Bernie Kosar

Bernie Joseph Kosar Jr.

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: November 25, 1963 in Boardman, OH

College: Miami (FL) (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (791st overall since 1960)

High School: Boardman (OH)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1985 NFL Supplemental Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

126

QBrec

53-54-1

Cmp%

59.3

Yds

23301

Y/A

6.9

124

Int

FantPt

1258.1

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	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1985	22	CLE	QB	19	12	10	4-6-0	124	248	50	1578	8	3.2	7	2.8		68	6.4	5.7	12.7	131.5	69.3	19	121	7.1	5.46	4.88	2	2	6
1986	23	CLE	QB	19	16	16	12-4-0	310	531	58.4	3854	17	3.2	10	1.9		72	7.3	7.1	12.4	240.9	83.8	39	274	6.8	6.28	6.09	4	6	13
1987*	24	CLE	QB	19	12	12	8-4-0	241	389	62	3033	22	5.7	9	2.3		54	7.8	7.9	12.6	252.8	95.4	22	129	5.4	7.07	7.15			13	AP OPoY-3, PB
1988	25	CLE	QB	19	9	9	6-3-0	156	259	60.2	1890	10	3.9	7	2.7		77	7.3	6.9	12.1	210.0	84.3	25	172	8.8	6.05	5.64	3	3	6
1989	26	CLE	QB	19	16	16	9-6-1	303	513	59.1	3533	18	3.5	14	2.7		97	6.9	6.4	11.7	220.8	80.3	34	192	6.2	6.11	5.61	2	3	11
1990	27	CLE	QB	19	13	13	3-10-0	230	423	54.4	2562	10	2.4	15	3.5		50	6.1	4.9	11.1	197.1	65.7	37	220	8	5.09	4.06	1	1	5
1991	28	CLE	QB	19	16	16	6-10-0	307	494	62.1	3487	18	3.6	9	1.8		71	7.1	7.0	11.4	217.9	87.8	41	232	7.7	6.08	6.00	2	1	13
1992	29	CLE	qb	19	7	7	2-5-0	103	155	66.5	1160	8	5.2	7	4.5		69	7.5	6.5	11.3	165.7	87.0	21	126	11.9	5.88	4.99			4
1993	30	2TM			11	7	3-4-0	115	201	57.2	1217	8	4	3	1.5		86	6.1	6.2	10.6	110.6	82.0	23	132	10.3	4.84	4.96	0	0	5
		CLE	qb	19	7	6	3-3-0	79	138	57.2	807	5	3.6	3	2.2		38	5.8	5.6	10.2	115.3	77.2	21	128	13.2	4.27	4.05	0	0	3
		DAL		18	4	1	0-1-0	36	63	57.1	410	3	4.8	0	0		86	6.5	7.5	11.4	102.5	92.7	2	4	3.1	6.25	7.17			2
1994	31	MIA		19	2	0		7	12	58.3	80	1	8.3	1	8.3	6	22	6.7	4.6	11.4	40.0	71.5	0	0	0	6.67	4.58			0
1995	32	MIA		19	9	2	0-2-0	74	108	68.5	699	3	2.8	5	4.6	34	31	6.5	4.9	9.4	77.7	76.1	6	28	5.3	5.89	4.44			2
1996	33	MIA		19	3	0		24	32	75	208	1	3.1	0	0	10	20	6.5	7.1	8.7	69.3	102.1	6	34	15.8	4.58	5.11			1
Career					126	108	53-54-1	1994	3365	59.3	23301	124	3.7	87	2.6	50	97	6.9	6.5	11.7	184.9	81.8	273	1660	7.5	5.95	5.55	14	16	79
9 yrs		CLE			108	105	53-51-1	1853	3150	58.8	21904	116	3.7	81	2.6	0	97	7.0	6.5	11.8	202.8	81.6	259	1594	7.6	5.96	5.57	14	16	74
3 yrs		MIA			14	2	0-2-0	105	152	69.1	987	5	3.3	6	3.9	50	31	6.5	5.4	9.4	70.5	81.2	12	62	7.3	5.64	4.60			3
1 yr		DAL			4	1	0-1-0	36	63	57.1	410	3	4.8	0	0	0	86	6.5	7.5	11.4	102.5	92.7	2	4	3.1	6.25	7.17			2

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1985	22	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	10	19	52.6	66	1	5.3	1	5.3	16	3.5	2.2	6.6	66.0	56.0	1	4	5	3.10	1.85
1986	23	CLE	QB	2	2	1-1	51	96	53.1	748	3	3.1	4	4.2	48	7.8	6.5	14.7	374.0	71.9	5	14	5	7.27	6.08	1	1
1987*	24	CLE	QB	2	2	1-1	46	72	63.9	585	6	8.3	2	2.8	53	8.1	8.5	12.7	292.5	105.4	2	20	2.7	7.64	8.04
1989	26	CLE	QB	2	2	1-1	39	73	53.4	461	5	6.8	3	4.1	52	6.3	5.8	11.8	230.5	78.6	6	36	7.6	5.38	4.94
1993	30	DAL		2	0	0-0	5	9	55.6	83	1	11.1	0	0	42	9.2	11.4	16.6	41.5	123.8	1	0	10	8.30	10.30
1995	32	MIA		1	0	0-0	1	1	100	10	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	108.3	0	0	0	10.00	10.00
Career				10	7	3-4	152	270	56.3	1953	16	5.9	10	3.7	53	7.2	6.8	12.8	195.3	83.5	15	74	5.3	6.59	6.14	1	1
4 yrs		CLE		7	7	3-4	146	260	56.2	1860	15	5.8	10	3.8	53	7.2	6.6	12.7	265.7	81.9	14	74	5.1	6.52	5.97	1	1
1 yr		DAL		2	0	0-0	5	9	55.6	83	1	11.1	0	0	42	9.2	11.4	16.6	41.5	123.8	1	0	10	8.30	10.30
1 yr		MIA		1	0	0-0	1	1	100	10	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	108.3	0	0	0	10.00	10.00

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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+
1985	22	CLE	QB	19	12	10	4-6-0	248	86	92	96	99	80	90	117	106	93
1986	23	CLE	QB	19	16	16	12-4-0	531	106	109	114	115	112	89	130	106	113
1987*	24	CLE	QB	19	12	12	8-4-0	389	117	123	125	129	123	116	123	112	127
1988	25	CLE	QB	19	9	9	6-3-0	259	106	101	110	107	117	97	117	89	112
1989	26	CLE	QB	19	16	16	9-6-1	513	97	102	103	106	113	93	114	106	107
1990	27	CLE	QB	19	13	13	3-10-0	423	79	81	82	84	92	82	101	94	85
1991	28	CLE	QB	19	16	16	6-10-0	494	103	103	112	111	118	97	127	97	116
1992	29	CLE	qb	19	7	7	2-5-0	155	113	100	107	99	128	118	85	70	115
1993	30	2TM			11	7	3-4-0	201
		CLE	qb	19	7	6	3-3-0	138	82	71	94	85	98	98	118	59	100
		DAL		18	4	1	0-1-0	63	95	107	120	127	98	113	151	124	121
1995	32	MIA		19	9	2	0-2-0	108	93	99	82	87	135	86	76	106	97
Career					126	108	53-54-1	3365

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	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	22	CLE	QB	19	12	10	26	-12	1		10	-0.5	-1.0	2.2												26	-0.5	-12	1	14
1986	23	CLE	QB	19	16	16	24	19	0		17	0.8	1.2	1.5		1	1	1.0	0		1	0.1	0.1			25	0.8	20	0	7
1987*	24	CLE	QB	19	12	12	15	22	1		7	1.5	1.8	1.3												15	1.5	22	1	2
1988	25	CLE	QB	19	9	9	12	-1	1		13	-0.1	-0.1	1.3												12	-0.1	-1	1	0
1989	26	CLE	QB	19	16	16	30	70	1		23	2.3	4.4	1.9		1	-7	-7.0	0		-7	0.1	-0.4			31	2.0	63	1	2
1990	27	CLE	QB	19	13	13	10	13	0		5	1.3	1.0	0.8												10	1.3	13	0	6
1991	28	CLE	QB	19	16	16	26	74	0		14	2.8	4.6	1.6		1	1	1.0	0		1	0.1	0.1			27	2.8	75	0	10
1992	29	CLE	qb	19	7	7	5	12	0		8	2.4	1.7	0.7												5	2.4	12	0	1
1993	30	2TM			11	7	23	26	0		10	1.1	2.4	2.1												23	1.1	26	0	6
		CLE	qb	19	7	6	14	19	0		10	1.4	2.7	2.0												14	1.4	19	0	4
		DAL		18	4	1	9	7	0		4	0.8	1.8	2.3												9	0.8	7	0	2
1994	31	MIA		19	2	0	1	17	0	1	17	17.0	8.5	0.5												1	17.0	17	0	0
1995	32	MIA		19	9	2	7	19	1	2	14	2.7	2.1	0.8												7	2.7	19	1	3
1996	33	MIA		19	3	0	1	6	0	1	6	6.0	2.0	0.3												1	6.0	6	0	0
Career					126	108	180	265	5	4	23	1.5	2.1	1.4	0	3	-5	-1.7	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0%		183	1.4	260	5	51
9 yrs		CLE			108	105	162	216	4	0	23	1.3	2.0	1.5		3	-5	-1.7	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0%		165	1.3	211	4	46
3 yrs		MIA			14	2	9	42	1	4	17	4.7	3.0	0.6												9	4.7	42	1	3
1 yr		DAL			4	1	9	7	0	0	4	0.8	1.8	2.3												9	0.8	7	0	2

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
1985	22	CLE	QB	1	1	2	6	0	0	6	3.0	6.0	2.0												2	3.0	6	0	1
1986	23	CLE	QB	2	2	5	3	0	0	3	0.6	1.5	2.5												5	0.6	3	0	1
1987*	24	CLE	QB	2	2	1	5	0	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0												1	5.0	5	0	0
1989	26	CLE	QB	2	2	5	21	0	0	16	4.2	10.5	2.5												5	4.2	21	0	1
1993	30	DAL		2	0	3	-4	0	0	-1	-1.3	-2.0	1.5												3	-1.3	-4	0	0
Career				10	7	16	31	0	0	16	1.9	3.1	1.6												16	1.9	31	0	3
4 yrs		CLE		7	7	13	35	0	0	16	2.7	5.0	1.9												13	2.7	35	0	3
1 yr		DAL		2	0	3	-4	0	0	-1	-1.3	-2.0	1.5												3	-1.3	-4	0	0
1 yr		MIA		1	0	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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	Sfty
1985	22	CLE	QB	19	12	10							14	2	-25	0	0.0
1986	23	CLE	QB	19	16	16							7	3	-15	0	0.0
1987*	24	CLE	QB	19	12	12							2	1	-3	0	0.0
1988	25	CLE	QB	19	9	9							0	2	0	0	0.0
1989	26	CLE	QB	19	16	16							2	2	-1	0	0.0
1990	27	CLE	QB	19	13	13							6	1	-9	0	0.0
1991	28	CLE	QB	19	16	16							10	2	-18	0	0.0
1992	29	CLE	qb	19	7	7							1	0	0	0	0.0
1993	30	2TM			11	7						0	6	3	-13	0	0.0
		CLE	qb	19	7	6						0	4	3	-13	0	0.0
		DAL		18	4	1						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1995	32	MIA		19	9	2						0	3	1	-7	0	0.0
Career					126	108						0	51	17	-91	0	0.0
9 yrs		CLE			108	105						0	46	16	-84	0	0.0
3 yrs		MIA			14	2						0	3	1	-7	0	0.0
1 yr		DAL			4	1						0	2	0	0	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	Sfty
1985	22	CLE	QB	1	1						0	1	1	-3	0	0.0
1986	23	CLE	QB	2	2						0	1	0	-1	0	0.0
1989	26	CLE	QB	2	2						0	1	2	0	0	0.0
Career				10	7						0	3	3	-4	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE		7	7						0	3	3	-4	0	0.0
1 yr		DAL		2	0											0.0
1 yr		MIA		1	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	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1985	22	CLE	QB	19	12	10	1	1		6	0.5
1987*	24	CLE	QB	19	12	12	1	1		6	0.5
1988	25	CLE	QB	19	9	9	1	1		6	0.7
1989	26	CLE	QB	19	16	16	1	1		6	0.4
1995	32	MIA		19	9	2	1	1		6	0.7
Career					126	108	5	5	0	30	.2
9 yrs		CLE			108	105	4	4	0	24	.2
3 yrs		MIA			14	2	1	1	0	6	.4
1 yr		DAL			4	1			0	0	0.0

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