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Steve Young

Jon Steven Young

Position: QB Throws: Left

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, UT

College: BYU (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 132 (22nd overall since 1960)

High School: Greenwich (CT)

Draft: Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2005 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

G

169

AV

168

QBrec

94-49-0

Cmp%

64.3

Yds

33124

Y/A

8.0

TD

232

Int

107

FantPt

2662.1

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
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	4.89	3.00	13.2	1	1	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	4.77	3.73	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	7.57	10.35	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	5.31	4.65	11.4	1	1	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	8.82	9.06	11.5	0	1	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	5.51	6.09	11.4	1	1	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	8.35	8.28	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	7.69	8.12	6.7	3	5	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	7.84	7.55	6.3			22
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	13-3-0	324	461	70.3	3969	35	7.6	10	2.2	187	69	8.6	9.2	12.3	248.1	112.8	31	163	7.74	8.24	6.3	1	1	22
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	8-3-0	299	447	66.9	3200	20	4.5	11	2.5	163	57	7.2	6.9	10.7	290.9	92.3	25	115	6.54	6.33	5.3			13
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	9-3-0	214	316	67.7	2410	14	4.4	6	1.9	125	52	7.6	7.7	11.3	200.8	97.2	34	160	6.43	6.46	9.7	2	2	12
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	12-3-0	241	356	67.7	3029	19	5.3	6	1.7	148	82	8.5	8.8	12.6	201.9	104.7	35	220	7.18	7.47	9.0	1	1	14
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	11-4-0	322	517	62.3	4170	36	7.0	12	2.3	208	81	8.1	8.4	13.0	278.0	101.1	48	234	6.97	7.28	8.5	2	3	19
1999	38	SFO		8	3	3	2-1-0	45	84	53.6	446	3	3.6	4	4.8	17	53	5.3	3.9	9.9	148.7	60.9	8	63	4.16	2.86	8.7	1	0	2
Career					169	143	94-49-0	2667	4149	64.3	33124	232	5.6	107	2.6	848	97	8.0	7.9	12.4	196.0	96.8	358	2055	6.89	6.85	7.9	13	16	168
13 yrs		SFO			150	124	91-33-0	2400	3648	65.8	29907	221	6.1	86	2.4	848	97	8.2	8.3	12.5	199.4	101.4	290	1571	7.20	7.34	7.4	12	15	155
2 yrs		TAM			19	19	3-16-0	267	501	53.3	3217	11	2.2	21	4.2	0	59	6.4	5.0	12.0	169.3	63.1	68	484	4.80	3.53	12.0	1	1	13

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
1987	26	SFO		1	0	0-0	12	17	70.6	158	1	5.9	1	5.9	0	31	9.3	7.8	13.2	158.0	94.7	0	0	9.29	7.82	0.0
1988	27	SFO		2	0	0-0	1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-1.0	-1.0	-1.0	-0.5	79.2	0	0	-1.00	-1.00	0.0
1989	28	SFO		3	0	0-0	3	5	60.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	13	5.2	5.2	8.7	8.7	73.7	0	0	5.20	5.20	0.0
1990	29	SFO		2	0	0-0	1	1	100.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	25	25.0	25.0	25.0	12.5	118.7	0	0	25.00	25.00	0.0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	45	65	69.2	540	3	4.6	3	4.6	0	36	8.3	7.2	12.0	270.0	90.5	5	25	7.36	6.29	7.1
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	44	67	65.7	513	1	1.5	1	1.5	0	43	7.7	7.3	11.7	256.5	87.5	5	18	6.88	6.53	6.9
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	3-0	53	87	60.9	623	9	10.3	0	0.0	36	51	7.2	9.2	11.8	207.7	117.2	4	20	6.63	8.60	4.4
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	0-1	32	65	49.2	328	0	0.0	2	3.1	17	32	5.0	3.7	10.3	328.0	51.3	3	20	4.53	3.21	4.4
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	16	26	61.5	169	1	3.8	0	0.0	9	36	6.5	7.3	10.6	84.5	93.3	1	0	6.26	7.00	3.7
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	44	68	64.7	474	1	1.5	1	1.5	21	48	7.0	6.6	10.8	237.0	83.8	5	31	6.07	5.73	6.8
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	1-1	41	69	59.4	471	4	5.8	5	7.2	21	38	6.8	4.7	11.5	235.5	69.2	3	14	6.35	4.33	4.2	1	1
Career				22	14	8-6	292	471	62.0	3326	20	4.2	13	2.8	104	51	7.1	6.7	11.4	151.2	85.8	26	128	6.43	6.06	5.2	1	1

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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+
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	155	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	150	156	107	71	160
1990	29	SFO		8	6	1	0-1-0	62	98	90	120	112	119	92	152	72	123
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	5-5-0	279	145	146	140	141	127	126	111	117	136
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	14-2-0	402	135	132	142	139	129	130	127	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	129	142	114	122	89	134
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	11-4-0	517	123	121	126	125	123	130	113	92	129
1999	38	SFO		8	3	3	2-1-0	84	76	73	76	74	86	96	80	90	81
Career					169	143	94-49-0	4149

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
1985	24	TAM	qb	8	5	5	40	233	1		20	5.8	46.6	8.0												40	5.8	233	1	4
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14	74	425	5		31	5.7	30.4	5.3												74	5.7	425	5	11
1987	26	SFO		8	8	3	26	190	1		29	7.3	23.8	3.3												26	7.3	190	1	0
1988	27	SFO		8	11	3	27	184	1		49	6.8	16.7	2.5												27	6.8	184	1	5
1989	28	SFO		8	10	3	38	126	2		22	3.3	12.6	3.8												38	3.3	126	2	2
1990	29	SFO		8	6	1	15	159	0		31	10.6	26.5	2.5												15	10.6	159	0	1
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10	66	415	4		21	6.3	37.7	6.0												66	6.3	415	4	3
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16	76	537	4		39	7.1	33.6	4.8												76	7.1	537	4	9
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16	69	407	2		35	5.9	25.4	4.3	2	2	2	1.0	0		6	0.1	0.1	100.0%	1.0	71	5.8	409	2	8
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16	58	293	7	28	27	5.1	18.3	3.6												58	5.1	293	7	4
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11	50	250	3	25	29	5.0	22.7	4.5												50	5.0	250	3	3
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12	52	310	4	19	33	6.0	25.8	4.3												52	6.0	310	4	3
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15	50	199	3	16	13	4.0	13.3	3.3												50	4.0	199	3	4
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15	70	454	6	35	24	6.5	30.3	4.7												70	6.5	454	6	9
1999	38	SFO		8	3	3	11	57	0	3	14	5.2	19.0	3.7												11	5.2	57	0	2
Career					169	143	722	4239	43	126	49	5.9	25.1	4.3	2	2	2	1.0	0	0	6	0.0	0.0	100%	1.0	724	5.9	4241	43	68
13 yrs		SFO			150	124	608	3581	37	126	49	5.9	23.9	4.1	2	2	2	1.0	0	0	6	0.0	0.0	100%	1.0	610	5.9	3583	37	53
2 yrs		TAM			19	19	114	658	6	0	31	5.8	34.6	6.0												114	5.8	658	6	15

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
1987	26	SFO		1	0	6	72	1	0	42	12.0	72.0	6.0		0	2		0	0	2	0.0	2.0			6	12.3	74	1	0
1988	27	SFO		2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0.3	1.0	3.0												3	0.3	1	0	0
1989	28	SFO		3	0	5	5	0	0	11	1.0	2.5	2.5												5	1.0	5	0	0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	16	106	1	0	22	6.6	53.0	8.0												16	6.6	106	1	3
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	10	55	1	0	18	5.5	27.5	5.0												10	5.5	55	1	1
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	20	128	2	9	24	6.4	42.7	6.7												20	6.4	128	2	0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	9	77	1	5	41	8.6	77.0	9.0												9	8.6	77	1	1
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	12	68	1	6	18	5.7	34.0	6.0												12	5.7	68	1	0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2	6	38	0	3	16	6.3	19.0	3.0												6	6.3	38	0	3
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	9	44	1	2	10	4.9	22.0	4.5												9	4.9	44	1	1
Career				22	14	96	594	8	25	42	6.2	27.0	4.4	0	0	2		0	0	2	0.0	0.1	100%	1.0	96	6.2	596	8	9

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	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1985	24	TAM	qb	8	5	5							4	1	-1	0	0.0
1986	25	TAM	QB	8	14	14							11	4	-24	0	0.0
1988	27	SFO		8	11	3							5	2	-10	0	0.0
1989	28	SFO		8	10	3							2	1	0	0	0.0
1990	29	SFO		8	6	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1991	30	SFO	QB	8	11	10							3	1	-6	0	0.0
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	8	16	16							9	3	-13	0	0.0
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	8	16	16						0	8	2	-4	0	0.0
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	8	16	16						0	4	1	-4	0	0.0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	8	11	11						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1996*	35	SFO	QB	8	12	12						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	8	15	15						0	4	2	-11	0	0.0
1998*	37	SFO	QB	8	15	15						0	9	1	0	0	0.0
1999	38	SFO		8	3	3						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					169	143						0	68	19	-73	0	0.0
13 yrs		SFO			150	124						0	53	14	-48	0	0.0
2 yrs		TAM			19	19							15	5	-25	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
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1997*	36	SFO	QB	2	2						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				22	14						0	9	1	0	0	0.0

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
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

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
1987	26	SFO		1	0	1							1								6
1992*+	31	SFO	QB	2	2	1							1								6
1993*+	32	SFO	QB	2	2	1							1								6
1994*+	33	SFO	QB	3	3	2							2								12
1995*	34	SFO	QB	1	1	1							1								6
1996*	35	SFO	QB	2	2	1							1								6
1998*	37	SFO	QB	2	2	1							1								6
Career				22	14	8							8								48

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