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Sonny Jurgensen

Christian Adolph Jurgensen II

Position: QB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: August 23, 1934 in Wilmington, NC
College: Duke

Career AV: 101 (125th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1983

5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th round (43rd overall) of the 1957 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
1957 23 PHI qb 9 10 5 2-3-0 33 70 47.1 470 5 7.1 8 11.4 61 6.7 3.0 14.2 47.0 53.6 3
1958 24 PHI 9 12 0 12 22 54.5 259 0 0.0 1 4.5 61 11.8 9.7 21.6 21.6 77.7 1
1959 25 PHI 9 12 0 3 5 60.0 27 1 20.0 0 0.0 19 5.4 9.4 9.0 2.3 114.2 1
1960 26 PHI 9 12 0 24 44 54.5 486 5 11.4 1 2.3 71 11.0 12.3 20.3 40.5 122.0 2
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 9 14 14 10-4-0 235 416 56.5 3723 32 7.7 24 5.8 69 8.9 7.9 15.8 265.9 88.1 19
1962 28 PHI QB 9 14 13 3-9-1 196 366 53.6 3261 22 6.0 26 7.1 84 8.9 6.9 16.6 232.9 74.3 7
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 9 2-6-1 99 184 53.8 1413 11 6.0 13 7.1 75 7.7 5.7 14.3 157.0 69.4 6
1964* 30 WAS QB 9 14 14 6-8-0 207 385 53.8 2934 24 6.2 13 3.4 80 7.6 7.3 14.2 209.6 85.4 10
1965 31 WAS QB 9 13 13 6-7-0 190 356 53.4 2367 15 4.2 16 4.5 55 6.6 5.5 12.5 182.1 69.6 6
1966* 32 WAS QB 9 14 14 7-7-0 254 436 58.3 3209 28 6.4 19 4.4 86 7.4 6.7 12.6 229.2 84.5 12
1967* 33 WAS QB 9 14 14 5-6-3 288 508 56.7 3747 31 6.1 16 3.1 86 7.4 7.2 13.0 267.6 87.3 14
1968 34 WAS QB 9 12 12 4-8-0 167 292 57.2 1980 17 5.8 11 3.8 99 6.8 6.3 11.9 165.0 81.7 7
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 9 14 14 7-5-2 274 442 62.0 3102 22 5.0 15 3.4 88 7.0 6.5 11.3 221.6 85.4 40 322 5.8 5.3 8.3 15
1970 36 WAS QB 9 14 14 6-8-0 202 337 59.9 2354 23 6.8 10 3.0 66 7.0 7.0 11.7 168.1 91.5 25 214 5.9 5.9 6.9 15
1971 37 WAS 9 5 1 1-0-0 16 28 57.1 170 0 0.0 2 7.1 30 6.1 2.9 10.6 34.0 45.2 1 8 5.6 2.5 3.4 1
1972 38 WAS 9 7 4 4-0-0 39 59 66.1 633 2 3.4 4 6.8 36 10.7 8.4 16.2 90.4 84.9 2 21 10.0 7.7 3.3 3
1973 39 WAS 9 14 4 3-1-0 87 145 60.0 904 6 4.1 5 3.4 36 6.2 5.5 10.4 64.6 77.5 16 114 4.9 4.3 9.9 4
1974 40 WAS qb 9 14 4 3-1-0 107 167 64.1 1185 11 6.6 5 3.0 44 7.1 7.1 11.1 84.6 94.5 10 69 6.3 6.3 5.6 7
Career 218 149 69-73-7 2433 4262 57.1 32224 255 6.0 189 4.4 99 7.6 6.8 13.2 147.8 82.6 94 748 7.2 6.4 2.2 133
11 yrs WAS 135 108 52-51-5 1831 3155 58.0 22585 179 5.7 116 3.7 99 7.2 6.6 12.3 167.3 83.9 94 748 6.0 5.5 7.4 94
7 yrs PHI 83 41 17-22-2 602 1107 54.4 9639 76 6.9 73 6.6 84 8.7 7.1 16.0 116.1 79.1 39

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+
1957 23 PHI qb 9 10 5 2-3-0 70 92 70 90 125 49 86
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 9 14 14 10-4-0 416 122 118 116 118 104 119
1962 28 PHI QB 9 14 13 3-9-1 366 127 111 104 105 86 104
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 9 2-6-1 184 103 95 106 105 84 97
1964* 30 WAS QB 9 14 14 6-8-0 385 105 113 108 107 119 114
1965 31 WAS QB 9 13 13 6-7-0 356 92 96 106 92 105 99
1966* 32 WAS QB 9 14 14 7-7-0 436 105 109 123 112 109 115
1967* 33 WAS QB 9 14 14 5-6-3 508 107 116 119 111 122 120
1968 34 WAS QB 9 12 12 4-8-0 292 97 -71 108 -3 122 108 115 148 115
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 9 14 14 7-5-2 442 103 103 111 110 135 102 116 99 119
1970 36 WAS QB 9 14 14 6-8-0 337 104 106 118 118 126 124 120 106 127
1972 38 WAS 9 7 4 4-0-0 59 172 175 135 140 144 92 88 124 122
1973 39 WAS 9 14 4 3-1-0 145 93 92 105 103 124 100 119 91 114
1974 40 WAS qb 9 14 4 3-1-0 167 109 116 121 124 139 121 122 115 131
Career 218 149 69-73-7 4262 107 108 110 115 118 109 109 104 114

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
1957 23 PHI qb 9 10 5 10 -3 2 8 -0.3 -0.3 1.0 -3 2 0
1958 24 PHI 9 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 1
1960 26 PHI 9 12 0 4 5 0 9 1.3 0.4 0.3 5 0 3
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 9 14 14 20 27 0 14 1.4 1.9 1.4 27 0 6
1962 28 PHI QB 9 14 13 17 44 2 30 2.6 3.1 1.2 44 2 4
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 9 13 38 1 13 2.9 4.2 1.4 38 1 1
1964* 30 WAS QB 9 14 14 27 57 3 24 2.1 4.1 1.9 57 3 3
1965 31 WAS QB 9 13 13 17 23 2 27 1.4 1.8 1.3 23 2 6
1966* 32 WAS QB 9 14 14 12 14 0 16 1.2 1.0 0.9 14 0 5
1967* 33 WAS QB 9 14 14 15 46 2 21 3.1 3.3 1.1 46 2 5
1968 34 WAS QB 9 12 12 8 21 1 11 2.6 1.8 0.7 21 1 2
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 9 14 14 17 156 1 33 9.2 11.1 1.2 156 1 2
1970 36 WAS QB 9 14 14 6 39 1 14 6.5 2.8 0.4 39 1 4
1971 37 WAS 9 5 1 3 29 0 11 9.7 5.8 0.6 29 0 1
1972 38 WAS 9 7 4 4 -5 0 0 -1.3 -0.7 0.6 -5 0 4
1973 39 WAS 9 14 4 3 7 0 7 2.3 0.5 0.2 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.2 4 0 1
1974 40 WAS qb 9 14 4 4 -6 0 0 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 -6 0 2
Career 218 149 181 493 15 33 2.7 2.3 0.8 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 490 15 50
11 yrs WAS 135 108 116 381 10 33 3.3 2.8 0.9 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 378 10 35
7 yrs PHI 83 41 65 112 5 30 1.7 1.3 0.8 112 5 15

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
1957 23 PHI qb 9 10 5 0 1 0 0
1958 24 PHI 9 12 0 1 1 0 0
1960 26 PHI 9 12 0 3 2 0 0
1961*+ 27 PHI QB 9 14 14 6 2 0 0
1962 28 PHI QB 9 14 13 4 2 0 0
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 9 1 1 0 0
1964* 30 WAS QB 9 14 14 3 0 0 0
1965 31 WAS QB 9 13 13 6 3 0 0
1966* 32 WAS QB 9 14 14 5 1 0 0
1967* 33 WAS QB 9 14 14 5 0 0 0
1968 34 WAS QB 9 12 12 2 1 0 0
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 9 14 14 2 1 0 0
1970 36 WAS QB 9 14 14 4 1 0 0
1971 37 WAS 9 5 1 1 0 0 0
1972 38 WAS 9 7 4 4 0 -9 0
1973 39 WAS 9 14 4 1 0 0 0
1974 40 WAS qb 9 14 4 2 2 -11 0
Career 218 149 50 18 -20 0
11 yrs WAS 135 108 35 9 -20 0
7 yrs PHI 83 41 15 9 0 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
1957 23 PHI qb 9 10 5 2 2 12
1962 28 PHI QB 9 14 13 2 2 12
1963 29 PHI QB 9 9 9 1 1 6
1964* 30 WAS QB 9 14 14 3 3 18
1965 31 WAS QB 9 13 13 2 2 12
1967* 33 WAS QB 9 14 14 2 2 12
1968 34 WAS QB 9 12 12 1 1 6
1969*+ 35 WAS QB 9 14 14 1 1 6
1970 36 WAS QB 9 14 14 1 1 6
Career 218 149 15 15 90
11 yrs WAS 135 108 10 10 60
7 yrs PHI 83 41 5 5 30

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Seneca Wallace, Mike Taliaferro, Steve Spurrier, Don Horn, Doug Flutie, Chad Hutchinson, Marty Domres, Lynn Dickey, Jack Thompson, Gary Cuozzo
4 Doug Flutie, Gary Cuozzo, Jack Thompson, Mike Taliaferro, Don Horn, Craig Morton, Butch Songin, John McCormick, Bob Lee, Lynn Dickey
5 Daryle Lamonica, Derek Anderson, Matt Cassel, Shaun King, Danny White, Scott Mitchell, Aaron Rodgers, Rex Grossman, Scott Brunner, Bob Lee
6 Don Majkowski, Daryle Lamonica, Bill Nelsen, Bobby Douglass, Gary Danielson, Virgil Carter, Mike Taliaferro, Craig Morton, Bob Berry, David Garrard
7 Don Majkowski, Bobby Douglass, Frank Ryan, Jack Concannon, Steve Beuerlein, Tony Eason, Bob Avellini, Gary Danielson, Bill Nelsen, Mike Phipps
8 Bobby Douglass, Don Majkowski, Frank Ryan, Bill Nelsen, Adrian Burk, Scott Mitchell, Gary Danielson, Gus Frerotte, Tony Eason, Craig Morton
9 John Brodie, Elvis Grbac, Mark Rypien, Gus Frerotte, Jon Kitna, Don Majkowski, Trent Dilfer, Len Dawson*, Scott Mitchell, Bubby Brister
10 Mark Rypien, Len Dawson*, Kordell Stewart, John Brodie, Marc Bulger, Jon Kitna, Bill Nelsen, Scott Mitchell, Frank Ryan, Milt Plum
11 Frank Ryan, Len Dawson*, Greg Landry, Brad Johnson, Don Meredith, Jon Kitna, Archie Manning, Brian Sipe, Milt Plum, Jeff Blake
12 Brad Johnson, Frank Ryan, Steve Bartkowski, Greg Landry, Milt Plum, Jon Kitna, Jeff Blake, Eddie LeBaron, Archie Manning, Bernie Kosar
13 Joe Theismann, Jake Plummer, Steve Grogan, Joe Namath*, Len Dawson*, Brad Johnson, Jeff Garcia, Eddie LeBaron, Archie Manning, Randall Cunningham
14 Joe Namath*, Steve Grogan, Boomer Esiason, Joe Theismann, Troy Aikman*, Ken Stabler, Phil Simms, Bart Starr*, Len Dawson*, Steve McNair
15 Joe Namath*, Steve Grogan, Boomer Esiason, Joe Theismann, Len Dawson*, Ken Stabler, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham, Jim Plunkett, Steve McNair
16 Steve Grogan, Joe Namath*, Boomer Esiason, Ken Stabler, Joe Theismann, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham, Len Dawson*, Bart Starr*, Jim Plunkett
17 Steve Grogan, Boomer Esiason, Joe Namath*, Ken Stabler, Joe Theismann, Len Dawson*, Bart Starr*, Roman Gabriel, Troy Aikman*, Randall Cunningham
18 Boomer Esiason, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Len Dawson*, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler, Joe Namath*, Joe Theismann, Troy Aikman*, Phil Simms
Career Boomer Esiason, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*, Len Dawson*, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler, Joe Namath*, Joe Theismann, Troy Aikman*, Phil Simms

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1961
1964
1966
1967
1969

First-Team All-Pro

1961
1969

Passes Completed

1961 NFL 235 (1)
1962 NFL 196 (4)
1964 NFL 207 (2)
1965 NFL 190 (2)
1966 NFL 254 (1)
1967 NFL 288 (1)
1968 NFL 167 (7)
1969 NFL 274 (1)
1970 NFL 202 (4)
Career 2433 (31)

Pass Attempts

1961 NFL 416 (2)
1962 NFL 366 (4)
1964 NFL 385 (3)
1965 NFL 356 (2)
1966 NFL 436 (1)
1967 NFL 508 (1)
1969 NFL 442 (1)
1970 NFL 337 (7)
Career 4262 (34)

Passing Yds

1961 NFL 3723 (1)
1962 NFL 3261 (1)
1964 NFL 2934 (2)
1965 NFL 2367 (8)
1966 NFL 3209 (1)
1967 NFL 3747 (1)
1968 NFL 1980 (10)
1969 NFL 3102 (1)
1970 NFL 2354 (8)
Career 32224 (25)

Passing TD

1961 NFL 32 (1/30)
1962 NFL 22 (3)
1964 NFL 24 (2)
1965 NFL 15 (10)
1966 NFL 28 (2/78)
1967 NFL 31 (1/40)
1968 NFL 17 (8)
1969 NFL 22 (4)
1970 NFL 23 (2)
1974 NFL 11 (10)
Career 255 (11)

Passer Rating

1961 NFL 88.1 (3)
1962 NFL 74.3 (7)
1964 NFL 85.4 (4)
1966 NFL 84.5 (4)
1967 NFL 87.3 (1)
1968 NFL 81.7 (6)
1969 NFL 85.4 (3)
1970 NFL 91.5 (2)
Career 82.6 (32)

Long Pass

1960 NFL 71 (6)
1962 NFL 84 (5)
1963 NFL 75 (8)
1964 NFL 80 (5)
1966 NFL 86 (5)
1967 NFL 86 (5)
1968 NFL 99 (1/1)
1969 NFL 88 (2)

Passes Intercepted

1961 NFL 24 (1/56)
1962 NFL 26 (1/26)
1963 NFL 13 (9)
1964 NFL 13 (10)
1965 NFL 16 (3)
1966 NFL 19 (5)
1967 NFL 16 (8)
1969 NFL 15 (5)
Career 189 (28)

Sacked

1969 NFL 40 (1)
Career 94 (138)

Sacked Yds Lost

1969 NFL 322 (1/95)
Career 748 (132)

Passing Yds/Game

1961 NFL 265.9 (1/63)
1962 NFL 232.9 (1)
1964 NFL 209.6 (2)
1965 NFL 182.1 (8)
1966 NFL 229.2 (1)
1967 NFL 267.6 (1/59)
1968 NFL 165.0 (9)
1969 NFL 221.6 (1)
1970 NFL 168.1 (9)
Career 147.8 (126)

Yds/Pass Att

1961 NFL 8.9 (3/26)
1962 NFL 8.9 (1/26)
1964 NFL 7.6 (5)
1966 NFL 7.4 (5)
1967 NFL 7.4 (7)
1968 NFL 6.8 (7)
1969 NFL 7.0 (8)
1970 NFL 7.0 (9)
Career 7.6 (17)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1961 NFL 15.8 (4/67)
1962 NFL 16.6 (1/27)
1964 NFL 14.2 (5)
1966 NFL 12.6 (8)
Career 13.2 (58)

Pass Attempts/Game

1961 NFL 29.7 (2)
1962 NFL 26.1 (5)
1964 NFL 27.5 (4)
1965 NFL 27.4 (3)
1966 NFL 31.1 (1)
1967 NFL 36.3 (1/47)
1968 NFL 24.3 (6)
1969 NFL 31.6 (1)
1970 NFL 24.1 (9)
Career 19.6 (147)

Games

Career 218 (107)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 5 (10)
Career 50 (118)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 18 (124)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 6.49 (5)
1970 NFL 7.01 (3)
Career 6.76 (23)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.77 (10)
1970 NFL 5.91 (9)
Career 5.97 (70)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 NFL 5.28 (5)
1970 NFL 5.94 (3)
Career 5.53 (39)

Passes Completed/Game

1961 NFL 16.8 (1)
1962 NFL 14.0 (4)
1963 NFL 11.0 (10)
1964 NFL 14.8 (3)
1965 NFL 14.6 (3)
1966 NFL 18.1 (1)
1967 NFL 20.6 (1)
1968 NFL 13.9 (3)
1969 NFL 19.6 (1)
1970 NFL 14.4 (4)
Career 11.2 (136)

Pass Completion %

1961 NFL 56.5% (4)
1962 NFL 53.6% (6)
1964 NFL 53.8% (4)
1965 NFL 53.4% (6)
1966 NFL 58.3% (2)
1967 NFL 56.7% (2)
1968 NFL 57.2% (3)
1969 NFL 62.0% (1)
1970 NFL 59.9% (1)
Career 57.1% (70)

Pass Intercept. %

1961 NFL 5.8% (9)
1962 NFL 7.1% (10)
1964 NFL 3.4% (3)
1965 NFL 4.5% (8)
1966 NFL 4.4% (5)
1967 NFL 3.1% (1)
1968 NFL 3.8% (4)
1969 NFL 3.4% (3)
1970 NFL 3.0% (3)
Career 4.4% (125)

Passing TD %

1961 NFL 7.7% (2/47)
1962 NFL 6.0% (5)
1964 NFL 6.2% (4)
1966 NFL 6.4% (3)
1967 NFL 6.1% (6)
1968 NFL 5.8% (6)
1969 NFL 5.0% (7)
1970 NFL 6.8% (2)
Career 6.0% (13)

Sack %

1969 NFL 8.30% (9)
1970 NFL 6.91% (10)
Career 7.39% (103)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1961Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1964Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1966Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1967Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1969Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 36 14 QB 222 84 4 13
1971 37 5 QB 6 54
1972 38 7 QB 29 38
1973 39 14 QB 63 26
1974 40 14 QB 103 18
423 84