Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 2, Pk 23
- College
- Texas Tech
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1989Rd 2, Pk 23
- College
- Texas Tech
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 79
- CMP
- 891
- ATT
- 1,707
- CMP%
- 52.2
- YDS
- 10,760
- AVG
- 6.3
- TD
- 59
- INT
- 64
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  LAC | 5 | 89 | 185 | 48.1 | 1,097 | 5.9 | 5 | 8 |
| 1990 | LAC | 15 | 216 | 410 | 52.7 | 2,574 | 6.3 | 16 | 16 |
| 1991 | ATL | 7 | 40 | 82 | 48.8 | 531 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1992 | ATL | 9 | 73 | 131 | 55.7 | 787 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1993 | ATL | 7 | 39 | 76 | 51.3 | 464 | 6.1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1994 | TEN | 10 | 121 | 240 | 50.4 | 1,287 | 5.4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1997 |  ATL/KC | 6 | 64 | 116 | 55.2 | 677 | 5.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1998 | NO | 7 | 110 | 199 | 55.3 | 1,427 | 7.2 | 8 | 4 |
| 1999 | NO | 10 | 139 | 268 | 51.9 | 1,916 | 7.1 | 7 | 16 |
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 79
- CMP
- 11.3
- ATT
- 21.6
- CMP%
- 52.2
- YDS
- 136.2
- AVG
- 6.3
- TD
- 0.7
- INT
- 0.8
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | LAC | 5 | 17.8 | 37 | 48.1 | 219.4 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | LAC | 15 | 14.4 | 27.3 | 52.7 | 171.6 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | ATL | 7 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 48.8 | 75.9 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| 1992 | ATL | 9 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 55.7 | 87.4 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 1993 | ATL | 7 | 5.6 | 10.9 | 51.3 | 66.3 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| 1994 | TEN | 10 | 12.1 | 24 | 50.4 | 128.7 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1997 | ATL/KC | 6 | 10.7 | 19.3 | 55.2 | 112.8 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | NO | 7 | 15.7 | 28.4 | 55.3 | 203.9 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| 1999 | NO | 10 | 13.9 | 26.8 | 51.9 | 191.6 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
What were Billy Joe Tolliver's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Billy Joe Tolliver covers 9 seasons with the Chargers, the Falcons, the Titans and the Saints; its career totals count every season. He completed 891 of 1,707 passes for 10,760 yards, 59 touchdowns and 64 interceptions. His best season was 1990: 2,574 passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns and 16 interceptions thrown.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1989 to 1999
All-time career rank
- 134th in passing yards (10,760)
- 136th in passing touchdowns (59)
Among the 2,425 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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