Ken O'Brien

Kenneth John O'Brien Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: November 27, 1960 in Rockville Centre, NY
College: Sacramento St., California-Davis
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (581st overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 22, 2013 7:25AM

All-Time Rank: #768. Reggie Williams… #769. Paul Gruber… #770. Keith Bulluck… #771. KEN O'BRIEN… #772. Larry Centers… #773. Gary Johnson… #774. Ron A. Johnson…

All-Time Rank: #768. Reggie Williams… #769. Paul Gruber… #770. Keith Bulluck… #771. KEN O'BRIEN… #772. Larry Centers… #773. Gary Johnson… #774. Ron A. Johnson…

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
1984	24	NYJ	qb	7	10	5	1-4-0	116	203	57.1	1402	6	3.0	7	3.4	49	6.9	5.9	12.1	140.2	74.0	22	168	5.48	4.62	9.8	1	1	5
1985*	25	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	11-5-0	297	488	60.9	3888	25	5.1	8	1.6	96	8.0	8.3	13.1	243.0	96.2	62	399	6.34	6.60	11.3	1	1	14
1986	26	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	8-6-0	300	482	62.2	3690	25	5.2	20	4.1	83	7.7	6.8	12.3	246.0	85.8	40	353	6.39	5.63	7.7	3	3	13
1987	27	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	5-7-0	234	393	59.5	2696	13	3.3	8	2.0	59	6.9	6.6	11.5	224.7	82.8	50	364	5.26	5.04	11.3	2	1	10
1988	28	NYJ	QB	7	14	12	6-5-1	236	424	55.7	2567	15	3.5	7	1.7	50	6.1	6.0	10.9	183.4	78.6	37	267	4.99	4.96	8.0	2	3	10
1989	29	NYJ	QB	7	15	12	4-8-0	288	477	60.4	3346	12	2.5	18	3.8	57	7.0	5.8	11.6	223.1	74.3	50	391	5.61	4.53	9.5	2	2	7
1990	30	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	6-10-0	226	411	55.0	2855	13	3.2	10	2.4	69	6.9	6.5	12.6	178.4	77.3	34	262	5.83	5.40	7.6	0	0	11
1991*	31	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	287	489	58.7	3300	10	2.0	11	2.2	53	6.7	6.1	11.5	206.3	76.6	33	273	5.80	5.23	6.3	2	5	12
1992	32	NYJ	qb	7	10	3	1-2-0	55	98	56.1	642	5	5.1	6	6.1	55	6.6	4.8	11.7	64.2	67.6	10	61	5.38	3.81	9.3			2
1993	33	PHI	qb	7	5	4	0-4-0	71	137	51.8	708	4	2.9	3	2.2	41	5.2	4.8	10.0	141.6	67.4	15	116	3.89	3.53	9.9			2
Career					129	110	50-59-1	2110	3602	58.6	25094	128	3.6	98	2.7	96	7.0	6.5	11.9	194.5	80.4	353	2654	5.67	5.21	8.9	13	16	86
9 yrs		NYJ			124	106	50-55-1	2039	3465	58.8	24386	124	3.6	95	2.7	96	7.0	6.5	12.0	196.7	81.0	338	2538	5.74	5.27	8.9	13	16	84
1 yr		PHI			5	4	0-4-0	71	137	51.8	708	4	2.9	3	2.2	41	5.2	4.8	10.0	141.6	67.4	15	116	3.89	3.53	9.9			2

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+
1984	24	NYJ	qb	7	10	5	1-4-0	203	96	92	98	96	103	86	110	91	99
1985*	25	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	11-5-0	488	119	109	130	122	119	112	133	81	129
1986	26	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	8-6-0	482	115	111	111	109	127	111	98	101	115
1987	27	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	5-7-0	393	98	87	108	100	115	91	127	76	111
1988	28	NYJ	QB	7	14	12	6-5-1	424	79	80	99	98	102	93	131	94	105
1989	29	NYJ	QB	7	15	12	4-8-0	477	100	92	96	91	117	82	100	84	99
1990	30	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	6-10-0	411	98	96	104	102	94	91	117	96	101
1991*	31	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	489	96	98	101	101	106	78	120	106	100
1992	32	NYJ	qb	7	10	3	1-2-0	98	95	92	84	84	95	117	61	86	88
1993	33	PHI	qb	7	5	4	0-4-0	137	69	64	83	79	82	89	118	80	87
Career					129	110	50-59-1	3602	100	95	105	102	110	94	116	91	107

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
1984	24	NYJ	qb	7	10	5	16	29	0	7	1.8	2.9	1.6								29	0	4
1985*	25	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	25	58	0	22	2.3	3.6	1.6								58	0	14
1986	26	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	17	46	0	11	2.7	3.1	1.1								46	0	10
1987	27	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	30	61	0	11	2.0	5.1	2.5								61	0	8
1988	28	NYJ	QB	7	14	12	21	25	0	17	1.2	1.8	1.5								25	0	11
1989	29	NYJ	QB	7	15	12	9	18	0	5	2.0	1.2	0.6								18	0	10
1990	30	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	21	72	0	15	3.4	4.5	1.3								72	0	5
1991*	31	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	23	60	0	13	2.6	3.8	1.4	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.1	1.7	87	0	6
1992	32	NYJ	qb	7	10	3	8	8	0	7	1.0	0.8	0.8								8	0	0
1993	33	PHI	qb	7	5	4	4	17	0	11	4.3	3.4	0.8								17	0	4
Career					129	110	174	394	0	22	2.3	3.1	1.3	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.0	0.2	421	0	72
9 yrs		NYJ			124	106	170	377	0	22	2.2	3.0	1.4	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.0	0.2	404	0	68
1 yr		PHI			5	4	4	17	0	11	4.3	3.4	0.8								17	0	4

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
1984	24	NYJ	qb	7	10	5							0	4	2	0	0
1985*	25	NYJ	QB	7	16	16							0	14	4	0	0
1986	26	NYJ	QB	7	15	14							0	10	5	-3	0
1987	27	NYJ	QB	7	12	12							0	8	1	-10	0
1988	28	NYJ	QB	7	14	12							0	11	5	-14	0
1989	29	NYJ	QB	7	15	12							0	10	4	-4	0
1990	30	NYJ	QB	7	16	16							0	5	4	-4	0
1991*	31	NYJ	QB	7	16	16							0	6	1	-4	0
1993	33	PHI	qb	7	5	4							0	4	0	0	0
Career					129	110							0	72	26	-39	0
9 yrs		NYJ			124	106							0	68	26	-39	0
1 yr		PHI			5	4							0	4	0	0	0

Kicking & Punting

							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
1990	30	NYJ	QB	7	16	16																	1	23	23	0	23.0
Career					129	110																	1	23	23	0	23.0

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Bernie Kosar, Marc Bulger, Joe Ferguson, Ed Brown, Steve Grogan, Jay Cutler, Norm Snead, Boomer Esiason, Ken Anderson, John Elway*
4	John Elway, Jim Plunkett, Jay Cutler, Bob Griese, Bernie Kosar, Jim Everett, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Marc Bulger, Drew Bledsoe
5	Doug Williams, John Elway, Bob Griese, Bernie Kosar, Milt Plum, Eli Manning, Marc Bulger, Norm Snead, David Carr, Jim Kelly*
6	Bernie Kosar, Norm Snead, Joe Ferguson, Milt Plum, Warren Moon, Jim Everett, Bob Griese, Marc Bulger, Terry Bradshaw*, Jim Plunkett
7	Norm Snead, Jim Plunkett, Bernie Kosar, Bob Griese, Neil Lomax, Jim Everett, Tobin Rote, Joe Ferguson, Drew Bledsoe, Terry Bradshaw
8	Bob Griese, Drew Bledsoe, Neil Lomax, Jake Plummer, Jim Everett, Bernie Kosar, Joe Ferguson, John Elway, Jim Zorn, Norm Snead
9	Bob Griese, Drew Bledsoe, Jake Plummer, Joe Ferguson, Jim Everett, Steve Bartkowski, Roman Gabriel, Neil Lomax, Terry Bradshaw, Richard Todd
10	Dave Krieg, Brian Sipe, Roman Gabriel, Steve Bartkowski, Jim Hart, Jim Harbaugh, Tommy Kramer, John Hadl, Ron Jaworski, Archie Manning
Career	Jon Kitna, Brian Sipe, Ron Jaworski, Bobby Hebert, Matt Hasselbeck, Tommy Kramer, Richard Todd, Neil Lomax, Eddie LeBaron, Steve Bartkowski

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1985 1991	Passes Completed 1985 NFL 297 (4) 1986 NFL 300 (3) 1987 NFL 234 (7) 1989 NFL 288 (6) 1991 NFL 287 (6) Career 2110 (54)	Pass Attempts 1985 NFL 488 (7) 1986 NFL 482 (7) 1987 NFL 393 (9) 1989 NFL 477 (9) 1991 NFL 489 (5) Career 3602 (61)	Passing Yds 1985 NFL 3888 (3) 1986 NFL 3690 (5) 1987 NFL 2696 (10) 1991 NFL 3300 (7) Career 25094 (63)
Passing TD 1985 NFL 25 (6) 1986 NFL 25 (2) Career 128 (91)	Passer Rating 1985 NFL 96.2 (1) 1986 NFL 85.8 (6) Career 80.4 (57)	Long Pass 1985 NFL 96 (2/29) 1986 NFL 83 (7)	Passes Intercepted 1986 NFL 20 (7) 1989 NFL 18 (6) Career 98 (115)
Sacked 1985 NFL 62 (1/5) 1986 NFL 40 (9) 1987 NFL 50 (2/38) 1988 NFL 37 (4) 1989 NFL 50 (1/38) 1990 NFL 34 (10) 1991 NFL 33 (6) Career 353 (22)	Sacked Yds Lost 1985 NFL 399 (3/15) 1986 NFL 353 (5/47) 1987 NFL 364 (2/38) 1988 NFL 267 (6) 1989 NFL 391 (2/19) 1990 NFL 262 (8) 1991 NFL 273 (4) Career 2654 (20)	Passing Yds/Game 1985 NFL 243.0 (5) 1986 NFL 246.0 (6) 1989 NFL 223.1 (10) Career 194.5 (53)	Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 8.0 (2) 1986 NFL 7.7 (5) Career 7.0 (85)
Yds/Pass Cmp Career 11.9 (154)	Pass Attempts/Game 1985 NFL 30.5 (10) 1986 NFL 32.1 (8) 1987 NFL 32.8 (10) 1989 NFL 31.8 (10) 1991 NFL 30.6 (7) Career 27.9 (57)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 8.25 (1/68) 1986 NFL 6.83 (8) Career 6.45 (58)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 6.34 (6) 1986 NFL 6.39 (7) Career 5.67 (130)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1985 NFL 6.60 (3) Career 5.21 (80)	Passes Completed/Game 1985 NFL 18.6 (5) 1986 NFL 20.0 (4) 1987 NFL 19.5 (7) 1989 NFL 19.2 (5) 1991 NFL 17.9 (9) Career 16.4 (53)	Pass Completion % 1985 NFL 60.9% (2) 1986 NFL 62.2% (2) 1987 NFL 59.5% (5) 1989 NFL 60.4% (4) Career 58.6% (61)	Pass Intercept. % 1985 NFL 1.6% (1/41) 1987 NFL 2.0% (1) 1988 NFL 1.7% (1/55) 1990 NFL 2.4% (6) 1991 NFL 2.2% (5) Career 2.7% (25)
Passing TD % 1985 NFL 5.1% (6) 1986 NFL 5.2% (5) Career 3.6% (177)	Sack % Career 8.93% (165)	Game-Winning Drives 1986 NFL 3 (5) 1988 NFL 3 (4) 1991 NFL 5 (1/29) Career 16 (72)	Comebacks 1986 NFL 3 (3/100) 1987 NFL 2 (9) 1988 NFL 2 (8) 1989 NFL 2 (10) 1991 NFL 2 (7) Career 13 (68)
Total Offense 1985 NFL 3547 (5) 1986 NFL 3383 (7) 1991 NFL 3087 (10) Career 22834 (56)	Fumbles 1985 NFL 14 (2/42) 1986 NFL 10 (6) 1987 NFL 8 (9) 1988 NFL 11 (2) 1989 NFL 10 (7) Career 72 (47)	Fumbles Recovered 1986 NFL 5 (3) 1988 NFL 5 (7) 1990 NFL 4 (8) Career 26 (33)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1984	24	10	QB	81		33
1985	25	16	QB	295	81	3	11
1986	26	15	QB	262	66	5	19
1987	27	12	QB	176		13
1988	28	14	QB	181		16
1989	29	15	QB	172		18
1990	30	16	QB	179		20
1991	31	16	QB	179		12	78
1992	32	10	QB	44		38
1993	33	5	QB	48		39
				1617	147

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