← All 28 quarterbacksHISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
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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.
This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
2 Super Bowl MVP awards: XLII and XLVI.
At least 1 AP NFL MVP award OR 3 distinct AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro seasons OR 2 Super Bowl MVP awards.
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.
2004 · Round 1 · Pick 1
San Diego Chargers
College: Ole Miss
Selected by San Diego; traded to New York Giants on draft day.
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.
Accorsi praised poise, field vision, touch and velocity under pressure; he also recorded forced throws and occasional high misses.
Source context: 2017 republication of Ernie Accorsi's original college scouting report
Republication: April 24, 2017. Original report date has not been verified
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Verified college starts: 37. Derived from Ole Miss’s 36 career starts after the 2003 regular season, plus the official starting lineup for the January 2, 2004 Cotton Bowl. Ole Miss pre-bowl record · Cotton Bowl participation report.
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.
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
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.
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.
View the full evidence register →60.8% completion · 841/1,383 · 10,286 yards · 84 TD · 36 INT · 2.33:1 TD-to-INT · 7.44 yards/attempt
All NCAA career games, including bowls; JUCO excluded
Adds2000 MusicCityBowl12/20/167/3/1. No2001 bowl;2002/03 bowls already included in school record totals.
23 years, 112 days on 2004-04-24.
Born 1981-01-03. NFL draft selection date.
6 ft 4.75 in · 221 lb · BMI 26.4. 2004 contemporary pre-draft prospect report. Status: source verified.
NCAA QB starts: 37. Ole Miss official retrospective explicitly gives24-13starterrecord=37. Prior2003 postgame31starts afterAlabama corroborates progression.2000 was backup inclMusicCityBowl.