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Steve Young

Jon Steven Young

Position: QB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, UT
College: BYU

Career AV: 135 (17th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2005

7-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental 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
1985 24 TAM qb 8 5 5 1-4-0 72 138 52.2 935 3 2.2 8 5.8 59 6.8 4.6 13.0 187.0 56.9 21 158 4.9 3.0 13.2 4
1986 25 TAM QB 8 14 14 2-12-0 195 363 53.7 2282 8 2.2 13 3.6 46 6.3 5.1 11.7 163.0 65.5 47 326 4.8 3.7 11.5 9
1987 26 SFO 8 8 3 2-1-0 37 69 53.6 570 10 14.5 0 0.0 50 8.3 11.2 15.4 71.3 120.8 3 25 7.6 10.3 4.2 4
1988 27 SFO 8 11 3 2-1-0 54 101 53.5 680 3 3.0 3 3.0 73 6.7 6.0 12.6 61.8 72.2 13 75 5.3 4.6 11.4 4
1989 28 SFO 8 10 3 3-0-0 64 92 69.6 1001 8 8.7 3 3.3 50 10.9 11.2 15.6 100.1 120.8 12 84 8.8 9.1 11.5 5
1990 29 SFO 8 6 1 0-1-0 38 62 61.3 427 2 3.2 0 0.0 34 6.9 7.5 11.2 71.2 92.6 8 41 5.5 6.1 11.4 2
1991 30 SFO QB 8 11 10 5-5-0 180 279 64.5 2517 17 6.1 8 2.9 97 9.0 8.9 14.0 228.8 101.8 13 79 8.3 8.3 4.5 14
1992*+ 31 SFO QB 8 16 16 14-2-0 268 402 66.7 3465 25 6.2 7 1.7 80 8.6 9.1 12.9 216.6 107.0 29 152 7.7 8.1 6.7 22
1993*+ 32 SFO QB 8 16 16 10-6-0 314 462 68.0 4023 29 6.3 16 3.5 80 8.7 8.4 12.8 251.4 101.5 31 160 7.8 7.6 6.3 23
1994*+ 33 SFO QB 8 16 16 13-3-0 324 461 70.3 3969 35 7.6 10 2.2 69 8.6 9.2 12.3 248.1 112.8 31 163 7.7 8.2 6.3 23
1995* 34 SFO QB 8 11 11 8-3-0 299 447 66.9 3200 20 4.5 11 2.5 57 7.2 6.9 10.7 290.9 92.3 25 115 6.5 6.3 5.3 14
1996* 35 SFO QB 8 12 12 9-3-0 214 316 67.7 2410 14 4.4 6 1.9 52 7.6 7.7 11.3 200.8 97.2 34 160 6.4 6.5 9.7 12
1997* 36 SFO QB 8 15 15 12-3-0 241 356 67.7 3029 19 5.3 6 1.7 82 8.5 8.8 12.6 201.9 104.7 35 220 7.2 7.5 9.0 14
1998* 37 SFO QB 8 15 15 11-4-0 322 517 62.3 4170 36 7.0 12 2.3 81 8.1 8.4 13.0 278.0 101.1 48 234 7.0 7.3 8.5 19
1999 38 SFO 8 3 3 2-1-0 45 84 53.6 446 3 3.6 4 4.8 53 5.3 3.9 9.9 148.7 60.9 8 63 4.2 2.9 8.7 2
Career 169 143 94-49-0 2667 4149 64.3 33124 232 5.6 107 2.6 97 8.0 7.9 12.4 196.0 96.8 358 2055 6.9 6.9 7.9 171
13 yrs SFO 150 124 91-33-0 2400 3648 65.8 29907 221 6.1 86 2.4 97 8.2 8.3 12.5 199.4 101.4 290 1571 7.2 7.3 7.4 158
2 yrs TAM 19 19 3-16-0 267 501 53.3 3217 11 2.2 21 4.2 59 6.4 5.0 12.0 169.3 63.1 68 484 4.8 3.5 12.0 13

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1992 (1-1), 1993 (1-1), 1994 (3-0), 1995 (0-1), 1996 (1-1), 1997 (1-1), 1998 (1-1)

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+
1985 24 TAM qb 8 5 5 1-4-0 138 94 81 81 75 88 78 77 69 77
1986 25 TAM QB 8 14 14 2-12-0 363 84 77 88 83 95 78 106 79 88
1987 26 SFO 8 8 3 2-1-0 69 127 134 168 173 96 209 156 119 160
1988 27 SFO 8 11 3 2-1-0 101 94 86 99 94 95 87 113 73 97
1989 28 SFO 8 10 3 3-0-0 92 182 156 166 151 149 155 107 70 159
1990 29 SFO 8 6 1 0-1-0 62 97 90 119 111 119 92 152 72 123
1991 30 SFO QB 8 11 10 5-5-0 279 145 145 140 140 127 126 111 117 135
1992*+ 31 SFO QB 8 16 16 14-2-0 402 134 132 142 139 129 130 126 102 142
1993*+ 32 SFO QB 8 16 16 10-6-0 462 138 136 133 132 130 133 99 103 133
1994*+ 33 SFO QB 8 16 16 13-3-0 461 139 136 143 141 138 147 115 100 147
1995* 34 SFO QB 8 11 11 8-3-0 447 110 114 113 116 130 107 112 106 120
1996* 35 SFO QB 8 12 12 9-3-0 316 123 114 124 119 139 106 120 80 128
1997* 36 SFO QB 8 15 15 12-3-0 356 134 127 133 128 142 114 122 88 134
1998* 37 SFO QB 8 15 15 11-4-0 517 123 121 126 125 123 130 112 92 128
1999 38 SFO 8 3 3 2-1-0 84 76 73 76 74 86 95 80 90 80
Career 169 143 94-49-0 4149 123 119 125 122 125 120 113 94 126

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
1985 24 TAM qb 8 5 5 40 233 1 20 5.8 46.6 8.0 233 1 4
1986 25 TAM QB 8 14 14 74 425 5 31 5.7 30.4 5.3 425 5 11
1987 26 SFO 8 8 3 26 190 1 29 7.3 23.8 3.3 190 1 0
1988 27 SFO 8 11 3 27 184 1 49 6.8 16.7 2.5 184 1 5
1989 28 SFO 8 10 3 38 126 2 22 3.3 12.6 3.8 126 2 2
1990 29 SFO 8 6 1 15 159 0 31 10.6 26.5 2.5 159 0 1
1991 30 SFO QB 8 11 10 66 415 4 21 6.3 37.7 6.0 415 4 3
1992*+ 31 SFO QB 8 16 16 76 537 4 39 7.1 33.6 4.8 537 4 9
1993*+ 32 SFO QB 8 16 16 69 407 2 35 5.9 25.4 4.3 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.1 0.1 409 2 8
1994*+ 33 SFO QB 8 16 16 58 293 7 27 5.1 18.3 3.6 293 7 4
1995* 34 SFO QB 8 11 11 50 250 3 29 5.0 22.7 4.5 250 3 3
1996* 35 SFO QB 8 12 12 52 310 4 33 6.0 25.8 4.3 310 4 3
1997* 36 SFO QB 8 15 15 50 199 3 13 4.0 13.3 3.3 199 3 4
1998* 37 SFO QB 8 15 15 70 454 6 24 6.5 30.3 4.7 454 6 9
1999 38 SFO 8 3 3 11 57 0 14 5.2 19.0 3.7 57 0 2
Career 169 143 722 4239 43 49 5.9 25.1 4.3 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.0 0.0 4241 43 68
13 yrs SFO 150 124 608 3581 37 49 5.9 23.9 4.1 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.0 0.0 3583 37 53
2 yrs TAM 19 19 114 658 6 31 5.8 34.6 6.0 658 6 15

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
1985 24 TAM qb 8 5 5 4 1 -1 0
1986 25 TAM QB 8 14 14 11 4 -24 0
1988 27 SFO 8 11 3 5 2 -10 0
1989 28 SFO 8 10 3 2 1 0 0
1990 29 SFO 8 6 1 1 0 0 0
1991 30 SFO QB 8 11 10 3 1 -6 0
1992*+ 31 SFO QB 8 16 16 9 3 -13 0
1993*+ 32 SFO QB 8 16 16 8 2 -4 0
1994*+ 33 SFO QB 8 16 16 4 1 -4 0
1995* 34 SFO QB 8 11 11 3 0 0 0
1996* 35 SFO QB 8 12 12 3 1 0 0
1997* 36 SFO QB 8 15 15 4 2 -11 0
1998* 37 SFO QB 8 15 15 9 1 0 0
1999 38 SFO 8 3 3 2 0 0 0
Career 169 143 68 19 -73 0
13 yrs SFO 150 124 53 14 -48 0
2 yrs TAM 19 19 15 5 -25 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
1985 24 TAM qb 8 5 5 1 1 6
1986 25 TAM QB 8 14 14 5 5 30
1987 26 SFO 8 8 3 1 1 6
1988 27 SFO 8 11 3 1 1 6
1989 28 SFO 8 10 3 2 2 12
1991 30 SFO QB 8 11 10 4 4 24
1992*+ 31 SFO QB 8 16 16 4 4 24
1993*+ 32 SFO QB 8 16 16 2 2 12
1994*+ 33 SFO QB 8 16 16 7 7 42
1995* 34 SFO QB 8 11 11 3 3 18
1996* 35 SFO QB 8 12 12 4 4 1 26
1997* 36 SFO QB 8 15 15 3 3 18
1998* 37 SFO QB 8 15 15 6 6 36
Career 169 143 43 43 1 260
13 yrs SFO 150 124 37 37 1 224
2 yrs TAM 19 19 6 6 36

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Steve Fuller, Quincy Carter, Vinny Testaverde, John Hadl, Mike Pagel, Kerry Collins, Joey Harrington, Jeff George, Trent Edwards, Brian Sipe
4 Steve Fuller, Quincy Carter, Kerry Collins, Joey Harrington, J.P. Losman, Adrian Burk, Jeff George, Billy Joe Tolliver, Don Meredith, Chris Chandler
5 Joey Harrington, Steve Fuller, Kerry Collins, Vinny Testaverde, Joe Theismann, Mike Tomczak, Jack Trudeau, Don Meredith, Tom Flores, Kyle Boller
6 Steve Fuller, Joey Harrington, John Friesz, Mike Tomczak, Frank Ryan, Tom Flores, Bill Munson, Steve DeBerg, Dan Pastorini, Jim Ninowski
7 Jeff George, Frank Ryan, Mike Phipps, Jim Hart, Roman Gabriel, Bobby Douglass, David Woodley, Pat Haden, Tony Eason, Don Meredith
8 Kordell Stewart, Greg Landry, Bill Nelsen, Marc Bulger, Frank Ryan, Sonny Jurgensen*, Jay Schroeder, Roman Gabriel, Mark Rypien, Ed Brown
9 Kurt Warner, Greg Landry, Daunte Culpepper, Bert Jones, Jeff Garcia, Frank Ryan, Jay Schroeder, Dan Fouts*, Kordell Stewart, Don Meredith
10 Daunte Culpepper, Bert Jones, Dan Fouts*, Greg Landry, Kurt Warner, Jeff Garcia, Randall Cunningham, Joe Theismann, Steve Grogan, Bart Starr*
11 Dan Fouts*, Kurt Warner, Daunte Culpepper, Bert Jones, Trent Green, Jeff Garcia, Randall Cunningham, Drew Brees, Joe Theismann, Bart Starr*
12 Dan Fouts*, Trent Green, Boomer Esiason, Ken Anderson, Tom Brady, Kurt Warner, Joe Theismann, Randall Cunningham, Jeff Garcia, Joe Namath*
13 Dan Fouts*, Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Roger Staubach*, Trent Green, Steve McNair, Joe Montana*, Donovan McNabb, Tom Brady, Joe Namath*
14 Dan Fouts*, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana*, Johnny Unitas*, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino*, Roger Staubach*, Randall Cunningham, Fran Tarkenton*, Steve McNair
15 Dan Fouts*, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana*, Randall Cunningham, Boomer Esiason, Johnny Unitas*, Roger Staubach*, Steve McNair, Fran Tarkenton*, Terry Bradshaw*
Career Dan Fouts*, Ken Anderson, Joe Montana*, Randall Cunningham, Boomer Esiason, Roger Staubach*, Rich Gannon, Steve McNair, Johnny Unitas*, Terry Bradshaw*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1992 NFL AP MVP
1992 NFL PFWA MVP
1992 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1992 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1994 NFL AP MVP
1994 NFL PFWA MVP
1994 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1994 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1994 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls

1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998

First-Team All-Pro

1992
1993
1994

Passes Completed

1992 NFL 268 (7)
1993 NFL 314 (3)
1994 NFL 324 (6)
1998 NFL 322 (4)
Career 2667 (25)

Pass Attempts

1993 NFL 462 (8)
1994 NFL 461 (10)
1998 NFL 517 (5)
Career 4149 (38)

Passing Yds

1992 NFL 3465 (2)
1993 NFL 4023 (2/78)
1994 NFL 3969 (4/92)
1998 NFL 4170 (2/53)
Career 33124 (21)

Passing TD

1991 NFL 17 (7)
1992 NFL 25 (1)
1993 NFL 29 (1/66)
1994 NFL 35 (1/15)
1997 NFL 19 (10)
1998 NFL 36 (1/9)
Career 232 (20)

Passer Rating

1991 NFL 101.8 (1/34)
1992 NFL 107.0 (1/13)
1993 NFL 101.5 (1/38)
1994 NFL 112.8 (1/3)
1995 NFL 92.3 (5)
1996 NFL 97.2 (1/77)
1997 NFL 104.7 (1/20)
1998 NFL 101.1 (3/41)
Career 96.8 (2)

Long Pass

1991 NFL 97 (1/22)
1992 NFL 80 (8)
1993 NFL 80 (5)
1997 NFL 82 (3)
1998 NFL 81 (9)

Passes Intercepted

1993 NFL 16 (8)
Career 107 (92)

Sacked

1986 NFL 47 (3/62)
1992 NFL 29 (9)
1994 NFL 31 (8)
1996 NFL 34 (9)
1997 NFL 35 (10)
1998 NFL 48 (3/57)
Career 358 (18)

Sacked Yds Lost

1986 NFL 326 (9/89)
1998 NFL 234 (7)
Career 2055 (41)

Passing Yds/Game

1991 NFL 228.8 (6)
1992 NFL 216.6 (4)
1993 NFL 251.4 (2)
1994 NFL 248.1 (5)
1995 NFL 290.9 (1/17)
1998 NFL 278.0 (1/39)
Career 196.0 (42)

Yds/Pass Att

1991 NFL 9.0 (1/20)
1992 NFL 8.6 (1/52)
1993 NFL 8.7 (1/41)
1994 NFL 8.6 (1/52)
1995 NFL 7.2 (10)
1996 NFL 7.6 (2)
1997 NFL 8.5 (1/64)
1998 NFL 8.1 (3)
Career 8.0 (5)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1991 NFL 14.0 (3)
1992 NFL 12.9 (3)
1993 NFL 12.8 (5)
1994 NFL 12.3 (7)
1997 NFL 12.6 (9)
1998 NFL 13.0 (6)
Career 12.4 (109)

Pass Attempts/Game

1995 NFL 40.6 (2/6)
1998 NFL 34.5 (2)
Career 24.6 (79)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1991 NFL 8.95 (1/16)
1992 NFL 9.08 (1/12)
1993 NFL 8.40 (1/42)
1994 NFL 9.15 (1/10)
1996 NFL 7.66 (1)
1997 NFL 8.82 (1/18)
1998 NFL 8.41 (3/39)
Career 7.94 (2)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1991 NFL 8.35 (1/4)
1992 NFL 7.69 (1/26)
1993 NFL 7.84 (1/18)
1994 NFL 7.74 (1/24)
1995 NFL 6.54 (10)
1996 NFL 6.43 (6)
1997 NFL 7.18 (1/80)
1998 NFL 6.97 (7)
Career 6.89 (6)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1991 NFL 8.28 (2/10)
1992 NFL 8.12 (1/12)
1993 NFL 7.55 (1/36)
1994 NFL 8.24 (1/11)
1996 NFL 6.46 (3)
1997 NFL 7.47 (1/45)
1998 NFL 7.28 (4/58)
Career 6.85 (5)

Passes Completed/Game

1992 NFL 16.8 (7)
1993 NFL 19.6 (4)
1994 NFL 20.3 (9)
1995 NFL 27.2 (1/2)
1998 NFL 21.5 (2/89)
Career 15.8 (51)

Pass Completion %

1991 NFL 64.5% (3/76)
1992 NFL 66.7% (1/34)
1993 NFL 68.0% (2/15)
1994 NFL 70.3% (1/3)
1995 NFL 66.9% (1/30)
1996 NFL 67.7% (1/18)
1997 NFL 67.7% (1/18)
1998 NFL 62.3% (3)
Career 64.3% (6)

Pass Intercept. %

1992 NFL 1.7% (1/44)
1994 NFL 2.2% (4)
1996 NFL 1.9% (1/69)
1997 NFL 1.7% (4/44)
1998 NFL 2.3% (8)
Career 2.6% (13)

Passing TD %

1991 NFL 6.1% (4)
1992 NFL 6.2% (1)
1993 NFL 6.3% (1)
1994 NFL 7.6% (1/52)
1996 NFL 4.4% (10)
1997 NFL 5.3% (7)
1998 NFL 7.0% (3/98)
Career 5.6% (22)

Sack %

1991 NFL 4.45% (6)
Career 7.94% (121)

Rushing Yds

Career 4239 (154)

Rushing TD

1994 NFL 7 (8)
Career 43 (82)

Yds/Rushing Att

Career 5.9 (5)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (146)

Playoff Games

Career 22 (15)

Playoff Games Started

Career 14 (124)

Fumbles

1986 NFL 11 (4)
1992 NFL 9 (8)
1998 NFL 9 (7)
Career 68 (53)

Fumbles Recovered

1986 NFL 4 (7)
Career 19 (104)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1992Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1993Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
1994Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1995Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1996UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1997Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1998Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1985 24 5 QB 69 36
1986 25 14 QB 186 15
1987 26 8 QB 108 27
1988 27 11 QB 64 34
1989 28 10 QB 107 29
1990 29 6 QB 45 38
1991 30 11 QB 252 73 6 14
1992 31 16 QB 352 158 1 4
1993 32 16 QB 356 152 1 1
1994 33 16 QB 420 209 1 1
1995 34 11 QB 269 34 10 46
1996 35 12 QB 223 31 8 43
1997 36 15 QB 261 32 9 45
1998 37 15 QB 440 199 1 2
1999 38 3 QB 34 53
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