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Bernie Kosar

Bernie Joseph Kosar Jr.

Position: QB
Height: 6-5    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 25, 1963 in Boardman, OH
College: Miami (FL)

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1985 Supplemental Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1985 22 CLE QB 12 10 4-6-0 124 248 50.0 1578 8 3.2 7 2.8 68 6.4 5.4 12.7 131.5 69.3 19 121 5.5 4.6 7.1
1986 23 CLE QB 16 16 12-4-0 310 531 58.4 3854 17 3.2 10 1.9 72 7.3 6.7 12.4 240.9 83.8 39 274 6.3 5.8 6.8
1987* 24 CLE QB 12 12 8-4-0 241 389 62.0 3033 22 5.7 9 2.3 54 7.8 7.3 12.6 252.8 95.4 22 129 7.1 6.6 5.4
1988 25 CLE QB 9 9 6-3-0 156 259 60.2 1890 10 3.9 7 2.7 77 7.3 6.5 12.1 210.0 84.3 25 172 6.0 5.3 8.8
1989 26 CLE QB 16 16 9-6-1 303 513 59.1 3533 18 3.5 14 2.7 97 6.9 6.0 11.7 220.8 80.3 34 192 6.1 5.3 6.2
1990 27 CLE QB 13 13 3-10-0 230 423 54.4 2562 10 2.4 15 3.5 50 6.1 4.7 11.1 197.1 65.7 37 220 5.1 3.8 8.0
1991 28 CLE QB 16 16 6-10-0 307 494 62.1 3487 18 3.6 9 1.8 71 7.1 6.6 11.4 217.9 87.8 41 232 6.1 5.7 7.7
1992 29 CLE qb 7 7 2-5-0 103 155 66.5 1160 8 5.2 7 4.5 69 7.5 6.0 11.3 165.7 87.0 21 126 5.9 4.5 11.9
1993 30 2TM qb/ 11 7 3-4-0 115 201 57.2 1217 8 4.0 3 1.5 86 6.1 5.8 10.6 110.6 82.0 23 132 4.8 4.6 10.3
CLE qb 7 6 3-3-0 79 138 57.2 807 5 3.6 3 2.2 38 5.8 5.2 10.2 115.3 77.2 21 128 4.3 3.7 13.2
DAL 4 1 0-1-0 36 63 57.1 410 3 4.8 0 0.0 86 6.5 7.0 11.4 102.5 92.7 2 4 6.2 6.7 3.1
1994 31 MIA 2 0 7 12 58.3 80 1 8.3 1 8.3 22 6.7 3.8 11.4 40.0 71.5 0 0 6.7 3.8 0.0
1995 32 MIA 9 2 0-2-0 74 108 68.5 699 3 2.8 5 4.6 31 6.5 4.7 9.4 77.7 76.1 6 28 5.9 4.2 5.3
1996 33 MIA 3 0 24 32 75.0 208 1 3.1 0 0.0 20 6.5 6.8 8.7 69.3 102.1 6 34 4.6 4.8 15.8
Career 126 108 53-54-1 1994 3365 59.3 23301 124 3.7 87 2.6 97 6.9 6.1 11.7 184.9 81.8 273 1660 5.9 5.2 7.5
9 yrs CLE 108 105 53-51-1 1853 3150 58.8 21904 116 3.7 81 2.6 97 7.0 6.2 11.8 202.8 81.6 259 1594 6.0 5.2 7.6
3 yrs MIA 14 2 0-2-0 105 152 69.1 987 5 3.3 6 3.9 31 6.5 5.0 9.4 70.5 81.2 12 62 5.6 4.3 7.3
1 yr DAL 4 1 0-1-0 36 63 57.1 410 3 4.8 0 0.0 86 6.5 7.0 11.4 102.5 92.7 2 4 6.2 6.7 3.1

Postseason record as starting QB: 1985: 0-1, 1986: 1-1, 1987: 1-1, 1989: 1-1.

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 22 CLE QB 12 10 26 -12 1 10 -0.5 -1.0 2.2 -12 1 14
1986 23 CLE QB 16 16 24 19 0 17 0.8 1.2 1.5 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 20 0 7
1987* 24 CLE QB 12 12 15 22 1 7 1.5 1.8 1.3 22 1 2
1988 25 CLE QB 9 9 12 -1 1 13 -0.1 -0.1 1.3 -1 1 0
1989 26 CLE QB 16 16 30 70 1 23 2.3 4.4 1.9 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7 0.1 -0.4 63 1 2
1990 27 CLE QB 13 13 10 13 0 5 1.3 1.0 0.8 13 0 6
1991 28 CLE QB 16 16 26 74 0 14 2.8 4.6 1.6 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 75 0 10
1992 29 CLE qb 7 7 5 12 0 8 2.4 1.7 0.7 12 0 1
1993 30 2TM qb/ 11 7 23 26 0 10 1.1 2.4 2.1 26 0 6
DAL 4 1 9 7 0 4 0.8 1.8 2.3 7 0 2
CLE qb 7 6 14 19 0 10 1.4 2.7 2.0 19 0 4
1994 31 MIA 2 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 8.5 0.5 17 0 0
1995 32 MIA 9 2 7 19 1 14 2.7 2.1 0.8 19 1 3
1996 33 MIA 3 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 2.0 0.3 6 0 0
Career 126 108 180 265 5 23 1.5 2.1 1.4 3 -5 -1.7 0 1 0.0 0.0 260 5 51
9 yrs CLE 108 105 162 216 4 23 1.3 2.0 1.5 3 -5 -1.7 0 1 0.0 0.0 211 4 46
3 yrs MIA 14 2 9 42 1 17 4.7 3.0 0.6 42 1 3
1 yr DAL 4 1 9 7 0 4 0.8 1.8 2.3 7 0 2

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1985 22 CLE QB 12 10 14 2 -25 0
1986 23 CLE QB 16 16 7 3 -15 0
1987* 24 CLE QB 12 12 2 1 -3 0
1988 25 CLE QB 9 9 0 2 0 0
1989 26 CLE QB 16 16 2 2 -1 0
1990 27 CLE QB 13 13 6 1 -9 0
1991 28 CLE QB 16 16 10 2 -18 0
1992 29 CLE qb 7 7 1 0 0 0
1993 30 2TM qb/ 11 7 6 3 -13 0
DAL 4 1 2 0 0 0
CLE qb 7 6 4 3 -13 0
1995 32 MIA 9 2 3 1 -7 0
Career 126 108 51 17 -91 0
9 yrs CLE 108 105 46 16 -84 0
3 yrs MIA 14 2 3 1 -7 0
1 yr DAL 4 1 2 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1985 22 CLE QB 12 10 1 6
1987* 24 CLE QB 12 12 1 6
1988 25 CLE QB 9 9 1 6
1989 26 CLE QB 16 16 1 6
1995 32 MIA 9 2 1 6
Career 126 108 5 30
9 yrs CLE 108 105 4 24
3 yrs MIA 14 2 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1987

Passes Completed

1986 NFL 310 (2)
1987 NFL 241 (5)
1989 NFL 303 (4)
1990 NFL 230 (10)
1991 NFL 307 (3)
Career 1994 (56)

Pass Attempts

1986 NFL 531 (3)
1987 NFL 389 (10)
1989 NFL 513 (6)
1990 NFL 423 (10)
1991 NFL 494 (3)
Career 3365 (64)

Passing Yds

1986 NFL 3854 (4)
1987 NFL 3033 (6)
1989 NFL 3533 (6)
1991 NFL 3487 (5)
Career 23301 (70)

Passing TD

1987 NFL 22 (6)
1991 NFL 18 (6)
Career 124 (86)

Passer Rating

1986 NFL 83.8 (7)
1987 NFL 95.4 (2-- 86)
1988 NFL 84.3 (8)
1989 NFL 80.3 (9)
1991 NFL 87.8 (5)
Career 81.8 (35)

Long Pass

1989 NFL 97 (1-- 21)
1993 NFL 86 (3)

Passes Intercepted

1990 NFL 15 (10)
Career 87 (125)

Sacked

1986 NFL 39 (10)
1990 NFL 37 (7)
1991 NFL 41 (4)
Career 273 (42)

Sacked Yds Lost

1991 NFL 232 (7)
Career 1660 (55)

Passing Yds/Game

1986 NFL 240.9 (7)
1987 NFL 252.8 (5-- 98)
1991 NFL 217.9 (8)
Career 184.9 (53)

Yds/Pass Att

1987 NFL 7.8 (3)
1988 NFL 7.3 (9)
Career 6.9 (98)

Yds/Pass Cmp

Career 11.7 (167)

Pass Attempts/Game

1986 NFL 33.2 (6)
1989 NFL 32.1 (9)
1990 NFL 32.5 (5)
1991 NFL 30.9 (6)
Career 26.7 (55)

Fumbles

1985 NFL 14 (2-- 41)
1991 NFL 10 (5)
Career 51 (112)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 17 (149)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 6.73 (6)
1987 NFL 7.32 (1-- 73)
1988 NFL 6.47 (8)
1991 NFL 6.60 (7)
Career 6.13 (35)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 6.28 (10)
1987 NFL 7.07 (2-- 94)
Career 5.95 (75)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1986 NFL 5.79 (4)
1987 NFL 6.62 (1-- 68)
1988 NFL 5.29 (10)
1989 NFL 5.29 (10)
1991 NFL 5.66 (7)
Career 5.21 (37)

Passes Completed/Game

1986 NFL 19.4 (5)
1987 NFL 20.1 (5)
1988 NFL 17.3 (10)
1989 NFL 18.9 (8)
1990 NFL 17.7 (7)
1991 NFL 19.2 (5)
Career 15.8 (48)

Pass Completion %

1986 NFL 58.4% (9)
1987 NFL 62.0% (2)
1988 NFL 60.2% (2)
1989 NFL 59.1% (6)
1991 NFL 62.1% (6)
Career 59.3% (37)

Pass Intercept. %

1985 NFL 2.8% (5)
1986 NFL 1.9% (1-- 66)
1987 NFL 2.3% (2)
1988 NFL 2.7% (5)
1989 NFL 2.7% (4)
1991 NFL 1.8% (4-- 56)
Career 2.6% (12)

Passing TD %

1987 NFL 5.7% (5)
Career 3.7% (151)

Sack %

1987 NFL 5.35% (7)
Career 7.50% (105)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1987 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1985 22 12 QB 102 27
1986 23 16 QB 238 42 10 40
1987 24 12 QB 244 88 6 11
1988 25 9 QB 128 24
1989 26 16 QB 234 12 77
1990 27 13 QB 134 26
1991 28 16 QB 237 58 8 20
1992 29 7 QB 82 30
1993 30 11 QB 93 31
1994 31 2 QB 9 58
1995 32 9 QB 44 39
1996 33 3 QB 15 54
1560 188