← 2002 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R1 · #1 OVERALL · QB

David Carr

Drafted by HOU · GM Charley Casserly · Fresno St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow David Carr across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played94
Games started79
Weighted career AV45
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons11

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2002 · Round 1 · #1

HOU draft credit

GM Charley Casserly

Team games76
Team starts75
On-team AV46
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-1.59 contribution34th of 37 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Terrible pick

David Carr was Charley Casserly's 34th-best of 37 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -1.59. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Charley Casserly's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
76
on drafting team · 94 full-career
Games started
75
on drafting team · 79 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
46
modeled; full weighted AV 45
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Charley Casserly's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Charley Casserly pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. David Carr totals -1.59. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-4-3-2-10+1+250. Pitts#50 · Chester Pitts · aggregate +2.19Pitts +2.2101. Williams#101 · Domanick Williams · aggregate +1.973. Johnson#3 · Andre Johnson · aggregate +1.88114. Mathis#114 · Jerome Mathis · aggregate +1.51188. Brown#188 · C.C. Brown · aggregate +1.03122. Earl#122 · Glenn Earl · aggregate +0.9299. Wells#99 · Jonathan Wells · aggregate +0.91173. Faggins#173 · Demarcus Faggins · aggregate +0.9066. Weary#66 · Fred Weary · aggregate +0.8367. Peek#67 · Antwan Peek · aggregate +0.41248. Symons#248 · B.J. Symons · aggregate +0.38153. Walker#153 · Ramon Walker · aggregate +0.35136. Baxter#136 · Jarrod Baxter · aggregate +0.10261. Miller#261 · Ahmad Miller · aggregate +0.10200. Anderson#200 · Charlie Anderson · aggregate +0.07214. Wright#214 · Keith Wright · aggregate -0.02227. Pettway#227 · Kenneth Pettway · aggregate -0.02217. Burns#217 · Curry Burns · aggregate -0.0475. Wand#75 · Seth Wand · aggregate -0.07192. Henson#192 · Drew Henson · aggregate -0.10211. Thomas#211 · Sloan Thomas · aggregate -0.1188. Ragone#88 · Dave Ragone · aggregate -0.12151. Hodgdon#151 · Drew Hodgdon · aggregate -0.1216. Johnson#16 · Travis Johnson · aggregate -0.16175. Lord#175 · Jammal Lord · aggregate -0.17170. Duff#170 · Vontez Duff · aggregate -0.20233. Pearce#233 · Chance Pearce · aggregate -0.25210. Orr#210 · Raheem Orr · aggregate -0.2783. Hill#83 · Charles Hill · aggregate -0.3573. Morency#73 · Vernand Morency · aggregate -0.5341. Joppru#41 · Bennie Joppru · aggregate -0.9310. Robinson#10 · Dunta Robinson · aggregate -1.20229. White#229 · Stylez G. White · aggregate -1.511. Carr#1 · David Carr · aggregate -1.59Carr -1.633. Gaffney#33 · Jabar Gaffney · aggregate -1.94190. Green#190 · Howard Green · aggregate -2.06Green -2.127. Babin#27 · Jason Babin · aggregate -4.16Babin -4.2

Incremental contribution by season

-8-6-4-20+2+4+62002 · Ahmad Miller · incremental +0.072002 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.082002 · Ramon Walker · incremental +0.112002 · Jarrod Baxter · incremental +0.222002 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.272002 · Jonathan Wells · incremental +0.512002 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental -0.052002 · Charles Hill · incremental -0.602002 · Jabar Gaffney · incremental -1.592002 · David Carr · incremental -1.822002 · Stylez G. White · incremental -2.392002 · Howard Green · incremental -3.252003 · Antwan Peek · incremental +0.102003 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.122003 · Ramon Walker · incremental +0.192003 · Jonathan Wells · incremental +0.192003 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.202003 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.532003 · Domanick Williams · incremental +0.742003 · Seth Wand · incremental -0.012003 · David Carr · incremental -0.122003 · Keith Wright · incremental -0.142003 · Curry Burns · incremental -0.162003 · Drew Henson · incremental -0.192003 · Dave Ragone · incremental -0.232003 · Jabar Gaffney · incremental -0.402003 · Chance Pearce · incremental -0.442003 · Bennie Joppru · incremental -0.842003 · Andre Johnson · incremental -2.272004 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.052004 · Jarrod Baxter · incremental +0.062004 · Charlie Anderson · incremental +0.092004 · Antwan Peek · incremental +0.162004 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.262004 · Jonathan Wells · incremental +0.342004 · Glenn Earl · incremental +0.432004 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.552004 · B.J. Symons · incremental +0.562004 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.772004 · Domanick Williams · incremental +1.012004 · Seth Wand · incremental -0.112004 · David Carr · incremental -0.222004 · Sloan Thomas · incremental -0.252004 · Jammal Lord · incremental -0.372004 · Vontez Duff · incremental -0.432004 · Raheem Orr · incremental -0.502004 · Jabar Gaffney · incremental -0.512004 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -1.592004 · Jason Babin · incremental -4.932005 · Seth Wand · incremental +0.072005 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.102005 · Charlie Anderson · incremental +0.162005 · Ramon Walker · incremental +0.252005 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.322005 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.332005 · Antwan Peek · incremental +0.342005 · Glenn Earl · incremental +0.342005 · C.C. Brown · incremental +0.462005 · Jonathan Wells · incremental +0.482005 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.532005 · Domanick Williams · incremental +0.842005 · Jerome Mathis · incremental +3.012005 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -0.042005 · Drew Hodgdon · incremental -0.082005 · Travis Johnson · incremental -0.122005 · Kenneth Pettway · incremental -0.142005 · David Carr · incremental -0.192005 · Jabar Gaffney · incremental -0.472005 · Vernand Morency · incremental -0.842005 · Jason Babin · incremental -0.862006 · Travis Johnson · incremental +0.002006 · Charlie Anderson · incremental +0.132006 · Antwan Peek · incremental +0.132006 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.312006 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.372006 · C.C. Brown · incremental +0.552006 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.552006 · Glenn Earl · incremental +0.692006 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.792006 · Jerome Mathis · incremental -0.012006 · Vernand Morency · incremental -0.032006 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -0.062006 · Drew Hodgdon · incremental -0.112006 · David Carr · incremental -0.172006 · Bennie Joppru · incremental -0.802006 · Jason Babin · incremental -0.962007 · Travis Johnson · incremental +0.002007 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.282007 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.342007 · Fred Weary · incremental +0.372007 · C.C. Brown · incremental +0.582007 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.592007 · Jerome Mathis · incremental -0.012007 · Drew Hodgdon · incremental -0.022007 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -0.032007 · Charlie Anderson · incremental -0.152008 · C.C. Brown · incremental +0.112008 · Demarcus Faggins · incremental +0.292008 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.572008 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.912008 · Travis Johnson · incremental -0.012008 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -0.042009 · Chester Pitts · incremental +0.072009 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.912009 · Dunta Robinson · incremental -0.042010 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.772011 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.182012 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.822013 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.392014 · Andre Johnson · incremental +0.37Gaffney -1.6Carr -1.8White -2.4Green -3.3Carr -0.1Johnson -2.3Carr -0.2Robinson -1.6Babin -4.9Mathis +3.0Carr -0.2Carr -0.2200212 players200317 players200420 players200521 players200616 players200710 players20086 players20093 players20101 player20111 player20121 player20131 player20141 player
Above expectationBelow expectationDavid CarrGM total -2.4David Carr by season -2.5

How much retained production did David Carr return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: QBs drafted within ±5 picks of David Carr since 2010 (27 players). Dark marks are GOAT-tier benchmarks (Brady, Manning, Mahomes) for orientation.The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-10+1+2+3+4Model value above slot1. ManningPeyton Manning · model value +4.9+4.9199. BradyTom Brady · model value +4.5+4.510. MahomesPatrick Mahomes · model value +2.8+2.81. NewtonCam Newton · model value +1.66. HerbertJustin Herbert · model value +1.31. LuckAndrew Luck · model value +1.22. DanielsJayden Daniels · model value +1.11. MurrayKyler Murray · model value +0.91. BurrowJoe Burrow · model value +0.83. MayeDrake Maye · model value +0.75. TagovailoaTua Tagovailoa · model value +0.41. LawrenceTrevor Lawrence · model value +0.22. StroudC.J. Stroud · model value +0.11. WilliamsCaleb Williams · model value 03. BortlesBlake Bortles · model value -0.26. JonesDaniel Jones · model value -0.31. WinstonJameis Winston · model value -0.31. MayfieldBaker Mayfield · model value -0.41. GoffJared Goff · model value -0.42. MariotaMarcus Mariota · model value -0.54. RichardsonAnthony Richardson · model value -0.51. CarrDavid Carr · model value -0.7-0.72. TrubiskyMitchell Trubisky · model value -0.71. YoungBryce Young · model value -0.72. WentzCarson Wentz · model value -0.72. IIIRobert Griffin III · model value -0.81. BradfordSam Bradford · model value -1.12. WilsonZach Wilson · model value -1.33. LanceTrey Lance · model value -1.31. WardCam Ward · model value -1.63. DarnoldSam Darnold · model value -1.7
David CarrSlot-similar peers (27)GOAT QBs (Brady, Manning, Mahomes)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'02'04'06'08'10'1202040597901Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (11 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2002HOU16165
2003HOU12117
2004HOU161613
2005HOU161611
2006HOU161610
2007CAR642
2008NYG300
2009NYG601
2010SF100
2011000
2012NYG200

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