Bill Kenney

William Patrick Kenney

Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 211 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: January 20, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
College: Arizona St., Northern Colorado (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 12th round (333rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (967th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Passing

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%	4QC	GWD	AV
1980	25	KAN	qb	9	3	3	2-1-0	37	69	53.6	542	5	7.2	2	2.9	75	7.9	8.0	14.6	180.7	91.6	5	43	6.74	6.88	6.8	0	1	2
1981	26	KAN	QB	9	13	13	8-5-0	147	274	53.6	1983	9	3.3	16	5.8	64	7.2	5.3	13.5	152.5	63.6	20	160	6.20	4.36	6.8	1	0	7
1982	27	KAN	QB	9	7	6	3-3-0	95	169	56.2	1192	7	4.1	6	3.6	51	7.1	6.3	12.5	170.3	77.3	23	166	5.34	4.67	12.0			8
1983*	28	KAN	QB	9	16	16	6-10-0	346	603	57.4	4348	24	4.0	18	3.0	53	7.2	6.7	12.6	271.8	80.8	41	284	6.31	5.80	6.4	0	1	13
1984	29	KAN	QB	9	9	8	4-4-0	151	282	53.5	2098	15	5.3	10	3.5	65	7.4	6.9	13.9	233.1	80.7	18	163	6.45	5.95	6.0	1	1	6
1985	30	KAN	QB	9	16	10	3-7-0	181	338	53.6	2536	17	5.0	9	2.7	84	7.5	7.3	14.0	158.5	83.6	28	223	6.32	6.14	7.7			8
1986	31	KAN	QB	9	15	8	5-3-0	161	308	52.3	1922	13	4.2	11	3.6	53	6.2	5.5	11.9	128.1	70.8	25	180	5.23	4.53	7.5	1	2	6
1987	32	KAN	QB	9	11	8	3-5-0	154	273	56.4	2107	15	5.5	9	3.3	81	7.7	7.3	13.7	191.5	85.8	22	161	6.60	6.24	7.5	0	1	7
1988	33	KAN	qb	9	16	5	0-5-0	58	114	50.9	549	0	0.0	5	4.4	25	4.8	2.8	9.5	34.3	46.3	13	107	3.48	1.71	10.2			2
Career					106	77	34-43-0	1330	2430	54.7	17277	105	4.3	86	3.5	84	7.1	6.4	13.0	163.0	77.0	195	1487	6.02	5.34	7.4	3	6	59

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1980	25	KAN	qb	9	3	3	2-1-0	69	120	117	132	129	95	139	121	102	129
1981	26	KAN	QB	9	13	13	8-5-0	274	105	105	91	92	93	89	81	102	86
1982	27	KAN	QB	9	7	6	3-3-0	169	100	88	104	96	101	100	110	74	104
1983*	28	KAN	QB	9	16	16	6-10-0	603	102	108	108	111	102	97	116	110	107
1984	29	KAN	QB	9	9	8	4-4-0	282	107	111	111	113	91	112	108	113	107
1985	30	KAN	QB	9	16	10	3-7-0	338	110	109	117	116	93	111	119	103	112
1986	31	KAN	QB	9	15	8	5-3-0	308	83	87	93	94	89	100	106	102	95
1987	32	KAN	QB	9	11	8	3-5-0	273	116	114	118	117	105	114	109	99	115
1988	33	KAN	qb	9	16	5	0-5-0	114	53	49	57	53	86	55	93	80	64
Career					106	77	34-43-0	2430

Rushing & Receiving

							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
1980	25	KAN	qb	9	3	3	8	8	0	4	1.0	2.7	2.7								8	0	1
1981	26	KAN	QB	9	13	13	24	89	1	21	3.7	6.8	1.8								89	1	4
1982	27	KAN	QB	9	7	6	13	40	0	12	3.1	5.7	1.9								40	0	3
1983*	28	KAN	QB	9	16	16	23	59	3	11	2.6	3.7	1.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	0.0	59	3	7
1984	29	KAN	QB	9	9	8	9	-8	0	1	-0.9	-0.9	1.0								-8	0	8
1985	30	KAN	QB	9	16	10	14	1	1	5	0.1	0.1	0.9								1	1	6
1986	31	KAN	QB	9	15	8	18	0	0	9	0.0	0.0	1.2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	0.0	0	0	5
1987	32	KAN	QB	9	11	8	12	-2	0	6	-0.2	-0.2	1.1								-2	0	8
1988	33	KAN	qb	9	16	5	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1								4	0	1
Career					106	77	123	191	5	21	1.6	1.8	1.2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	191	5	43

Defense & Fumbles

								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
1980	25	KAN	qb	9	3	3							0	1	0	-6	0
1981	26	KAN	QB	9	13	13							0	4	0	-2	0
1982	27	KAN	QB	9	7	6							0	3	2	0	0
1983*	28	KAN	QB	9	16	16							0	7	4	0	0
1984	29	KAN	QB	9	9	8							0	8	3	-34	0
1985	30	KAN	QB	9	16	10							0	6	5	-18	0
1986	31	KAN	QB	9	15	8							0	5	1	-6	0
1987	32	KAN	QB	9	11	8							0	8	2	-8	0
1988	33	KAN	qb	9	16	5							0	1	0	0	0
Career					106	77							0	43	17	-74	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1981	26	KAN	QB	9	13	13	1	1	6
1983*	28	KAN	QB	9	16	16	3	3	18
1985	30	KAN	QB	9	16	10	1	1	6
Career					106	77	5	5	30

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	David Whitehurst, Dennis Shaw, Trent Dilfer, Scott Hunter, Jim Hart, Bart Starr, Dan Fouts, Lamar McHan, Eddie LeBaron, Tim Couch
4	Jake Plummer, Charley Johnson, Trent Dilfer, Terry Bradshaw, Gus Frerotte, Tony Eason, Bob Avellini, Dan Fouts, David Carr, Joe Kapp
5	Jim McMahon, Charley Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Bart Starr, Trent Dilfer, Jim Hart, Joe Ferguson, Jon Kitna, Archie Manning, Rick Mirer
6	Jim McMahon, Charley Johnson, Trent Dilfer, David Carr, Ed Brown, Tobin Rote, Neil O'Donnell, Gus Frerotte, Steve Bartkowski, Jon Kitna
7	Jim McMahon, Ed Brown, Trent Dilfer, Charley Johnson, Rodney Peete, Dan Pastorini, Gus Frerotte, Don Meredith, Jeff George, Tony Banks
8	Jim McMahon, Ed Brown, Neil O'Donnell, Trent Dilfer, Dan Pastorini, Gus Frerotte, Rodney Peete, Jim Harbaugh, Vinny Testaverde, Jeff George
9	Jim McMahon, Charley Johnson, Ed Brown, Trent Dilfer, Chris Miller, Billy Wade, John Brodie, Eddie LeBaron, Rodney Peete, Dan Pastorini
Career	Gus Frerotte, Chris Miller, Tony Banks, Trent Dilfer, Jim McMahon, Doug Williams, Lamar McHan, Gary Danielson, Elvis Grbac, Rodney Peete

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1983	Passes Completed 1983 NFL 346 (1/76) Career 1330 (120)	Pass Attempts 1983 NFL 603 (1/29) Career 2430 (117)	Passing Yds 1983 NFL 4348 (2/53) Career 17277 (115)
Passing TD 1983 NFL 24 (7) Career 105 (114)	Passer Rating 1985 NFL 83.6 (6) 1987 NFL 85.8 (7) Career 77.0 (91)	Long Pass 1980 NFL 75 (9) 1985 NFL 84 (4) 1987 NFL 81 (5)	Passes Intercepted 1983 NFL 18 (10) Career 86 (135)
Sacked 1982 NFL 23 (9) 1983 NFL 41 (8) Career 195 (88)	Sacked Yds Lost 1983 NFL 284 (10) Career 1487 (79)	Passing Yds/Game 1983 NFL 271.8 (3/75) 1984 NFL 233.1 (5) Career 163.0 (104)	Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 7.5 (6) 1987 NFL 7.7 (6) Career 7.1 (65)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1981 NFL 13.5 (7) 1984 NFL 13.9 (6) 1985 NFL 14.0 (3) 1987 NFL 13.7 (6) Career 13.0 (64)	Pass Attempts/Game 1983 NFL 37.7 (1/41) 1984 NFL 31.3 (7) Career 22.9 (117)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1984 NFL 6.91 (8) 1985 NFL 7.31 (4) 1987 NFL 7.33 (5) Career 6.38 (64)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1984 NFL 6.45 (8) 1985 NFL 6.32 (7) 1987 NFL 6.60 (7) Career 6.02 (65)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1983 NFL 5.80 (10) 1984 NFL 5.95 (6) 1985 NFL 6.14 (6) 1987 NFL 6.24 (5) Career 5.34 (62)	Passes Completed/Game 1983 NFL 21.6 (1) Career 12.5 (121)	Pass Completion % Career 54.7% (135)	Pass Intercept. % 1982 NFL 3.6% (9) 1983 NFL 3.0% (5) 1985 NFL 2.7% (4) Career 3.5% (82)
Passing TD % 1984 NFL 5.3% (6) 1985 NFL 5.0% (9) 1986 NFL 4.2% (10) 1987 NFL 5.5% (8) Career 4.3% (92)	Sack % 1983 NFL 6.37% (9) 1984 NFL 6.00% (6) Career 7.43% (118)	Game-Winning Drives 1986 NFL 2 (7) Career 6 (172)	Comebacks 1986 NFL 1 (10)
Total Offense 1983 NFL 4123 (2/68) Career 15981 (99)	Fumbles 1987 NFL 8 (9) Career 43 (160)	Fumbles Recovered 1983 NFL 4 (8) 1985 NFL 5 (3) Career 17 (163)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1980	25	3	QB	48		34
1981	26	13	QB	116		24
1982	27	7	QB	82		23
1983	28	16	QB	306	91	5	17
1984	29	9	QB	153		19
1985	30	16	QB	192		15
1986	31	15	QB	133		22
1987	32	11	QB	156		16
1988	33	16	QB	12		54
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