7.6 7.0 5.3 15
1987 26 CIN QB 7 12 12 3-9-0 240 440 54.5 3321 16 3.6 19 4.3 61 7.5 6.3 13.8 276.8 73.1 26 209 6.7 5.5 5.6 11
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 223 388 57.5 3572 28 7.2 14 3.6 86 9.2 9.0 16.0 223.3 97.4 30 245 8.0 7.8 7.2 19
1989* 28 CIN QB 7 16 15 7-8-0 258 455 56.7 3525 28 6.2 11 2.4 74 7.7 7.9 13.7 220.3 92.1 36 288 6.6 6.7 7.3 15
1990 29 CIN QB 7 16 16 9-7-0 224 402 55.7 3031 24 6.0 22 5.5 53 7.5 6.3 13.5 189.4 77.0 31 198 6.5 5.4 7.2 13
1991 30 CIN QB 7 14 14 3-11-0 233 413 56.4 2883 13 3.1 16 3.9 53 7.0 5.9 12.4 205.9 72.5 25 190 6.1 5.1 5.7 8
1992 31 CIN QB 7 12 11 4-7-0 144 278 51.8 1407 11 4.0 15 5.4 38 5.1 3.4 9.8 117.3 57.0 19 150 4.2 2.7 6.4 2
1993* 32 NYJ QB 7 16 16 8-8-0 288 473 60.9 3421 16 3.4 11 2.3 77 7.2 6.9 11.9 213.8 84.5 18 139 6.7 6.3 3.7 12
1994 33 NYJ QB 7 15 14 5-9-0 255 440 58.0 2782 17 3.9 13 3.0 69 6.3 5.8 10.9 185.5 77.3 19 134 5.8 5.2 4.1 8
1995 34 NYJ QB 7 12 12 2-10-0 221 389 56.8 2275 16 4.1 15 3.9 43 5.8 4.9 10.3 189.6 71.4 27 198 5.0 4.1 6.5 3
1996 35 ARI QB 7 10 8 3-5-0 190 339 56.0 2293 11 3.2 14 4.1 64 6.8 5.6 12.1 229.3 70.6 17 109 6.1 5.0 4.8 6
1997 36 CIN qb 7 7 5 4-1-0 118 186 63.4 1478 13 7.0 2 1.1 77 7.9 8.9 12.5 211.1 106.9 7 43 7.4 8.3 3.6 7
Career 187 173 80-93-0 2969 5205 57.0 37920 247 4.7 184 3.5 86 7.3 6.6 12.8 202.8 81.1 318 2438 6.4 5.8 5.8 135
10 yrs CIN 134 123 62-61-0 2015 3564 56.5 27149 187 5.2 131 3.7 86 7.6 7.0 13.5 202.6 83.1 237 1858 6.7 6.1 6.2 106
3 yrs NYJ 43 42 15-27-0 764 1302 58.7 8478 49 3.8 39 3.0 77 6.5 5.9 11.1 197.2 78.2 64 471 5.9 5.3 4.7 23
1 yr CRD 10 8 3-5-0 190 339 56.0 2293 11 3.2 14 4.1 64 6.8 5.6 12.1 229.3 70.6 17 109 6.1 5.0 4.8 6

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1988 (2-1), 1990 (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+
1984 23 CIN 7 10 4 3-1-0 102 60 72 80 85 80 86 116 121 85
1985 24 CIN QB 7 15 14 7-7-0 431 120 118 126 124 109 125 117 107 125
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 10-6-0 469 133 137 125 128 112 110 106 115 118
1987 26 CIN QB 7 12 12 3-9-0 440 112 116 104 107 99 95 95 111 99
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 12-4-0 388 147 140 139 136 108 134 104 100 129
1989* 28 CIN QB 7 16 15 7-8-0 455 115 111 123 120 105 125 118 98 122
1990 29 CIN QB 7 16 16 9-7-0 402 112 110 101 102 97 123 74 99 101
1991 30 CIN QB 7 14 14 3-11-0 413 101 104 97 100 98 91 96 109 95
1992 31 CIN QB 7 12 11 4-7-0 278 67 72 66 70 81 103 72 104 74
1993* 32 NYJ QB 7 16 16 8-8-0 473 109 115 112 116 109 95 116 120 110
1994 33 NYJ QB 7 15 14 5-9-0 440 91 97 95 99 100 101 103 114 99
1995 34 NYJ QB 7 12 12 2-10-0 389 78 78 82 82 96 103 89 98 90
1996 35 ARI QB 7 10 8 3-5-0 339 101 107 92 96 95 91 84 112 90
1997 36 CIN qb 7 7 5 4-1-0 186 123 131 133 139 125 131 130 120 136
Career 187 173 80-93-0 5205 108 110 107 109 102 109 101 108 106

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
1984 23 CIN 7 10 4 19 63 2 9 3.3 6.3 1.9 63 2 4
1985 24 CIN QB 7 15 14 33 79 1 20 2.4 5.3 2.2 79 1 9
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 44 146 1 23 3.3 9.1 2.8 146 1 12
1987 26 CIN QB 7 12 12 52 241 0 19 4.6 20.1 4.3 241 0 10
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 43 248 1 24 5.8 15.5 2.7 248 1 5
1989* 28 CIN QB 7 16 15 47 278 0 24 5.9 17.4 2.9 278 0 8
1990 29 CIN QB 7 16 16 49 157 0 21 3.2 9.8 3.1 157 0 11
1991 30 CIN QB 7 14 14 24 66 0 16 2.8 4.7 1.7 66 0 10
1992 31 CIN QB 7 12 11 21 66 0 15 3.1 5.5 1.8 66 0 12
1993* 32 NYJ QB 7 16 16 45 118 1 17 2.6 7.4 2.8 1 -8 -8.0 0 -8 0.1 -0.5 110 1 13
1994 33 NYJ QB 7 15 14 28 59 0 15 2.1 3.9 1.9 59 0 11
1995 34 NYJ QB 7 12 12 19 14 0 19 0.7 1.2 1.6 14 0 12
1996 35 ARI QB 7 10 8 15 52 1 13 3.5 5.2 1.5 52 1 5
1997 36 CIN qb 7 7 5 8 11 0 8 1.4 1.6 1.1 11 0 1
Career 187 173 447 1598 7 24 3.6 8.5 2.4 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1590 7 123
10 yrs CIN 134 123 340 1355 5 24 4.0 10.1 2.5 1355 5 82
3 yrs NYJ 43 42 92 191 1 19 2.1 4.4 2.1 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 0.0 -0.2 183 1 36
1 yr CRD 10 8 15 52 1 13 3.5 5.2 1.5 52 1 5

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
1984 23 CIN 7 10 4 4 2 -2 0
1985 24 CIN QB 7 15 14 9 4 -5 0
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 12 5 -10 0
1987 26 CIN QB 7 12 12 10 4 -8 0
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 5 4 0 0
1989* 28 CIN QB 7 16 15 8 2 -4 0
1990 29 CIN QB 7 16 16 11 2 -23 0
1991 30 CIN QB 7 14 14 10 3 -5 0
1992 31 CIN QB 7 12 11 12 6 -9 0
1993* 32 NYJ QB 7 16 16 13 5 -10 0
1994 33 NYJ QB 7 15 14 11 3 -11 0
1995 34 NYJ QB 7 12 12 12 4 -27 0
1996 35 ARI QB 7 10 8 5 1 -8 0
1997 36 CIN qb 7 7 5 1 0 0 0
Career 187 173 123 45 -122 0
10 yrs CIN 134 123 82 32 -66 0
3 yrs NYJ 43 42 36 12 -48 0
1 yr CRD 10 8 5 1 -8 0

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 1 31 31 0 31.0
1987 26 CIN QB 7 12 12 2 68 41 0 34.0
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 1 21 21 0 21.0
Career 187 173 4 120 41 0 30.0

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
1984 23 CIN 7 10 4 2 2 12
1985 24 CIN QB 7 15 14 1 1 6
1986* 25 CIN QB 7 16 16 1 1 6
1988*+ 27 CIN QB 7 16 16 1 1 6
1993* 32 NYJ QB 7 16 16 1 1 6
1996 35 ARI QB 7 10 8 1 1 1 8
Career 187 173 7 7 1 44
10 yrs CIN 134 123 5 5 30
3 yrs NYJ 43 42 1 1 6
1 yr CRD 10 8 1 1 1 8

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Donovan McNabb, Jay Cutler, Ed Brown, Steve Grogan, Ken O'Brien, Bernie Kosar, Eli Manning, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw*
4 Donovan McNabb, Ken Anderson, Brett Favre, Jim Everett, John Elway*, Ken O'Brien, Mark Brunell, Tom Brady, Jim Plunkett, Steve McNair
5 Donovan McNabb, Carson Palmer, Brett Favre, Daunte Culpepper, Ken Anderson, Mark Brunell, Bert Jones, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham
6 Donovan McNabb, Randall Cunningham, Brett Favre, Steve Grogan, Tom Brady, Ken Anderson, Michael Vick, Jeff Garcia, Drew Brees, Mark Brunell
7 Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Drew Brees, Donovan McNabb, Troy Aikman*, Mark Brunell, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana*, Jim Kelly*, Steve Grogan
8 Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair, Drew Brees, Troy Aikman*, Mark Brunell, Tom Brady, Warren Moon*, Joe Montana*, Ken Anderson, Steve Grogan
9 Steve McNair, Drew Brees, Roger Staubach*, Joe Montana*, Trent Green, Donovan McNabb, Dan Fouts*, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham, Tom Brady
10 Steve McNair, Mark Brunell, Joe Montana*, Terry Bradshaw*, Donovan McNabb, Roger Staubach*, Drew Bledsoe, Randall Cunningham, Trent Green, Joe Namath*
11 Ken Anderson, Terry Bradshaw*, Donovan McNabb, Steve McNair, Drew Bledsoe, Bart Starr*, Joe Namath*, Joe Theismann, Troy Aikman*, Bob Griese*
12 Terry Bradshaw*, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Joe Theismann, Joe Namath*, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman*, Bart Starr*, Mark Brunell, Drew Bledsoe
13 Steve McNair, Troy Aikman*, Terry Bradshaw*, Ken Stabler, Bart Starr*, Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb, Joe Namath*, Roman Gabriel, Drew Bledsoe
14 Terry Bradshaw*, Sonny Jurgensen*, Bart Starr*, Steve McNair, Drew Bledsoe, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman*, Roman Gabriel, Jim Kelly*, Bob Griese*
Career Terry Bradshaw*, Sonny Jurgensen*, Steve McNair, Troy Aikman*, Ken Stabler, Jim Kelly*, Drew Bledsoe, Roman Gabriel, Len Dawson*, Randall Cunningham

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1988 NFL AP MVP
1988 NFL PFWA MVP
1995 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

1986
1988
1989
1993

First-Team All-Pro

1988

Passes Completed

1986 NFL 273 (8)
1987 NFL 240 (6)
1993 NFL 288 (5)
Career 2969 (13)

Pass Attempts

1986 NFL 469 (9)
1987 NFL 440 (3)
1993 NFL 473 (6)
Career 5205 (13)

Passing Yds

1985 NFL 3443 (10)
1986 NFL 3959 (3/86)
1987 NFL 3321 (2)
1988 NFL 3572 (4)
1989 NFL 3525 (7)
1990 NFL 3031 (10)
1993 NFL 3421 (4)
Career 37920 (13)

Passing TD

1985 NFL 27 (2)
1986 NFL 24 (3)
1988 NFL 28 (2/78)
1989 NFL 28 (2/78)
1990 NFL 24 (4)
1993 NFL 16 (9)
1994 NFL 17 (10)
Career 247 (14)

Passer Rating

1985 NFL 93.2 (2)
1986 NFL 87.7 (5)
1988 NFL 97.4 (1/64)
1989 NFL 92.1 (2)
1993 NFL 84.5 (8)
Career 81.1 (42)

Long Pass

1988 NFL 86 (4)
1993 NFL 77 (10)
1997 NFL 77 (7)

Passes Intercepted

1986 NFL 17 (10)
1987 NFL 19 (2)
1988 NFL 14 (10)
1990 NFL 22 (1)
1991 NFL 16 (7)
1992 NFL 15 (10)
1995 NFL 15 (7)
Career 184 (30)

Sacked

1987 NFL 26 (9)
1989 NFL 36 (10)
Career 318 (27)

Sacked Yds Lost

1987 NFL 209 (9)
1988 NFL 245 (9)
1989 NFL 288 (8)
Career 2438 (25)

Passing Yds/Game

1985 NFL 229.5 (8)
1986 NFL 247.4 (5)
1987 NFL 276.8 (2/39)
1988 NFL 223.3 (8)
1993 NFL 213.8 (6)
1996 NFL 229.3 (5)
Career 202.8 (33)

Yds/Pass Att

1985 NFL 8.0 (2)
1986 NFL 8.4 (1/77)
1987 NFL 7.5 (9)
1988 NFL 9.2 (1/12)
1989 NFL 7.7 (7)
1990 NFL 7.5 (7)
1993 NFL 7.2 (9)
Career 7.3 (38)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1985 NFL 13.7 (5)
1986 NFL 14.5 (3)
1987 NFL 13.8 (5)
1988 NFL 16.0 (2/56)
1989 NFL 13.7 (3)
1990 NFL 13.5 (4)
1991 NFL 12.4 (10)
1993 NFL 11.9 (9)
1996 NFL 12.1 (10)
Career 12.8 (77)

Pass Attempts/Game

1987 NFL 36.7 (3/41)
1993 NFL 29.6 (10)
1996 NFL 33.9 (6)
Career 27.8 (46)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (139)

Games Started

Career 173 (164)

Fumbles

1985 NFL 9 (10)
1986 NFL 12 (2)
1987 NFL 10 (3)
1990 NFL 11 (4)
1991 NFL 10 (5)
1992 NFL 12 (2)
1993 NFL 13 (3/65)
1994 NFL 11 (2)
1995 NFL 12 (6)
Career 123 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1986 NFL 5 (3)
1987 NFL 4 (7)
1992 NFL 6 (1/44)
1993 NFL 5 (2)
1994 NFL 3 (5)
1995 NFL 4 (6)
Career 45 (3)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1985 NFL 7.99 (2/61)
1986 NFL 7.83 (2/87)
1988 NFL 9.03 (1/13)
1989 NFL 7.89 (3/71)
1993 NFL 6.86 (9)
Career 6.64 (32)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1985 NFL 6.81 (2)
1986 NFL 7.61 (1/29)
1987 NFL 6.68 (5)
1988 NFL 7.96 (1/11)
1989 NFL 6.59 (9)
1990 NFL 6.54 (8)
1993 NFL 6.68 (6)
Career 6.42 (23)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1985 NFL 6.81 (2)
1986 NFL 7.03 (2/80)
1988 NFL 7.79 (1/20)
1989 NFL 6.73 (4)
1993 NFL 6.33 (7)
Career 5.82 (24)

Passes Completed/Game

1986 NFL 17.1 (10)
1987 NFL 20.0 (6)
1993 NFL 18.0 (8)
1996 NFL 19.0 (9)
Career 15.9 (45)

Pass Completion %

1985 NFL 58.2% (7)
1986 NFL 58.2% (10)
1993 NFL 60.9% (10)
Career 57.0% (73)

Pass Intercept. %

1985 NFL 2.8% (5)
1989 NFL 2.4% (3)
1993 NFL 2.3% (7)
Career 3.5% (68)

Passing TD %

1985 NFL 6.3% (1)
1986 NFL 5.1% (6)
1988 NFL 7.2% (2/75)
1989 NFL 6.2% (3)
1990 NFL 6.0% (3)
Career 4.7% (68)

Sack %

1986 NFL 5.25% (6)
1987 NFL 5.58% (9)
1993 NFL 3.67% (3/88)
1994 NFL 4.14% (8)
Career 5.76% (47)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1988Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1984 23 10 QB 52 42
1985 24 15 QB 290 75 4 13
1986 25 16 QB 289 93 2 12
1987 26 12 QB 215 50 10 29
1988 27 16 QB 314 106 3 5
1989 28 16 QB 315 81 5 17
1990 29 16 QB 237 24 10 43
1991 30 14 QB 168 14
1992 31 12 QB 99 28
1993 32 16 QB 228 24 6 45
1994 33 15 QB 193 15
1995 34 12 QB 158 27
1996 35 10 QB 141 29
1997 36 7 QB 134 26
2833 453