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Jim Plunkett

James William Plunkett Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: December 5, 1947 in San Jose , CA
College: Stanford

Career AV: 85 (286th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1971 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
1971 24 NWE QB 16 14 14 6-8-0 158 328 48.2 2158 19 5.8 16 4.9 88 6.6 5.5 13.7 154.1 68.6 36 319 5.1 4.1 9.9 11
1972 25 NWE QB 16 14 14 3-11-0 169 355 47.6 2196 8 2.3 25 7.0 62 6.2 3.5 13.0 156.9 45.7 39 385 4.6 2.1 9.9 6
1973 26 NWE QB 16 14 14 5-9-0 193 376 51.3 2550 13 3.5 17 4.5 64 6.8 5.4 13.2 182.1 65.8 37 350 5.3 4.1 9.0 12
1974 27 NWE QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 173 352 49.1 2457 19 5.4 22 6.3 69 7.0 5.2 14.2 175.5 64.1 21 174 6.1 4.5 5.6 14
1975 28 NWE qb 16 5 5 2-3-0 36 92 39.1 571 3 3.3 7 7.6 76 6.2 3.4 15.9 114.2 39.7 13 89 4.6 2.2 12.4 2
1976 29 SFO QB 14 12 12 6-6-0 126 243 51.9 1592 13 5.3 16 6.6 85 6.6 4.7 12.6 132.7 63.0 26 249 5.0 3.3 9.7 7
1977 30 SFO QB 16 14 14 5-9-0 128 248 51.6 1693 9 3.6 14 5.6 47 6.8 5.0 13.2 120.9 62.1 30 242 5.2 3.6 10.8 10
1979 32 OAK 16 4 0 7 15 46.7 89 1 6.7 1 6.7 39 5.9 4.3 12.7 22.3 60.1 2 9 4.7 3.2 11.8 0
1980 33 OAK QB 16 13 11 9-2-0 165 320 51.6 2299 18 5.6 16 5.0 86 7.2 6.1 13.9 176.8 72.9 36 285 5.7 4.6 10.1 8
1981 34 OAK qb 16 9 7 2-5-0 94 179 52.5 1045 4 2.2 9 5.0 42 5.8 4.0 11.1 116.1 56.7 22 184 4.3 2.7 10.9 0
1982 35 RAI QB 16 9 9 8-1-0 152 261 58.2 2035 14 5.4 15 5.7 52 7.8 6.3 13.4 226.1 77.0 23 211 6.4 5.0 8.1 14
1983 36 RAI QB 16 14 13 10-3-0 230 379 60.7 2935 20 5.3 18 4.7 99 7.7 6.7 12.8 209.6 82.7 42 363 6.1 5.1 10.0 11
1984 37 RAI qb 16 8 6 5-1-0 108 198 54.5 1473 6 3.0 10 5.1 73 7.4 5.8 13.6 184.1 67.6 13 103 6.5 4.9 6.2 5
1985 38 RAI 16 3 3 1-2-0 71 103 68.9 803 3 2.9 3 2.9 41 7.8 7.1 11.3 267.7 89.6 13 101 6.1 5.4 11.2 3
1986 39 RAI QB 16 10 8 3-5-0 133 252 52.8 1986 14 5.6 9 3.6 81 7.9 7.4 14.9 198.6 82.5 27 215 6.3 5.9 9.7 6
Career 157 144 72-72-0 1943 3701 52.5 25882 164 4.4 198 5.3 99 7.0 5.5 13.3 164.9 67.5 380 3279 5.5 4.2 9.3 109
8 yrs RAI-OAK 70 57 38-19-0 960 1707 56.2 12665 80 4.7 81 4.7 99 7.4 6.2 13.2 180.9 75.7 178 1471 5.9 4.9 9.4 47
5 yrs NWE 61 61 23-38-0 729 1503 48.5 9932 62 4.1 87 5.8 88 6.6 4.8 13.6 162.8 59.7 146 1317 5.2 3.6 8.9 45
2 yrs SFO 26 26 11-15-0 254 491 51.7 3285 22 4.5 30 6.1 85 6.7 4.8 12.9 126.3 62.5 56 491 5.1 3.4 10.2 17

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1980 (4-0), 1982 (1-1), 1983 (3-0), 1984 (0-1)

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+
1971 24 NWE QB 16 14 14 6-8-0 328 97 92 104 100 91 115 105 90 104
1972 25 NWE QB 16 14 14 3-11-0 355 91 85 83 80 88 81 85 91 80
1973 26 NWE QB 16 14 14 5-9-0 376 103 99 104 101 97 93 107 96 101
1974 27 NWE QB 16 14 14 7-7-0 352 107 113 102 106 89 111 90 115 99
1975 28 NWE qb 16 5 5 2-3-0 92 94 89 84 82 63 92 75 78 75
1976 29 SFO QB 14 12 12 6-6-0 243 99 95 96 94 99 111 87 95 98
1977 30 SFO QB 16 14 14 5-9-0 248 104 98 100 97 98 96 96 87 97
1980 33 OAK QB 16 13 11 9-2-0 320 105 95 104 97 88 118 93 81 101
1981 34 OAK qb 16 9 7 2-5-0 179 75 65 74 68 89 76 92 76 75
1982 35 RAI QB 16 9 9 8-1-0 261 114 109 104 101 107 114 81 96 104
1983 36 RAI QB 16 14 13 10-3-0 379 112 104 108 102 113 111 93 89 109
1984 37 RAI qb 16 8 6 5-1-0 198 107 112 96 100 95 87 89 112 91
1985 38 RAI 16 3 3 1-2-0 103 116 104 114 106 148 86 116 81 120
1986 39 RAI QB 16 10 8 3-5-0 252 120 110 119 113 91 115 106 89 111
Career 157 144 72-72-0 3701 104 98 100 97 96 103 94 92 98

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
1971 24 NWE QB 16 14 14 45 210 0 16 4.7 15.0 3.2 210 0 6
1972 25 NWE QB 16 14 14 36 230 1 21 6.4 16.4 2.6 230 1 6
1973 26 NWE QB 16 14 14 44 209 5 20 4.8 14.9 3.1 209 5 6
1974 27 NWE QB 16 14 14 30 161 2 37 5.4 11.5 2.1 161 2 4
1975 28 NWE qb 16 5 5 4 7 1 5 1.8 1.4 0.8 7 1 2
1976 29 SFO QB 14 12 12 19 95 0 12 5.0 7.9 1.6 95 0 1
1977 30 SFO QB 16 14 14 28 71 1 9 2.5 5.1 2.0 71 1 2
1979 32 OAK 16 4 0 3 18 0 15 6.0 4.5 0.8 18 0 0
1980 33 OAK QB 16 13 11 28 141 2 17 5.0 10.8 2.2 141 2 9
1981 34 OAK qb 16 9 7 12 38 1 13 3.2 4.2 1.3 38 1 3
1982 35 RAI QB 16 9 9 15 6 0 10 0.4 0.7 1.7 6 0 4
1983 36 RAI QB 16 14 13 26 78 0 20 3.0 5.6 1.9 78 0 7
1984 37 RAI qb 16 8 6 16 14 1 9 0.9 1.8 2.0 14 1 2
1985 38 RAI 16 3 3 5 12 0 7 2.4 4.0 1.7 12 0 6
1986 39 RAI QB 16 10 8 12 47 0 11 3.9 4.7 1.2 47 0 4
Career 157 144 323 1337 14 37 4.1 8.5 2.1 1337 14 62
8 yrs RAI-OAK 70 57 117 354 4 20 3.0 5.1 1.7 354 4 35
5 yrs NWE 61 61 159 817 9 37 5.1 13.4 2.6 817 9 24
2 yrs SFO 26 26 47 166 1 12 3.5 6.4 1.8 166 1 3

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
1971 24 NWE QB 16 14 14 6 0 0 0
1972 25 NWE QB 16 14 14 6 1 0 0
1973 26 NWE QB 16 14 14 6 1 0 0
1974 27 NWE QB 16 14 14 4 1 0 0
1975 28 NWE qb 16 5 5 2 0 0 0
1976 29 SFO QB 14 12 12 1 0 0 0
1977 30 SFO QB 16 14 14 2 2 0 0
1980 33 OAK QB 16 13 11 9 2 -2 0
1981 34 OAK qb 16 9 7 3 1 -6 0
1982 35 RAI QB 16 9 9 4 1 -7 0
1983 36 RAI QB 16 14 13 7 3 0 0
1984 37 RAI qb 16 8 6 2 1 0 0
1985 38 RAI 16 3 3 6 1 -5 0
1986 39 RAI QB 16 10 8 4 0 -3 0
Career 157 144 62 14 -23 0
8 yrs OAK-RAI 70 57 35 9 -23 0
5 yrs NWE 61 61 24 3 0 0
2 yrs SFO 26 26 3 2 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
1972 25 NWE QB 16 14 14 1 1 6
1973 26 NWE QB 16 14 14 5 5 30
1974 27 NWE QB 16 14 14 2 2 12
1975 28 NWE qb 16 5 5 1 1 6
1977 30 SFO QB 16 14 14 1 1 6
1980 33 OAK QB 16 13 11 2 2 12
1981 34 OAK qb 16 9 7 1 1 6
1984 37 RAI qb 16 8 6 1 1 6
Career 157 144 14 14 84
8 yrs OAK-RAI 70 57 4 4 24
5 yrs NWE 61 61 9 9 54
2 yrs SFO 26 26 1 1 6

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Norm Snead, Marc Bulger, Bob Griese*, Mark Rypien, Joe Kapp, John Elway*, Pat Haden, Jason Campbell, David Woodley, Joe Ferguson
4 Ken O'Brien, John Elway*, Jim Kelly*, Marc Bulger, Bob Griese*, Ben Roethlisberger, Bernie Kosar, Tom Brady, Boomer Esiason, Doug Williams
5 Bernie Kosar, Ed Brown, Eli Manning, Doug Williams, Norm Snead, Steve McNair, Bobby Hebert, Randall Cunningham, Jim Everett, Jake Plummer
6 Terry Bradshaw*, Bernie Kosar, Brian Sipe, Doug Williams, Marc Bulger, David Carr, Ed Brown, Joe Ferguson, Norm Snead, Bob Griese*
7 Terry Bradshaw*, Richard Todd, Joe Ferguson, Ken O'Brien, Jake Plummer, Norm Snead, Bernie Kosar, Bob Griese*, Dan Fouts*, Eddie LeBaron
8 Eddie LeBaron, Steve Bartkowski, Richard Todd, Bobby Hebert, Jim Harbaugh, Jake Plummer, Dave Krieg, Matt Hasselbeck, Brian Griese, Roman Gabriel
9 Chad Pennington, Brad Johnson, Jim Hart, Stan Humphries, Jim Harbaugh, Tommy Kramer, Brian Griese, Eddie LeBaron, Archie Manning, Jeff Blake
10 Richard Todd, Brad Johnson, Jon Kitna, Eddie LeBaron, Jim Hart, Tommy Kramer, Milt Plum, Bobby Hebert, Jim Harbaugh, Jeff George
11 Richard Todd, Brad Johnson, Jeff Blake, Jon Kitna, Chad Pennington, Bobby Hebert, Doug Williams, Tommy Kramer, Don Meredith, Milt Plum
12 Ken O'Brien, Jon Kitna, Jake Plummer, Ron Jaworski, Bobby Hebert, Eddie LeBaron, Jeff Blake, Archie Manning, Tobin Rote, Matt Hasselbeck
13 Jake Plummer, Ron Jaworski, Ken O'Brien, Jim Everett, Eddie LeBaron, Phil Simms, Brian Sipe, Len Dawson*, Jon Kitna, Dave Krieg
14 Jim Everett, Ron Jaworski, Tobin Rote, Phil Simms, Jake Plummer, Len Dawson*, Ken O'Brien, Norm Snead, Eddie LeBaron, Dave Krieg
15 Jim Everett, Tobin Rote, Ron Jaworski, Jake Plummer, Kerry Collins, Ken O'Brien, Phil Simms, Norm Snead, Joe Ferguson, Archie Manning
Career Phil Simms, Norm Snead, Kerry Collins, Joe Ferguson, Tobin Rote, Jim Everett, Jim Harbaugh, Ron Jaworski, Roman Gabriel, Ken Stabler

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1980 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1980 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

Passes Completed

1971 NFL 158 (9)
1972 NFL 169 (8)
1973 NFL 193 (2)
1974 NFL 173 (8)
Career 1943 (60)

Pass Attempts

1971 NFL 328 (6)
1972 NFL 355 (4)
1973 NFL 376 (2)
1974 NFL 352 (4)
1982 NFL 261 (10)
Career 3701 (53)

Passing Yds

1971 NFL 2158 (10)
1972 NFL 2196 (7)
1973 NFL 2550 (2)
1974 NFL 2457 (6)
1982 NFL 2035 (8)
Career 25882 (55)

Passing TD

1971 NFL 19 (2)
1974 NFL 19 (4)
1982 NFL 14 (6)
Career 164 (56)

Passer Rating

1971 NFL 68.6 (10)
1986 NFL 82.5 (9)
Career 67.5 (166)

Long Pass

1971 NFL 88 (2)
1975 NFL 76 (10)
1976 NFL 85 (2)
1980 NFL 86 (4)
1983 NFL 99 (1/1)
1986 NFL 81 (8)

Passes Intercepted

1971 NFL 16 (9)
1972 NFL 25 (2/39)
1973 NFL 17 (3)
1974 NFL 22 (1)
1976 NFL 16 (5)
1982 NFL 15 (2)
1983 NFL 18 (10)
Career 198 (26)

Sacked

1971 NFL 36 (2)
1972 NFL 39 (2)
1973 NFL 37 (3)
1977 NFL 30 (8)
1980 NFL 36 (9)
1982 NFL 23 (9)
1983 NFL 42 (5)
Career 380 (12)

Sacked Yds Lost

1971 NFL 319 (2)
1972 NFL 385 (1/26)
1973 NFL 350 (2/51)
1976 NFL 249 (9)
1977 NFL 242 (10)
1980 NFL 285 (9)
1982 NFL 211 (6)
1983 NFL 363 (2/39)
Career 3279 (7)

Passing Yds/Game

1972 NFL 156.9 (7)
1973 NFL 182.1 (3)
1974 NFL 175.5 (7)
1982 NFL 226.1 (9)
Career 164.9 (88)

Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 7.0 (10)
1977 NFL 6.8 (10)
1982 NFL 7.8 (6)
1983 NFL 7.7 (7)
1986 NFL 7.9 (3)
Career 7.0 (82)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1971 NFL 13.7 (8)
1973 NFL 13.2 (7)
1974 NFL 14.2 (4)
1977 NFL 13.2 (7)
1980 NFL 13.9 (3)
1982 NFL 13.4 (6)
1986 NFL 14.9 (1)
Career 13.3 (55)

Pass Attempts/Game

1971 NFL 23.4 (6)
1972 NFL 25.4 (4)
1973 NFL 26.9 (2)
1974 NFL 25.1 (9)
Career 23.6 (97)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1971 NFL 5.54 (10)
1986 NFL 7.38 (4)
Career 5.47 (147)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1974 NFL 6.12 (9)
1982 NFL 6.42 (8)
1986 NFL 6.35 (8)
Career 5.54 (139)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 5.90 (8)
Career 4.16 (157)

Passes Completed/Game

1972 NFL 12.1 (9)
1973 NFL 13.8 (3)
Career 12.4 (110)

Pass Completion %

1983 NFL 60.7% (6)
Career 52.5% (159)

Pass Intercept. %

1971 NFL 4.9% (8)
Career 5.3% (163)

Passing TD %

1971 NFL 5.8% (5)
1974 NFL 5.4% (6)
1976 NFL 5.3% (8)
1980 NFL 5.6% (7)
1982 NFL 5.4% (4)
1983 NFL 5.3% (8)
1986 NFL 5.6% (3)
Career 4.4% (82)

Sack %

1974 NFL 5.63% (9)
Career 9.31% (160)

Fumbles

Career 62 (73)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 24 14 QB 189 63 4 11
1972 25 14 QB 115 23
1973 26 14 QB 197 62 3 19
1974 27 14 QB 196 71 5 16
1975 28 5 QB 34 34
1976 29 12 QB 119 16
1977 30 14 QB 107 19
1979 32 4 QB 9 53
1980 33 13 QB 194 18
1981 34 9 QB 58 36
1982 35 9 QB 136 8 10 63
1983 36 14 QB 209 14
1984 37 8 QB 82 32
1985 38 3 QB 45 41
1986 39 10 QB 150 21
1840 204