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Danny White

Wilford Daniel White

Position: QB-P
Height: 6-2    Weight: 193 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 9, 1952 in Mesa, AZ
College: Arizona St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 71 (609th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 9:25AM
All-Time Rank: #529. Matt Birk… #530. Duane Putnam… #531. John David Crow… #532. DANNY WHITE… #533. Chad Brown… #534. Lynn Dickey… #535. Norm Snead… 

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
1976 24 DAL P 11 14 0 13 20 65.0 213 2 10.0 2 10.0 56 10.7 8.2 16.4 15.2 94.4 1 15 9.43 7.05 4.8 1
1977 25 DAL P 11 14 0 4 10 40.0 35 0 0.0 1 10.0 12 3.5 -1.0 8.8 2.5 10.4 2 15 1.67 -2.08 16.7 0
1978 26 DAL P 11 16 1 1-0-0 20 34 58.8 215 0 0.0 1 2.9 35 6.3 5.0 10.8 13.4 65.2 1 10 5.86 4.57 2.9 0 1 1
1979 27 DAL P 11 16 0 19 39 48.7 267 1 2.6 2 5.1 45 6.8 5.1 14.1 16.7 58.4 4 46 5.14 3.51 9.3 1
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 12-4-0 260 436 59.6 3287 28 6.4 25 5.7 58 7.5 6.2 12.6 205.4 80.7 30 252 6.51 5.30 6.4 2 2 14
1981 29 DAL P/QB 11 16 15 11-4-0 223 391 57.0 3098 22 5.6 13 3.3 73 7.9 7.6 13.9 193.6 87.5 30 234 6.80 6.46 7.1 2 2 11
1982* 30 DAL P/QB 11 9 9 6-3-0 156 247 63.2 2079 16 6.5 12 4.9 49 8.4 7.5 13.3 231.0 91.1 25 264 6.67 5.86 9.2 0 0 15
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 12-4-0 334 533 62.7 3980 29 5.4 23 4.3 80 7.5 6.6 11.9 248.8 85.6 37 314 6.43 5.63 6.5 2 2 14
1984 32 DAL P/qb 11 14 6 3-3-0 126 233 54.1 1580 11 4.7 11 4.7 66 6.8 5.6 12.5 112.9 71.5 22 178 5.50 4.42 8.6 1 2 4
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 10-4-0 267 450 59.3 3157 21 4.7 17 3.8 56 7.0 6.2 11.8 225.5 80.6 30 257 6.04 5.32 6.3 1 2 9
1986 34 DAL qb 11 7 6 4-2-0 95 153 62.1 1157 12 7.8 5 3.3 63 7.6 7.7 12.2 165.3 97.9 10 98 6.50 6.59 6.1 1 2 4
1987 35 DAL QB 11 11 9 3-6-0 215 362 59.4 2617 12 3.3 17 4.7 43 7.2 5.8 12.2 237.9 73.2 44 353 5.58 4.28 10.8 3 3 8
1988 36 DAL 11 3 0 29 42 69.0 274 1 2.4 3 7.1 24 6.5 3.8 9.4 91.3 65.0 5 47 4.83 2.38 10.6 1
Career 166 92 62-30-0 1761 2950 59.7 21959 155 5.3 132 4.5 80 7.4 6.5 12.5 132.3 81.7 241 2083 6.23 5.34 7.6 12 16 83

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1980 (2-1), 1981 (1-1), 1982 (2-1), 1983 (0-1), 1985 (0-1)
Playoff Comebacks: 1980 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1978 (1),1980 (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+
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 12-4-0 436 113 112 106 107 116 129 83 104 112
1981 29 DAL P/QB 11 16 15 11-4-0 391 119 118 124 122 104 117 114 100 121
1982* 30 DAL P/QB 11 9 9 6-3-0 247 127 114 120 112 123 127 93 90 122
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 12-4-0 533 107 110 107 109 119 113 99 110 112
1984 32 DAL P/qb 11 14 6 3-3-0 233 93 92 94 93 93 105 93 97 96
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 10-4-0 450 99 103 103 105 113 106 104 111 108
1986 34 DAL qb 11 7 6 4-2-0 153 113 113 122 122 126 141 111 110 131
1987 35 DAL QB 11 11 9 3-6-0 362 106 93 97 90 115 91 89 78 99
Career 166 92 62-30-0 2950 109 107 108 107 114 114 98 101 112

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
1976 24 DAL P 11 14 0 70 2690 54 2 38.4
1977 25 DAL P 11 14 0 80 3171 57 1 39.6
1978 26 DAL P 11 16 1 76 3076 56 1 40.5
1979 27 DAL P 11 16 0 76 3168 73 0 41.7
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 71 2903 58 0 40.9
1981 29 DAL P/QB 11 16 15 79 3222 60 0 40.8
1982* 30 DAL P/QB 11 9 9 37 1542 56 0 41.7
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 38 1543 50 1 40.6
1984 32 DAL P/qb 11 14 6 82 3151 54 0 38.4
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 1 43 43 0 43.0
Career 166 92 610 24509 73 5 40.2

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
1976 24 DAL P 11 14 0 6 17 0 14 2.8 1.2 0.4 17 0 0
1977 25 DAL P 11 14 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
1978 26 DAL P 11 16 1 5 7 0 4 1.4 0.4 0.3 7 0 2
1979 27 DAL P 11 16 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 1.6 0.1 25 0 1
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 27 114 1 48 4.2 7.1 1.7 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.6 105 1 8
1981 29 DAL P/QB 11 16 15 38 104 0 17 2.7 6.5 2.4 104 0 14
1982* 30 DAL P/QB 11 9 9 17 91 0 21 5.4 10.1 1.9 91 0 10
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 18 31 4 22 1.7 1.9 1.1 1 15 15.0 1 15 0.1 0.9 46 5 10
1984 32 DAL P/qb 11 14 6 6 21 0 8 3.5 1.5 0.4 21 0 2
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 22 44 1 21 2.0 3.1 1.6 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 0.9 56 2 6
1986 34 DAL qb 11 7 6 8 16 1 10 2.0 2.3 1.1 16 1 6
1987 35 DAL QB 11 11 9 10 14 1 8 1.4 1.3 0.9 14 1 9
Career 166 92 159 482 8 48 3.0 2.9 1.0 3 18 6.0 2 15 0.0 0.1 500 10 68

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
1977 25 DAL P 11 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
1978 26 DAL P 11 16 1 0 2 2 -8 0
1979 27 DAL P 11 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 0 8 1 -15 0
1981 29 DAL P/QB 11 16 15 0 14 8 -34 0
1982* 30 DAL P/QB 11 9 9 0 10 2 0 0
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 0 10 4 0 0
1984 32 DAL P/qb 11 14 6 0 2 1 -3 0
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 0 6 2 -6 0
1986 34 DAL qb 11 7 6 0 6 1 -2 0
1987 35 DAL QB 11 11 9 0 9 3 -7 0
Career 166 92 0 68 25 -75 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1980 28 DAL P/QB 11 16 16 1 1 6
1983 31 DAL QB 11 16 16 4 1 5 30
1985 33 DAL QB 11 14 14 1 1 2 12
1986 34 DAL qb 11 7 6 1 1 6
1987 35 DAL QB 11 11 9 1 1 6
Career 166 92 8 2 10 60

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4 Hugh Millen, Bob Davis, Dick Shiner, Jacky Lee, James Harris, Andrew Walter, Bill Troup, Akili Smith, Pete Liske, Jeff Hostetler
5 Daryle Lamonica, Derek Anderson, Timm Rosenbach, Shaun King, Vince Ferragamo, Ron Jaworski, Cliff Stoudt, Matt Robinson, Hugh Millen, Tommy O'Connell
6 Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Jake Delhomme, Daryle Lamonica, Ron Jaworski, Gary Danielson, Kyle Orton, Craig Morton, Vince Ferragamo, Tony Eason
7 Daryle Lamonica, Jake Delhomme, Ron Jaworski, Jay Cutler, Matt Schaub, Jeff Blake, David Garrard, Stan Humphries, Ken Stabler, Doug Williams
8 Daryle Lamonica, Tony Romo, Ron Jaworski, David Garrard, Carson Palmer, Michael Vick, Ken Stabler, Jake Delhomme, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers
9 Michael Vick, David Garrard, Daryle Lamonica, Carson Palmer, Bill Nelsen, Tony Romo, Eli Manning, Ron Jaworski, Scott Mitchell, Doug Williams
10 Carson Palmer, Daryle Lamonica, Jake Delhomme, Eli Manning, Aaron Brooks, Chad Pennington, David Garrard, Michael Vick, Ron Jaworski, Don Meredith
11 Jake Delhomme, Len Dawson*, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Carson Palmer, Marc Bulger, Bobby Hebert, Jon Kitna, Archie Manning, Chad Pennington
12 Jon Kitna, Daryle Lamonica, Len Dawson*, Frank Ryan, Jim Plunkett, Don Meredith, Archie Manning, Brian Sipe, Ken O'Brien, Bernie Kosar
13 Jon Kitna, Daryle Lamonica, Frank Ryan, Len Dawson*, Don Meredith, Archie Manning, Brian Sipe, Bernie Kosar, Ken O'Brien, Richard Todd
Career Jon Kitna, Daryle Lamonica, Frank Ryan, Don Meredith, Brian Sipe, Bernie Kosar, Ken O'Brien, Richard Todd, Matt Hasselbeck, Archie Manning

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1982

Passes Completed
1980 NFL 260 (10)
1982 NFL 156 (10)
1983 NFL 334 (2)
1985 NFL 267 (8)
Career 1761 (80)

Pass Attempts
1983 NFL 533 (2)
1985 NFL 450 (10)
Career 2950 (92)

Passing Yds
1982 NFL 2079 (4)
1983 NFL 3980 (3)
Career 21959 (81)

Passing TD
1980 NFL 28 (5/100)
1981 NFL 22 (8)
1982 NFL 16 (4)
1983 NFL 29 (2/81)
1985 NFL 21 (9)
Career 155 (73)

Passer Rating
1980 NFL 80.7 (9)
1981 NFL 87.5 (5)
1982 NFL 91.1 (4)
1983 NFL 85.6 (9)
1985 NFL 80.6 (9)
Career 81.7 (46)

Long Pass
1983 NFL 80 (6)

Passes Intercepted
1980 NFL 25 (3/39)
1982 NFL 12 (5)
1983 NFL 23 (4/86)
1987 NFL 17 (5)
Career 132 (71)

Sacked
1981 NFL 30 (8)
1982 NFL 25 (7)
1987 NFL 44 (4/98)
Career 241 (67)

Sacked Yds Lost
1982 NFL 264 (1)
1983 NFL 314 (6)
1987 NFL 353 (3/47)
Career 2083 (42)

Passing Yds/Game
1982 NFL 231.0 (4)
1983 NFL 248.8 (4)
1985 NFL 225.5 (10)
1987 NFL 237.9 (7)
Career 132.3 (167)

Yds/Pass Att
1980 NFL 7.5 (8)
1981 NFL 7.9 (3)
1982 NFL 8.4 (2/84)
1983 NFL 7.5 (9)
Career 7.4 (34)

Yds/Pass Cmp
1981 NFL 13.9 (6)
1982 NFL 13.3 (8)
Career 12.5 (98)

Pass Attempts/Game
1983 NFL 33.3 (3)
1985 NFL 32.1 (7)
1987 NFL 32.9 (9)
Career 17.8 (189)

Adj Yds/Pass Att
1980 NFL 6.24 (9)
1981 NFL 7.55 (4)
1982 NFL 7.53 (3)
Career 6.48 (49)

Net Yds/Pass Att
1980 NFL 6.51 (7)
1981 NFL 6.80 (8)
1982 NFL 6.67 (6)
1983 NFL 6.43 (9)
1985 NFL 6.04 (10)
Career 6.23 (40)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att
1980 NFL 5.30 (10)
1981 NFL 6.46 (5)
1982 NFL 5.86 (8)
1985 NFL 5.32 (10)
Career 5.34 (62)

Passes Completed/Game
1982 NFL 17.3 (10)
1983 NFL 20.9 (3)
1985 NFL 19.1 (4)
1987 NFL 19.5 (7)
Career 10.6 (165)

Pass Completion %
1980 NFL 59.6% (8)
1982 NFL 63.2% (4)
1983 NFL 62.7% (5)
1985 NFL 59.3% (4)
1987 NFL 59.4% (6)
Career 59.7% (40)

Pass Intercept. %
1981 NFL 3.3% (8)
1983 NFL 4.3% (10)
Career 4.5% (146)

Passing TD %
1980 NFL 6.4% (3)
1981 NFL 5.6% (3)
1982 NFL 6.5% (2)
1983 NFL 5.4% (7)
Career 5.3% (32)

Sack %
1983 NFL 6.49% (10)
1985 NFL 6.25% (8)
Career 7.55% (123)

Game-Winning Drives
1981 NFL 2 (7)
1986 NFL 2 (7)
1987 NFL 3 (2)
Career 16 (72)

Comebacks
1980 NFL 2 (7)
1981 NFL 2 (4)
1983 NFL 2 (9)
1986 NFL 1 (10)
1987 NFL 3 (1/100)
Career 12 (76)

Total Offense
1982 NFL 1906 (8)
1983 NFL 3697 (5)
Career 20358 (71)

Playoff Games
Career 18 (107)

Punts
Career 610 (65)

Punting Yds
Career 24509 (70)

Long Punt
1979 NFL 73 (3)

Punts Blocked
1976 NFL 2 (4/38)
1977 NFL 1 (9)
1978 NFL 1 (9)
1983 NFL 1 (3)
Career 5 (48)

Yds/Punt
1978 NFL 40.5 (8)
1979 NFL 41.7 (4)
1980 NFL 40.9 (10)
1982 NFL 41.7 (8)

Fumbles
1981 NFL 14 (1/42)
1982 NFL 10 (1)
1983 NFL 10 (7)
1987 NFL 9 (7)
Career 68 (56)

Fumbles Recovered
1981 NFL 8 (1/6)
1983 NFL 4 (8)
Career 25 (38)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19792nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19812nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19822nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19822nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1980 28 16 QB 266 37 7 31
1981 29 16 QB 240 6 11 73
1982 30 9 QB 164 58 5 27
1983 31 16 QB 322 107 4 12
1984 32 14 QB 109 29
1985 33 14 QB 236 22 9 48
1986 34 7 QB 116 26
1987 35 11 QB 150 17
1988 36 3 QB 11 57
1614 230