Josh McCown

Joshua Treadwell McCown

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-4, 218lb (193cm, 98kg)

Born: July 4, 1979 in Jacksonville, TX

College: SMU, Sam Houston St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 40 (2588th overall since 1960)

High School: Jacksonville (TX)

Draft: Arizona Cardinals in the 3rd round (81st overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Brother Luke McCown

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SUMMARY

Career

102

QBrec

23-53-0

Cmp%

60.2

Yds

17731

Y/A

6.7

Int

FantPt

1079.1

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV
2002	23	ARI	QB	12	2	0		7	18	38.9	66	0	0.0	2	11.1	3	21.7	26	3.7	-1.3	9.4	33.0	10.2		5	50	21.7	0.70	-3.22			0
2003	24	ARI	QB	12	8	3	1-2-0	95	166	57.2	1018	5	3.0	6	3.6	51	40.8	60	6.1	5.1	10.7	127.3	70.3		25	174	13.1	4.42	3.53	1	1	3
2004	25	ARI	QB	12	14	13	6-7-0	233	408	57.1	2511	11	2.7	10	2.5	122	40.8	48	6.2	5.6	10.8	179.4	74.1		31	263	7.1	5.12	4.60	2	2	7
2005	26	ARI	QB	12	9	6	3-3-0	163	270	60.4	1836	9	3.3	11	4.1	87	42.4	49	6.8	5.6	11.3	204.0	74.9		18	101	6.3	6.02	4.93			5
2006	27	DET	QB	12	2	0		0	0		0	0		0				0				0.0			0	0						0
2007	28	OAK	QB	12	9	9	2-7-0	111	190	58.4	1151	10	5.3	11	5.8	56	42.6	46	6.1	4.5	10.4	127.9	69.4	29.7	14	92	6.9	5.19	3.75			1
2008	29	CAR	QB	12	2	0		0	0		0	0		0				0				0.0		5.7	0	0						0
2009	30	CAR	QB	12	1	0		1	6	16.7	2	0	0.0	0	0.0			2	0.3	0.3	2.0	2.0	39.6	2.4	1	6	14.3	-0.57	-0.57			0
2010		Missed season - Hartford Colonials (United Football League)
2011	32	CHI	QB	15	3	2	1-1-0	35	55	63.6	414	2	3.6	4	7.3	18	46.8	49	7.5	5.0	11.8	138.0	68.3	32.7	7	43	11.3	5.98	3.73			2
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5	3-2-0	149	224	66.5	1829	13	5.8	1	0.4	94	51.9	80	8.2	9.1	12.3	228.6	109.0	82.4	11	37	4.7	7.63	8.54	1	1	8
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11	1-10-0	184	327	56.3	2206	11	3.4	14	4.3	100	40.2	56	6.7	5.5	12.0	200.5	70.5	34.6	36	235	9.9	5.43	4.30			4
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8	1-7-0	186	292	63.7	2109	12	4.1	4	1.4	96	43.2	56	7.2	7.4	11.3	263.6	93.3	52.9	23	137	7.3	6.26	6.45	1	1	5
2016	37	CLE	QB	13	5	3	0-3-0	90	165	54.5	1100	6	3.6	6	3.6	56	41.0	54	6.7	5.8	12.2	220.0	72.3	30.8	18	126	9.8	5.32	4.50			1
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13	5-8-0	267	397	67.3	2926	18	4.5	9	2.3	137	44.5	69	7.4	7.3	11.0	225.1	94.5	56.6	39	264	8.9	6.11	6.00	1	2	9
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	0-3-0	60	110	54.5	539	1	0.9	4	3.6	27	38.5	41	4.9	3.4	9.0	134.8	55.8	33.8	7	35	6.0	4.31	2.94			2
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0		3	5	60.0	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	60.0	13	4.8	4.8	8.0	8.0	72.1	54.3	0	0	0.0	4.80	4.80			0
Career					102	76	23-53-0	1584	2633	60.2	17731	98	3.7	82	3.1	849	42.7	80	6.7	6.1	11.2	173.8	79.7		235	1563	8.2	5.64	5.03	6	7	47
4 yrs		ARI			33	22	10-12-0	498	862	57.8	5431	25	2.9	29	3.4	263	40.8	60	6.3	5.4	10.9	164.6	72.1		79	588	8.4	5.15	4.29	3	3	15
2 yrs		CAR			3	0		1	6	16.7	2	0	0.0	0	0.0			2	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.7	39.6		1	6	14.3	-0.57	-0.57			0
2 yrs		CHI			11	7	4-3-0	184	279	65.9	2243	15	5.4	5	1.8	112	50.8	80	8.0	8.3	12.2	203.9	101.0		18	80	6.1	7.28	7.54	1	1	10
2 yrs		CLE			13	11	1-10-0	276	457	60.4	3209	18	3.9	10	2.2	152	42.4	56	7.0	6.8	11.6	246.8	85.7		41	263	8.2	5.92	5.73	1	1	6
2 yrs		NYJ			17	16	5-11-0	327	507	64.5	3465	19	3.7	13	2.6	164	43.2	69	6.8	6.4	10.6	203.8	86.1		46	299	8.3	5.73	5.35	1	2	11
1 yr		DET			2	0						0																				0
1 yr		OAK			9	9	2-7-0	111	190	58.4	1151	10	5.3	11	5.8	56	42.6	46	6.1	4.5	10.4	127.9	69.4		14	92	6.9	5.19	3.75			1
1 yr		PHI			3	0		3	5	60.0	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	60.0	13	4.8	4.8	8.0	8.0	72.1		0	0	0.0	4.80	4.80			0
1 yr		TAM			11	11	1-10-0	184	327	56.3	2206	11	3.4	14	4.3	100	40.2	56	6.7	5.5	12.0	200.5	70.5		36	235	9.9	5.43	4.30			4

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
2019	40	PHI	QB	1	0		18	24	75.0	174	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	56.0	32	7.3	7.3	9.7	174.0	94.8	6	14	20.0	5.33	5.33
Career				1		0-0	18	24	75.0	174	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	40.0	32	7.3	7.3	9.7	174.0	94.8	6	14	20.0	5.33	5.33

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Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	60	110	539	805	7.3	231	3.9	2.1	308	5.1
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	3	5	24	22	4.4	9	3.0	1.8	15	5.0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	60	110	539	0	3	1	7	6.6%	24	22.6%
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	3	5	24	1	0	0	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	60	110	539	7	2.3	47	8	14	29	23.8%	5	6.4
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	3	5	24	0	1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	60	110	539	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	3	5	24	1	13	1	13	0	0	1	13

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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+
2003	24	ARI	QB	12	8	3	1-2-0	166	88	72	86	76	93	86	92	56	87
2004	25	ARI	QB	12	14	13	6-7-0	408	88	86	92	90	92	83	112	97	92
2005	26	ARI	QB	12	9	6	3-3-0	270	98	100	92	94	102	91	84	103	92
2007	28	OAK	QB	12	9	9	2-7-0	190	83	84	75	77	92	114	57	96	83
2011	32	CHI	QB	15	3	2	1-1-0	55	109	95	78	72	111	93	27	59	79
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5	3-2-0	224	125	129	132	134	119	116	138	114	129
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11	1-10-0	327	89	81	80	76	76	87	71	73	76
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8	1-7-0	292	100	97	106	104	103	96	118	90	106
2016	37	CLE	QB	13	5	3	0-3-0	165	89	79	83	77	67	91	77	69	76
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13	5-8-0	397	104	96	103	98	114	101	101	80	106
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	0-3-0	110	55	63	52	58	66	62	79	105	54
Career					102	76	23-53-0	2633

Fantasy

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2002	23	ARI	QB	12	2	0	1	20	0	1	100.0	20	20.0	10.0	0.5					0								1	20.0	20	0	1
2003	24	ARI	QB	12	8	3	28	158	1	8	60.7	16	5.6	19.8	3.5					0								28	5.6	158	1	10
2004	25	ARI	QB	12	14	13	36	112	2	10	41.7	12	3.1	8.0	2.6	1	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	0.0	-5	0.1	-0.4	100.0%	-5.0	37	2.9	107	2	12
2005	26	ARI	QB	12	9	6	29	139	0	7	51.7	12	4.8	15.4	3.2					0								29	4.8	139	0	5
2006	27	DET	QB	12	2	0			0							2	2	15	7.5	0			8	1.0	7.5	100.0%	7.5	2	7.5	15	0	0
2007	28	OAK	QB	12	9	9	29	143	0	9	41.4	24	4.9	15.9	3.2					0								29	4.9	143	0	11
2008	29	CAR	QB	12	2	0	4	-3	0			0	-0.8	-1.5	2.0					0								4	-0.8	-3	0	0
2011	32	CHI	QB	15	3	2	12	68	0	5	66.7	28	5.7	22.7	4.0					0								12	5.7	68	0	2
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5	13	69	1	5	53.8	20	5.3	8.6	1.6					0								13	5.3	69	1	3
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11	25	127	3	12	48.0	16	5.1	11.5	2.3					0								25	5.1	127	3	10
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8	20	98	1	10	55.0	13	4.9	12.3	2.5					0								20	4.9	98	1	9
2016	37	CLE	QB	13	5	3	7	21	0	0	14.3	7	3.0	4.2	1.4					0								7	3.0	21	0	7
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13	37	124	5	14	40.5	22	3.4	9.5	2.8					0								37	3.4	124	5	11
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	5	32	0	2	80.0	12	6.4	8.0	1.3					0								5	6.4	32	0	0
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	2	-2	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.7	0.7					0								2	-1.0	-2	0	0
Career					102	76	248	1106	13	83	48.4	28	4.5	10.8	2.4	3	3	10	3.3	0	0	0.0	8	0.0	0.1	100.0%	3.3	251	4.4	1116	13	81
4 yrs		ARI			33	22	94	429	3	26	51.1	20	4.6	13.0	2.8	1	1	-5	-5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-0.2	100.0%	-5.0	95	4.5	424	3	28
2 yrs		CAR			3	0	4	-3	0			0	-0.8	-1.0	1.3					0								4	-0.8	-3	0
2 yrs		CHI			11	7	25	137	1	10	60.0	28	5.5	12.5	2.3					0								25	5.5	137	1	5
2 yrs		CLE			13	11	27	119	1	10	44.4	13	4.4	9.2	2.1					0								27	4.4	119	1	16
2 yrs		NYJ			17	16	42	156	5	16	45.2	22	3.7	9.2	2.5					0								42	3.7	156	5	11
1 yr		DET			2	0			0							2	2	15	7.5	0			8	1.0	7.5	100.0%	7.5	2	7.5	15	0
1 yr		OAK			9	9	29	143	0	9	41.4	24	4.9	15.9	3.2					0								29	4.9	143	0	11
1 yr		PHI			3	0	2	-2	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.7	0.7					0								2	-1.0	-2	0
1 yr		TAM			11	11	25	127	3	12	48.0	16	5.1	11.5	2.3					0								25	5.1	127	3	10

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing									Receiving												Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2019	40	PHI	QB	1	0	5	23	0	2	40.0	11	4.6	23.0	5.0					0								5	4.6	23	0	2
Career				1		5	23	0	2	40.0	11	4.6	23.0	5.0					0								5	4.6	23	0	2

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2002	23	ARI	QB	12	2	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2003	24	ARI	QB	12	8	3			0			0	10	4	-12	0	0.0
2004	25	ARI	QB	12	14	13			0			0	12	2	0	0	0.0
2005	26	ARI	QB	12	9	6			0			0	5	0	0	0	0.0
2007	28	OAK	QB	12	9	9			0			0	11	3	0	0	0.0
2011	32	CHI	QB	15	3	2			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11			0			0	10	5	-3	0	0.0
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8			0			0	9	0	-4	0	0.0
2016	37	CLE	QB	13	5	3			0			0	7	2	-7	0	0.0
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13			0			0	11	6	-8	0	0.0
Career					102	76			0			0	81	26	-34	0	0.0
4 yrs		ARI			33	22			0			0	28	6	-12	0	0.0
2 yrs		CAR			3	0			0							0	0.0
2 yrs		CHI			11	7			0			0	5	4	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CLE			13	11			0			0	16	2	-11	0	0.0
2 yrs		NYJ			17	16			0			0	11	6	-8	0	0.0
1 yr		DET			2	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		OAK			9	9			0			0	11	3	0	0	0.0
1 yr		PHI			3	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		TAM			11	11			0			0	10	5	-3	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	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2019	40	PHI	QB	1	0			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Career				1				0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2003	24	ARI	QB	12	8	3	1	1			6	0.8
2004	25	ARI	QB	12	14	13	2	2	1		14	1.0
2011	32	CHI	QB	15	3	2			1		2	0.7
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5	1	1			6	0.8
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11	3	3			18	1.6
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8	1	1			6	0.8
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13	5	5			30	2.3
Career					102	76	13	13	2	0	82	.8
4 yrs		ARI			33	22	3	3	1	0	20	.6
2 yrs		CAR			3	0				0	0	0.0
2 yrs		CHI			11	7	1	1	1	0	8	.7
2 yrs		CLE			13	11	1	1		0	6	.5
2 yrs		NYJ			17	16	5	5		0	30	1.8
1 yr		DET			2	0				0	0	0.0
1 yr		OAK			9	9				0	0	0.0
1 yr		PHI			3	0				0	0	0.0
1 yr		TAM			11	11	3	3		0	18	1.6

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2013	34	CHI	QB	12	8	5	422	76%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	35	TAM	QB	12	11	11	630	94%	0	0%	0	0%
2015	36	CLE	QB	13	8	8	509	87%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	37	CLE	QB	13	5	3	262	81%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	38	NYJ	QB	15	13	13	819	98%	0	0%	0	0%
2018	39	NYJ	QB	15	4	3	191	79%	0	0%	0	0%
2019	40	PHI	QB	18	3	0	15	7%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							2848		0		0
2 yrs		CLE			13	11	771		0		0
2 yrs		NYJ			17	16	1010		0		0
1 yr		CHI			8	5	422		0		0
1 yr		PHI			3	0	15		0		0
1 yr		TAM			11	11	630		0		0

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Josh McCown is 45 years old.

When was Josh McCown born?

Josh McCown was born on July 4, 1979.

Where was Josh McCown born?

Josh McCown was born in Jacksonville, TX.

How tall is Josh McCown?

Josh McCown is 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Josh McCown weigh when playing?

Josh McCown weighed 218 lbs (98 kg) when playing.

Is Josh McCown in the Hall of Fame?

Josh McCown has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Josh McCown play?

Josh McCown played 102 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Josh McCown have?

Josh McCown had 17,731 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Josh McCown have?

Josh McCown had 98 touchdowns over his career.

When did Josh McCown retire?

Josh McCown last played in 2019.

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