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HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE

Donovan McNabb

Tier 3

Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.

Evidence collection in progress

This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.

Why Tier 3?

2nd in 2000 AP MVP voting.

Achievement reference ↗

At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.

Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.

Full rules, exceptions and exclusions →

Before the NFL.

DRAFT RECORD

Year, round & overall pick

1999 · Round 1 · Pick 2
Philadelphia Eagles
College: Syracuse

Primary draft / entry record →

Draft year, round, overall selection and selecting team checked against the linked primary source on November 13, 2026. Draft-day trades are distinguished from the selecting team.

SCOUTING AT THE TIME

Pre-draft reports

Original pre-draft report not yet verified. No substitute assessment has been generated.

Source context: draft verification only

Publication: Exact original publication date not verified

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NFL COMBINE ONLY

Measurements & testing

Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.

Compare the evidence.

Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.

Experience

College starts, seasons, age and development.

Production

Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.

Background

Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.

Physical profile

Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.

The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.

Source and interpretation policy.

Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.

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College career passing.

57.2% completion · 595/1,040 · 9,237 yards · 81 TD · 29 INT · 2.79:1 TD-to-INT · 8.88 yards/attempt

All NCAA career games, including bowls; JUCO excluded

Adds Gator13/23/309/3/1;Liberty4/10/76/0/0;Fiesta16/39/271/0/1;Orange14/30/192/1/1. Derived full all-games NCAA career.

Source 1 ↗ · Source 2 ↗ · Source 3 ↗ · Source 4 ↗ · Source 5 ↗

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Age when drafted.

22 years, 143 days on 1999-04-17.

Born 1976-11-25. NFL draft selection date.

Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3

Current entry evidence.

6 ft 2 in · 226 lb · BMI 29.0. 1999 rookie-season fallback, not Combine. Status: source verified.

Contemporary Washington Post reporting before his first NFL start gives 6 ft 2 in and 226 lb. The secondary 223 lb Combine claim is a different event and is not used here.

Source 1 ↗

NCAA QB starts: 49.

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Current 28-player similarities →