Scott Mitchell

William Scott Mitchell

Position: QB
Height: 6-6 Weight: 240 lbs.
Throws: Left

Born: January 2, 1968 in Salt Lake City, UT
College: Utah (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 50 (1542nd overall since 1950)

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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
1991	23	MIA		19	2	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0				0	0	0
1992	24	MIA		19	16	0		2	8	25.0	32	0	0.0	1	12.5	18	4.0	-1.6	16.0	2.0	4.2	0	0	4.00	-1.63	0.0			0
1993	25	MIA	QB	19	13	7	3-4-0	133	233	57.1	1773	12	5.2	8	3.4	77	7.6	7.1	13.3	136.4	84.2	7	49	7.18	6.68	2.9			7
1994	26	DET	QB	19	9	9	4-5-0	119	246	48.4	1456	10	4.1	11	4.5	34	5.9	4.7	12.2	161.8	62.0	12	63	5.40	4.26	4.7	1	3	4
1995	27	DET	QB	19	16	16	10-6-0	346	583	59.3	4338	32	5.5	12	2.1	91	7.4	7.6	12.5	271.1	92.3	31	145	6.83	6.99	5.0	1	2	17
1996	28	DET	QB	19	14	14	4-10-0	253	437	57.9	2917	17	3.9	17	3.9	62	6.7	5.7	11.5	208.4	74.9	36	199	5.75	4.85	7.6			11
1997	29	DET	QB	19	16	16	9-7-0	293	509	57.6	3484	19	3.7	14	2.8	79	6.8	6.4	11.9	217.8	79.6	41	271	5.84	5.39	7.5	3	3	12
1998	30	DET	qb	19	2	2	0-2-0	38	75	50.7	452	1	1.3	3	4.0	44	6.0	4.5	11.9	226.0	57.2	4	28	5.37	3.91	5.1			2
1999	31	BAL	qb	19	2	2	0-2-0	24	56	42.9	236	1	1.8	4	7.1	28	4.2	1.4	9.8	118.0	31.5	6	30	3.32	0.74	9.7			1
2000	32	CIN	qb	19	8	5	2-3-0	89	187	47.6	966	3	1.6	8	4.3	38	5.2	3.6	10.9	120.8	50.8	16	82	4.35	2.88	7.9	1	1	0
2001	33	CIN		19	1	0		4	12	33.3	38	0	0.0	3	25.0	16	3.2	-8.1	9.5	38.0	3.5	2	15	1.64	-8.00	14.3			0
Career					99	71	32-39-0	1301	2346	55.5	15692	95	4.0	81	3.5	91	6.7	5.9	12.1	158.5	75.3	155	882	5.92	5.22	6.2	6	9	54
5 yrs		DET			57	57	27-30-0	1049	1850	56.7	12647	79	4.3	57	3.1	91	6.8	6.3	12.1	221.9	79.2	124	706	6.05	5.55	6.3	5	8	46
3 yrs		MIA			31	7	3-4-0	135	241	56.0	1805	12	5.0	9	3.7	77	7.5	6.8	13.4	58.2	81.0	7	49	7.08	6.42	2.8	0	0	7
2 yrs		CIN			9	5	2-3-0	93	199	46.7	1004	3	1.5	11	5.5	38	5.0	2.9	10.8	111.6	44.0	18	97	4.18	2.18	8.3	1	1	0
1 yr		BAL			2	2	0-2-0	24	56	42.9	236	1	1.8	4	7.1	28	4.2	1.4	9.8	118.0	31.5	6	30	3.32	0.74	9.7			1

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+
1993	25	MIA	QB	19	13	7	3-4-0	233	116	124	115	121	98	118	99	125	110
1994	26	DET	QB	19	9	9	4-5-0	246	83	90	80	85	70	103	79	111	78
1995	27	DET	QB	19	16	16	10-6-0	583	117	121	124	126	105	120	119	107	120
1996	28	DET	QB	19	14	14	4-10-0	437	99	98	94	94	102	100	88	94	96
1997	29	DET	QB	19	16	16	9-7-0	509	102	101	103	102	103	97	107	97	103
1998	30	DET	qb	19	2	2	0-2-0	75	87	92	81	84	75	72	89	112	76
1999	31	BAL	qb	19	2	2	0-2-0	56	58	60	49	51	45	77	48	85	47
2000	32	CIN	qb	19	8	5	2-3-0	187	70	73	67	69	58	72	85	94	62
Career					99	71	32-39-0	2346	100	103	100	102	93	103	99	103	98

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
1992	24	MIA		19	16	0	8	10	0	8	1.3	0.6	0.5								10	0	1
1993	25	MIA	QB	19	13	7	21	89	0	32	4.2	6.8	1.6								89	0	3
1994	26	DET	QB	19	9	9	15	24	1	7	1.6	2.7	1.7								24	1	8
1995	27	DET	QB	19	16	16	36	104	4	18	2.9	6.5	2.3								104	4	8
1996	28	DET	QB	19	14	14	37	83	4	9	2.2	5.9	2.6								83	4	9
1997	29	DET	QB	19	16	16	37	83	1	13	2.2	5.2	2.3								83	1	15
1998	30	DET	qb	19	2	2	7	30	0	17	4.3	15.0	3.5								30	0	1
1999	31	BAL	qb	19	2	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.5	0.5								1	0	1
2000	32	CIN	qb	19	8	5	10	61	1	12	6.1	7.6	1.3								61	1	4
Career					99	71	172	485	11	32	2.8	4.9	1.7								485	11	50
5 yrs		DET			57	57	132	324	10	18	2.5	5.7	2.3								324	10	41
3 yrs		MIA			31	7	29	99	0	32	3.4	3.2	0.9								99	0	4
2 yrs		CIN			9	5	10	61	1	12	6.1	6.8	1.1								61	1	4
1 yr		BAL			2	2	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.5	0.5								1	0	1

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
1992	24	MIA		19	16	0							0	1	0	-1	0
1993	25	MIA	QB	19	13	7							0	3	1	-4	0
1994	26	DET	QB	19	9	9							0	8	2	-5	0
1995	27	DET	QB	19	16	16							0	8	1	0	0
1996	28	DET	QB	19	14	14							0	9	5	-3	0
1997	29	DET	QB	19	16	16							0	15	4	-15	0
1998	30	DET	qb	19	2	2							0	1	0	-9	0
1999	31	BAL	qb	19	2	2							0	1	0	0	0
2000	32	CIN	qb	19	8	5							0	4	0	-6	0
Career					99	71							0	50	13	-43	0
5 yrs		DET			57	57							0	41	12	-32	0
3 yrs		MIA			31	7							0	4	1	-5	0
2 yrs		CIN			9	5							0	4	0	-6	0
1 yr		BAL			2	2							0	1	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1994	26	DET	QB	19	9	9	1	1	6
1995	27	DET	QB	19	16	16	4	4	24
1996	28	DET	QB	19	14	14	4	4	24
1997	29	DET	QB	19	16	16	1	1	6
2000	32	CIN	qb	19	8	5	1	1	6
Career					99	71	11	11	66
5 yrs		DET			57	57	10	10	60
2 yrs		CIN			9	5	1	1	6

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Chris Weinke, Matt Hasselbeck, Greg Cook, Jeff Blake, Bob Williams, Ron C. Smith, JaMarcus Russell, Brad Johnson, Mark Sanchez, Chad Henne
4	Babe Parilli, Joe Pisarcik, Chuck Long, Bob Celeri, Marc Wilson, Sam Etcheverry, Patrick Ramsey, Tarvaris Jackson, David Archer, Bob Williams
5	Matt Cassel, Joe Kapp, Ken Stabler, Stan Humphries, Brad Johnson, Bobby Douglass, Dave Krieg, Matt Hasselbeck, Derek Anderson, Gary Danielson
6	Brad Johnson, Jay Cutler, Matt Schaub, Chad Pennington, Ken Stabler, Matt Hasselbeck, Dave Krieg, Stan Humphries, Jason Campbell, Tony Eason
7	Doug Williams, Mark Rypien, Jeff Blake, Dan Fouts*, Brad Johnson, Chad Pennington, Stan Humphries, Tony Romo, Dave Krieg, David Carr
8	Brad Johnson, Chad Pennington, Mark Rypien, Doug Williams, Frank Ryan, Jake Delhomme, David Carr, Bill Nelsen, Daryle Lamonica, Stan Humphries
9	Mark Rypien, Bill Nelsen, Jake Delhomme, David Carr, Doug Williams, Gary Danielson, David Garrard, Stan Humphries, Tony Romo, Bob Berry
10	Len Dawson*, Jeff Hostetler, Mark Rypien, David Carr, Bill Nelsen, Doug Williams, David Garrard, Stan Humphries, Tony Romo, Jay Fiedler
11	Mark Rypien, David Carr, Bill Nelsen, David Garrard, Stan Humphries, Tony Romo, Jay Fiedler, Marc Bulger, Gary Danielson, Jeff Hostetler
Career	Mark Rypien, David Carr, Bill Nelsen, David Garrard, Stan Humphries, Doug Flutie, Tony Romo, Jay Fiedler, Marc Bulger, Elvis Grbac

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Approximate Value 1995 NFL 17 (6)	Passes Completed 1995 NFL 346 (3/76) 1997 NFL 293 (5) Career 1301 (126)	Pass Attempts 1995 NFL 583 (3/45) 1997 NFL 509 (7) Career 2346 (122)	Passing Yds 1995 NFL 4338 (2/54) 1996 NFL 2917 (10) 1997 NFL 3484 (7) Career 15692 (126)
Passing TD 1995 NFL 32 (3/44) 1996 NFL 17 (10) 1997 NFL 19 (10) Career 95 (127)	Passer Rating 1993 NFL 84.2 (9) 1995 NFL 92.3 (5) Career 75.3 (101)	Long Pass 1993 NFL 77 (10) 1995 NFL 91 (2/75) 1997 NFL 79 (4)	Passes Intercepted 1996 NFL 17 (7) 1997 NFL 14 (8) Career 81 (143)
Sacked 1996 NFL 36 (7) 1997 NFL 41 (5) Career 155 (113)	Sacked Yds Lost 1996 NFL 199 (9) 1997 NFL 271 (6) Career 882 (126)	Passing Yds/Game 1995 NFL 271.1 (3/78) Career 158.5 (112)	Yds/Pass Att 1993 NFL 7.6 (5) 1995 NFL 7.4 (5) Career 6.7 (147)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1993 NFL 13.3 (3) 1994 NFL 12.2 (8) 1995 NFL 12.5 (5) Career 12.1 (136)	Pass Attempts/Game 1995 NFL 36.4 (4/64) 1996 NFL 31.2 (10) 1997 NFL 31.8 (9) Career 23.7 (109)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1993 NFL 7.09 (7) 1995 NFL 7.61 (4) Career 5.95 (101)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1993 NFL 7.18 (2/93) 1995 NFL 6.83 (6) Career 5.92 (89)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1993 NFL 6.68 (3) 1995 NFL 6.99 (5) Career 5.22 (79)	Passes Completed/Game 1995 NFL 21.6 (5) 1997 NFL 18.3 (8) Career 13.1 (104)	Pass Completion % Career 55.5% (123)	Pass Intercept. % 1995 NFL 2.1% (8) Career 3.5% (82)
Passing TD % 1993 NFL 5.2% (4) 1994 NFL 4.1% (10) 1995 NFL 5.5% (3) Career 4.0% (130)	Sack % 1993 NFL 2.92% (1/49) Career 6.20% (61)	Game-Winning Drives 1994 NFL 3 (4) 1997 NFL 3 (6) Career 9 (135)	Comebacks 1997 NFL 3 (2/100) Career 6 (145)
Total Offense 1995 NFL 4297 (2/52) 1996 NFL 2801 (10) 1997 NFL 3296 (9) Career 15295 (106)	Fumbles 1996 NFL 9 (8) 1997 NFL 15 (2/28) Career 50 (127)	Fumbles Recovered 1996 NFL 5 (1) 1997 NFL 4 (5)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1991	23	2	QB			66
1992	24	16	QB			68
1993	25	13	QB	136		22
1994	26	9	QB	105		27
1995	27	16	QB	376	141	2	4
1996	28	14	QB	217	25	10	48
1997	29	16	QB	240	10	10	63
1998	30	2	QB	21		57
1999	31	2	QB	8		65
2000	32	8	QB	53		40
2001	33	1	QB	-4		78
				1152	176

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