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Boomer Esiason

Norman Julius Esiason

Position: QB Throws: Left

6-5, 224lb (196cm, 101kg)

Born: April 17, 1961 in West Islip, NY

College: Maryland (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 106 (93rd overall since 1960)

High School: East Islip (NY)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @7BOOMERESIASON

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SUMMARY

Career

G

187

AV

137

QBrec

80-93-0

Cmp%

57.0

Yds

37920

Y/A

7.3

TD

247

Int

184

FantPt

2235.7

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
1984	23	CIN		7	10	4	3-1-0	51	102	50.0	530	3	2.9	3	2.9		36	5.2	4.5	10.4	53.0	62.9	5	52	4.47	3.77	4.7	1	1	2
1985	24	CIN	QB	7	15	14	7-7-0	251	431	58.2	3443	27	6.3	12	2.8		68	8.0	8.0	13.7	229.5	93.2	32	289	6.81	6.81	6.9	1	1	14
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16	10-6-0	273	469	58.2	3959	24	5.1	17	3.6		57	8.4	7.8	14.5	247.4	87.7	26	194	7.61	7.03	5.3	3	4	15
1987	26	CIN	QB	7	12	12	3-9-0	240	440	54.5	3321	16	3.6	19	4.3		61	7.5	6.3	13.8	276.8	73.1	26	209	6.68	5.53	5.6	3	3	11
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16	12-4-0	223	388	57.5	3572	28	7.2	14	3.6		86	9.2	9.0	16.0	223.3	97.4	30	245	7.96	7.79	7.2	3	4	19
1989*	28	CIN	QB	7	16	15	7-8-0	258	455	56.7	3525	28	6.2	11	2.4		74	7.7	7.9	13.7	220.3	92.1	36	288	6.59	6.73	7.3	0	1	15
1990	29	CIN	QB	7	16	16	9-7-0	224	402	55.7	3031	24	6.0	22	5.5		53	7.5	6.3	13.5	189.4	77.0	31	198	6.54	5.36	7.2	2	4	13
1991	30	CIN	QB	7	14	14	3-11-0	233	413	56.4	2883	13	3.1	16	3.9		53	7.0	5.9	12.4	205.9	72.5	25	190	6.15	5.10	5.7	2	2	8
1992	31	CIN	QB	7	12	11	4-7-0	144	278	51.8	1407	11	4.0	15	5.4		38	5.1	3.4	9.8	117.3	57.0	19	150	4.23	2.70	6.4	1	2	3
1993*	32	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	288	473	60.9	3421	16	3.4	11	2.3		77	7.2	6.9	11.9	213.8	84.5	18	139	6.68	6.33	3.7			12
1994	33	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	5-9-0	255	440	58.0	2782	17	3.9	13	3.0	136	69	6.3	5.8	10.9	185.5	77.3	19	134	5.77	5.24	4.1	1	2	8
1995	34	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	2-10-0	221	389	56.8	2275	16	4.1	15	3.9	118	43	5.8	4.9	10.3	189.6	71.4	27	198	4.99	4.14	6.5			3
1996	35	ARI	QB	7	10	8	3-5-0	190	339	56.0	2293	11	3.2	14	4.1	117	64	6.8	5.6	12.1	229.3	70.6	17	109	6.13	4.98	4.8	2	2	7
1997	36	CIN	qb	7	7	5	4-1-0	118	186	63.4	1478	13	7.0	2	1.1	76	77	7.9	8.9	12.5	211.1	106.9	7	43	7.44	8.32	3.6			7
Career					187	173	80-93-0	2969	5205	57.0	37920	247	4.7	184	3.5	447	86	7.3	6.6	12.8	202.8	81.1	318	2438	6.42	5.82	5.8	19	26	137
10 yrs		CIN			134	123	62-61-0	2015	3564	56.5	27149	187	5.2	131	3.7	76	86	7.6	7.0	13.5	202.6	83.1	237	1858	6.65	6.09	6.2	16	22	107
3 yrs		NYJ			43	42	15-27-0	764	1302	58.7	8478	49	3.8	39	3.0	254	77	6.5	5.9	11.1	197.2	78.2	64	471	5.86	5.29	4.7	1	2	23
1 yr		ARI			10	8	3-5-0	190	339	56.0	2293	11	3.2	14	4.1	117	64	6.8	5.6	12.1	229.3	70.6	17	109	6.13	4.98	4.8	2	2	7

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	3	3	2-1	29	64	45.3	346	1	1.6	3	4.7	0	30	5.4	3.6	11.9	115.3	48.0	10	58	3.89	2.34	13.5
1990	29	CIN	QB	2	2	1-1	22	35	62.9	254	3	8.6	0	0.0	0	46	7.3	9.0	11.5	127.0	113.3	4	46	5.33	6.87	10.3
Career				5	5	3-2	51	99	51.5	600	4	4.0	3	3.0	0	46	6.1	5.5	11.8	120.0	71.1	14	104	4.39	3.90	12.4

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1984	23	CIN		7	10	4	3-1-0	102	60	72	80	85	80	86	116	121	85
1985	24	CIN	QB	7	15	14	7-7-0	431	120	119	126	125	109	125	117	107	125
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16	10-6-0	469	133	137	125	128	112	110	106	115	118
1987	26	CIN	QB	7	12	12	3-9-0	440	112	116	104	107	99	95	95	111	99
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16	12-4-0	388	147	140	139	136	108	134	104	100	129
1989*	28	CIN	QB	7	16	15	7-8-0	455	116	112	123	120	105	125	118	98	122
1990	29	CIN	QB	7	16	16	9-7-0	402	112	111	102	102	98	123	74	99	101
1991	30	CIN	QB	7	14	14	3-11-0	413	102	105	98	100	98	91	96	109	95
1992	31	CIN	QB	7	12	11	4-7-0	278	67	72	66	70	81	103	72	104	74
1993*	32	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	8-8-0	473	109	115	112	116	109	95	116	120	110
1994	33	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	5-9-0	440	91	97	95	99	99	101	103	114	99
1995	34	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	2-10-0	389	78	78	82	82	96	103	89	98	90
1996	35	ARI	QB	7	10	8	3-5-0	339	101	107	92	96	95	91	84	112	90
1997	36	CIN	qb	7	7	5	4-1-0	186	123	132	134	139	126	131	130	120	137
Career					187	173	80-93-0	5205

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1984	23	CIN		7	10	4	19	63	2		9	3.3	6.3	1.9												19	3.3	63	2	4
1985	24	CIN	QB	7	15	14	33	79	1		20	2.4	5.3	2.2												33	2.4	79	1	9
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16	44	146	1		23	3.3	9.1	2.8												44	3.3	146	1	12
1987	26	CIN	QB	7	12	12	52	241	0		19	4.6	20.1	4.3												52	4.6	241	0	10
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16	43	248	1		24	5.8	15.5	2.7												43	5.8	248	1	5
1989*	28	CIN	QB	7	16	15	47	278	0		24	5.9	17.4	2.9												47	5.9	278	0	8
1990	29	CIN	QB	7	16	16	49	157	0		21	3.2	9.8	3.1												49	3.2	157	0	11
1991	30	CIN	QB	7	14	14	24	66	0		16	2.8	4.7	1.7												24	2.8	66	0	10
1992	31	CIN	QB	7	12	11	21	66	0		15	3.1	5.5	1.8												21	3.1	66	0	12
1993*	32	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	45	118	1		17	2.6	7.4	2.8	1	1	-8	-8.0	0		-8	0.1	-0.5	100.0%	-8.0	46	2.4	110	1	13
1994	33	NYJ	QB	7	15	14	28	59	0	8	15	2.1	3.9	1.9												28	2.1	59	0	11
1995	34	NYJ	QB	7	12	12	19	14	0	2	19	0.7	1.2	1.6												19	0.7	14	0	12
1996	35	ARI	QB	7	10	8	15	52	1	6	13	3.5	5.2	1.5												15	3.5	52	1	5
1997	36	CIN	qb	7	7	5	8	11	0	1	8	1.4	1.6	1.1												8	1.4	11	0	1
Career					187	173	447	1598	7	17	24	3.6	8.5	2.4	1	1	-8	-8.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	100%	-8.0	448	3.5	1590	7	123
10 yrs		CIN			134	123	340	1355	5	1	24	4.0	10.1	2.5												340	4.0	1355	5	82
3 yrs		NYJ			43	42	92	191	1	10	19	2.1	4.4	2.1	1	1	-8	-8.0	0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	100.0%		93	2.0	183	1	36
1 yr		ARI			10	8	15	52	1	6	13	3.5	5.2	1.5												15	3.5	52	1	5

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	3	3	12	37	0	0	29	3.1	12.3	4.0												12	3.1	37	0	3
1990	29	CIN	QB	2	2	7	68	1	0	14	9.7	34.0	3.5												7	9.7	68	1	0
Career				5	5	19	105	1	0	29	5.5	21.0	3.8												19	5.5	105	1	3

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty
1984	23	CIN		7	10	4							4	2	-2	0	0.0
1985	24	CIN	QB	7	15	14							9	4	-5	0	0.0
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16							12	5	-10	0	0.0
1987	26	CIN	QB	7	12	12							10	4	-8	0	0.0
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16							5	4	0	0	0.0
1989*	28	CIN	QB	7	16	15							8	2	-4	0	0.0
1990	29	CIN	QB	7	16	16							11	2	-23	0	0.0
1991	30	CIN	QB	7	14	14							10	3	-5	0	0.0
1992	31	CIN	QB	7	12	11							12	6	-9	0	0.0
1993*	32	NYJ	QB	7	16	16						0	13	5	-10	0	0.0
1994	33	NYJ	QB	7	15	14						0	11	3	-11	0	0.0
1995	34	NYJ	QB	7	12	12						0	12	4	-27	0	0.0
1996	35	ARI	QB	7	10	8						0	5	1	-8	0	0.0
1997	36	CIN	qb	7	7	5						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					187	173						0	123	45	-122	0	0.0
10 yrs		CIN			134	123						0	82	32	-66	0	0.0
3 yrs		NYJ			43	42						0	36	12	-48	0	0.0
1 yr		ARI			10	8						0	5	1	-8	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	3	3						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Career				5	5						0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16																							1	31	31	0	31.0
1987	26	CIN	QB	7	12	12																							2	68	41	0	34.0
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16																							1	21	21	0	21.0
Career					187	173																							4	120	41	0	30.0
10 yrs		CIN			134	123																							4	120	41	0	30.0
3 yrs		NYJ			43	42
1 yr		ARI			10	8

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1984	23	CIN		7	10	4	2							2								12
1985	24	CIN	QB	7	15	14	1							1								6
1986*	25	CIN	QB	7	16	16	1							1								6
1988*+	27	CIN	QB	7	16	16	1							1								6
1993*	32	NYJ	QB	7	16	16	1							1								6
1996	35	ARI	QB	7	10	8	1							1	1							8
Career					187	173	7							7	1							44
10 yrs		CIN			134	123	5							5								30
3 yrs		NYJ			43	42	1							1								6
1 yr		ARI			10	8	1							1	1							8

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1990	29	CIN	QB	2	2	1							1								6
Career				5	5	1							1								6

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