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QB · #7

Boomer Esiason

Cincinnati Bengals

Position: Quarterback
Height / Weight: 6' 5", 224 lbs
Born: 17/4/1961 in West Islip, NY
Age: 65
College: Maryland
Draft: Undrafted
Experience: 14th Season
Status: Inactive

Play style & archetype

Based on 2026 play-by-play data.

Archetype

Limited sample

14 NFL seasons and 37,920 career passing yards. Best year: 3,959 in 1986.

Career statistics

Regular season, by year and team. Career bests are highlighted.

Passing

Season	Team	GP	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
1984	CIN	10	51	102	50.0	530	5.2	3	3	36	5	62.9
1985	CIN	15	251	431	58.2	3,443	8.0	27	12	68	32	93.2
1986	CIN	16	273	469	58.2	3,959	8.4	24	17	57	26	87.7
1987	CIN	12	240	440	54.5	3,321	7.5	16	19	61	26	73.1
1988	CIN	16	223	388	57.5	3,572	9.2	28	14	86	30	97.4
1989	CIN	16	258	455	56.7	3,525	7.7	28	11	74	36	92.1
1990	CIN	16	224	402	55.7	3,031	7.5	24	22	53	31	77.0
1991	CIN	14	233	413	56.4	2,883	7.0	13	16	53	25	72.5
1992	CIN	12	144	278	51.8	1,407	5.1	11	15	38	19	57.0
1993	NYJ	16	288	473	60.9	3,421	7.2	16	11	77	18	84.5
1994	NYJ	15	255	440	58.0	2,782	6.3	17	13	69	19	77.3
1995	NYJ	12	221	389	56.8	2,275	5.8	16	15	43	27	71.4
1996	ARI	10	190	339	56.0	2,293	6.8	11	14	64	17	70.6
1997	CIN	7	118	186	63.4	1,478	7.9	13	2	77	7	106.9
Career		187	2969	5205	57.0	37,920	7.3	247	184	86	318	81.1

Rushing

Season	Team	GP	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
1984	CIN	10	19	63	3.3	2	9	0	0	0
1985	CIN	15	33	79	2.4	1	20	0	0	0
1986	CIN	16	44	146	3.3	1	23	0	0	0
1987	CIN	12	52	241	4.6	0	19	0	0	0
1988	CIN	16	43	248	5.8	1	24	0	0	0
1989	CIN	16	47	278	5.9	0	24	0	0	0
1990	CIN	16	49	157	3.2	0	21	0	0	0
1991	CIN	14	24	66	2.8	0	16	8	0	0
1992	CIN	12	21	66	3.1	0	15	4	6	1
1993	NYJ	16	45	118	2.6	1	17	15	7	2
1994	NYJ	15	28	59	2.1	0	15	7	5	0
1995	NYJ	12	19	14	0.7	0	19	2	7	2
1996	ARI	10	15	52	3.5	1	13	6	2	0
1997	CIN	7	8	11	1.4	0	8	1	0	0
Career		187	447	1,598	3.6	7	24	43	27	5

Receiving

Season	Team	GP	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
1993	NYJ	16	1	0	-8	-8.0	0	-8	0	0	0
Career		187	1	0	-8	-8.0	0	0	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
1995	NYJ	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		187	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Team	GP	PASS	RUSH	REC	RET	TD	2PT	PAT	FG	PTS
1984	CIN	10	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	12
1985	CIN	15	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1986	CIN	16	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1987	CIN	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CIN	16	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1989	CIN	16	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CIN	16	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	CIN	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	CIN	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	NYJ	16	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
1994	NYJ	15	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	NYJ	12	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	ARI	10	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	8
1997	CIN	7	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		187	247	7	0	0	7	1	0	0	44

Punting

Season	Team	GP	PUNTS	AVG	LNG	YDS	TB	TB%	IN20	IN20%	ATT	YDS	AVG	NET
1986	CIN	16	1	31.0	31	31	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	31.0
1987	CIN	12	2	34.0	41	68	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	34.0
1988	CIN	16	1	21.0	21	21	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	21.0
Career		187	4	30.0	41	120	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	30.0

Boomer Esiason — bio & career stats