Wade Wilson

Charles Wade Wilson

Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 1, 1959 in Greenville, TX
College: Texas A&M-Commerce
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 8th round (210th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1476th 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
1981	22	MIN		11	3	0		6	13	46.2	48	0	0.0	2	15.4	22	3.7	-3.2	8.0	16.0	16.3	2	19	1.93	-4.07	13.3			0
1983	24	MIN	qb	11	1	1	1-0-0	16	28	57.1	124	1	3.6	2	7.1	36	4.4	1.9	7.8	124.0	50.3	3	22	3.29	1.03	9.7	1	1	0
1984	25	MIN	qb	11	8	5	1-4-0	102	195	52.3	1019	5	2.6	11	5.6	38	5.2	3.2	10.0	127.4	52.5	20	159	4.00	2.16	9.3	0	1	0
1985	26	MIN	qb	11	4	1	1-0-0	33	60	55.0	404	3	5.0	3	5.0	42	6.7	5.5	12.2	101.0	71.8	4	28	5.88	4.70	6.3	1	1	1
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3	2-1-0	80	143	55.9	1165	7	4.9	5	3.5	39	8.1	7.6	14.6	129.4	84.4	13	94	6.87	6.32	8.3			4
1987	28	MIN	QB	11	12	7	5-2-0	140	264	53.0	2106	14	5.3	13	4.9	73	8.0	6.8	15.0	175.5	76.7	26	194	6.59	5.54	9.0	1	2	10
1988*	29	MIN	QB	11	14	10	7-3-0	204	332	61.4	2746	15	4.5	9	2.7	68	8.3	8.0	13.5	196.1	91.5	33	227	6.90	6.61	9.0			11
1989	30	MIN	QB	11	14	12	7-5-0	194	362	53.6	2543	9	2.5	12	3.3	50	7.0	6.0	13.1	181.6	70.5	27	194	6.04	5.11	6.9	1	0	8
1990	31	MIN	qb	11	6	4	1-3-0	82	146	56.2	1155	9	6.2	8	5.5	75	7.9	6.7	14.1	192.5	79.6	15	90	6.61	5.50	9.3			4
1991	32	MIN	qb	11	5	5	2-3-0	72	122	59.0	825	3	2.5	10	8.2	46	6.8	3.6	11.5	165.0	53.5	8	42	6.02	3.02	6.2			3
1992	33	ATL	qb	18	9	3	1-2-0	111	163	68.1	1366	13	8.0	4	2.5	60	8.4	8.9	12.3	151.8	110.1	8	58	7.65	8.12	4.7	0	1	7
1993	34	NOR	QB	18	14	14	7-7-0	221	388	57.0	2457	12	3.1	15	3.9	42	6.3	5.2	11.1	175.5	70.1	37	225	5.25	4.23	8.7	1	4	9
1994	35	NOR		18	4	0		20	28	71.4	172	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	6.1	6.1	8.6	43.0	87.2	3	17	5.00	5.00	9.7			1
1995	36	DAL		11	7	0		38	57	66.7	391	1	1.8	3	5.3	38	6.9	4.8	10.3	55.9	70.1	4	29	5.93	4.05	6.6			2
1996	37	DAL	qb	11	3	1	0-1-0	8	18	44.4	79	0	0.0	1	5.6	20	4.4	1.9	9.9	26.3	34.3	1	7	3.79	1.42	5.3			0
1997	38	DAL		18	7	0		12	21	57.1	115	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	5.5	5.5	9.6	16.4	72.5	4	26	3.56	3.56	16.0			0
1998	39	OAK	qb	16	5	3	1-2-0	52	88	59.1	568	7	8.0	4	4.5	68	6.5	6.0	10.9	113.6	85.8	9	77	5.06	4.65	9.3	1	1	1
Career					125	69	36-33-0	1391	2428	57.3	17283	99	4.1	102	4.2	75	7.1	6.0	12.4	138.3	75.6	217	1508	5.96	4.98	8.2	6	11	61
10 yrs		MIN			76	48	27-21-0	929	1665	55.8	12135	66	4.0	75	4.5	75	7.3	6.1	13.1	159.7	73.4	151	1069	6.09	4.96	8.3	4	5	41
3 yrs		DAL			17	1	0-1-0	58	96	60.4	585	1	1.0	4	4.2	38	6.1	4.4	10.1	34.4	63.9	9	62	4.98	3.46	8.6			2
2 yrs		NOR			18	14	7-7-0	241	416	57.9	2629	12	2.9	15	3.6	42	6.3	5.3	10.9	146.1	71.3	40	242	5.23	4.28	8.8	1	4	10
1 yr		ATL			9	3	1-2-0	111	163	68.1	1366	13	8.0	4	2.5	60	8.4	8.9	12.3	151.8	110.1	8	58	7.65	8.12	4.7	0	1	7
1 yr		OAK			5	3	1-2-0	52	88	59.1	568	7	8.0	4	4.5	68	6.5	6.0	10.9	113.6	85.8	9	77	5.06	4.65	9.3	1	1	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+
1984	25	MIN	qb	11	8	5	1-4-0	195	61	63	64	65	87	81	82	94	73
1985	26	MIN	qb	11	4	1	1-0-0	60	93	100	93	97	98	110	87	111	96
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3	2-1-0	143	126	121	121	119	103	108	107	97	113
1987	28	MIN	QB	11	12	7	5-2-0	264	121	114	111	107	94	112	86	90	103
1988*	29	MIN	QB	11	14	10	7-3-0	332	127	119	125	120	121	104	116	88	121
1989	30	MIN	QB	11	14	12	7-5-0	362	100	101	99	99	94	81	106	101	94
1990	31	MIN	qb	11	6	4	1-3-0	146	120	112	107	103	99	125	74	85	104
1991	32	MIN	qb	11	5	5	2-3-0	122	97	102	65	73	107	83	31	107	68
1992	33	ATL	qb	18	9	3	1-2-0	163	130	131	139	139	134	151	116	115	146
1993	34	NOR	QB	18	14	14	7-7-0	388	91	89	89	88	97	91	93	88	91
1995	36	DAL		11	7	0		57	103	100	81	81	129	72	65	97	88
1998	39	OAK	qb	16	5	3	1-2-0	88	94	86	99	93	110	140	82	88	110
Career					125	69	36-33-0	2428	106	103	102	100	104	102	93	95	101

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
1983	24	MIN	qb	11	1	1	3	-3	0	2	-1.0	-3.0	3.0								-3	0	1
1984	25	MIN	qb	11	8	5	9	30	0	12	3.3	3.8	1.1								30	0	2
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3	13	9	1	13	0.7	1.0	1.4								9	1	3
1987	28	MIN	QB	11	12	7	41	263	5	38	6.4	21.9	3.4								263	5	3
1988*	29	MIN	QB	11	14	10	36	136	2	15	3.8	9.7	2.6								136	2	4
1989	30	MIN	QB	11	14	12	32	132	1	23	4.1	9.4	2.3								132	1	5
1990	31	MIN	qb	11	6	4	12	79	0	24	6.6	13.2	2.0								79	0	3
1991	32	MIN	qb	11	5	5	13	33	0	15	2.5	6.6	2.6								33	0	3
1992	33	ATL	qb	18	9	3	15	62	0	12	4.1	6.9	1.7								62	0	0
1993	34	NOR	QB	18	14	14	31	230	0	44	7.4	16.4	2.2								230	0	9
1994	35	NOR		18	4	0	7	15	0	9	2.1	3.8	1.8								15	0	1
1995	36	DAL		11	7	0	10	12	0	11	1.2	1.7	1.4								12	0	1
1996	37	DAL	qb	11	3	1	4	5	0	8	1.3	1.7	1.3								5	0	0
1997	38	DAL		18	7	0	6	-2	0	3	-0.3	-0.3	0.9								-2	0	0
1998	39	OAK	qb	16	5	3	7	24	0	12	3.4	4.8	1.4								24	0	1
Career					125	69	239	1025	9	44	4.3	8.2	1.9								1025	9	38
10 yrs		MIN			76	48	159	679	9	38	4.3	8.9	2.1								679	9	26
3 yrs		DAL			17	1	20	15	0	11	0.8	0.9	1.2								15	0	1
2 yrs		NOR			18	14	38	245	0	44	6.4	13.6	2.1								245	0	10
1 yr		ATL			9	3	15	62	0	12	4.1	6.9	1.7								62	0	0
1 yr		OAK			5	3	7	24	0	12	3.4	4.8	1.4								24	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
1981	22	MIN		11	3	0							0	2	1	0	0
1983	24	MIN	qb	11	1	1							0	1	0	0	0
1984	25	MIN	qb	11	8	5							0	2	0	0	0
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3							0	3	1	-2	0
1987	28	MIN	QB	11	12	7							0	3	0	-3	0
1988*	29	MIN	QB	11	14	10							0	4	4	-9	0
1989	30	MIN	QB	11	14	12							0	5	2	-7	0
1990	31	MIN	qb	11	6	4							0	3	1	-2	0
1991	32	MIN	qb	11	5	5							0	3	1	-3	0
1993	34	NOR	QB	18	14	14							0	9	4	-3	0
1994	35	NOR		18	4	0							0	1	0	-7	0
1995	36	DAL		11	7	0							0	1	1	0	0
1998	39	OAK	qb	16	5	3							0	1	0	0	0
Career					125	69							0	38	15	-36	0
10 yrs		MIN			76	48							0	26	10	-26	0
3 yrs		DAL			17	1							0	1	1	0	0
2 yrs		NOR			18	14							0	10	4	-10	0
1 yr		OAK			5	3							0	1	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
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3																	2	76	46	1	38.0
Career					125	69																	2	76	46	1	38.0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1986	27	MIN	qb	11	9	3	1	1	6
1987	28	MIN	QB	11	12	7	5	5	30
1988*	29	MIN	QB	11	14	10	2	2	12
1989	30	MIN	QB	11	14	12	1	1	6
Career					125	69	9	9	54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1988	Passes Completed Career 1391 (113)	Pass Attempts Career 2428 (118)	Passing Yds Career 17283 (114)
Passing TD Career 99 (122)	Passer Rating 1988 NFL 91.5 (3) Career 75.6 (97)	Long Pass 1987 NFL 73 (9)	Passes Intercepted 1987 NFL 13 (9) 1993 NFL 15 (9) Career 102 (106)
Sacked 1987 NFL 26 (9) 1988 NFL 33 (7) 1993 NFL 37 (7) Career 217 (75)	Sacked Yds Lost 1993 NFL 225 (5) Career 1508 (78)	Passing Yds/Game Career 138.3 (153)	Yds/Pass Att 1987 NFL 8.0 (1) 1988 NFL 8.3 (2/97) Career 7.1 (65)
Yds/Pass Cmp 1987 NFL 15.0 (2) 1988 NFL 13.5 (7) 1989 NFL 13.1 (9) Career 12.4 (110)	Pass Attempts/Game Career 19.4 (168)	Adj Yds/Pass Att 1988 NFL 7.95 (2/90) Career 6.04 (93)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1987 NFL 6.59 (8) 1988 NFL 6.90 (5) Career 5.96 (81)
Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1988 NFL 6.61 (4) Career 4.98 (106)	Passes Completed/Game Career 11.1 (155)	Pass Completion % 1988 NFL 61.4% (1) Career 57.3% (81)	Pass Intercept. % 1988 NFL 2.7% (5) 1989 NFL 3.3% (10) Career 4.2% (135)
Passing TD % 1987 NFL 5.3% (9) 1988 NFL 4.5% (7) Career 4.1% (119)	Sack % Career 8.20% (144)	Game-Winning Drives 1993 NFL 4 (2/78) Career 11 (114)	Comebacks Career 6 (145)
Total Offense Career 16800 (92)	Punts Blocked 1986 NFL 1 (8)	Fumbles 1993 NFL 9 (8)	Fumbles Recovered 1993 NFL 4 (8)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1981	22	3	QB	-2		73
1983	24	1	QB	7		58
1984	25	8	QB	52		41
1985	26	4	QB	28		47
1986	27	9	QB	86		33
1987	28	12	QB	199	28	11	41
1988	29	14	QB	207		12	78
1989	30	14	QB	151		21
1990	31	6	QB	92		30
1991	32	5	QB	34		40
1992	33	9	QB	131		20
1993	34	14	QB	163		16
1994	35	4	QB	8		59
1995	36	7	QB	17		52
1996	37	3	QB	2		68
1997	38	7	QB	4		63
1998	39	5	QB	59		41
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