Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 8
- College
- Baylor
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 8
- College
- Baylor
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 45
- CMP
- 370
- ATT
- 659
- CMP%
- 56.1
- YDS
- 4,469
- AVG
- 6.8
- TD
- 21
- INT
- 28
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  TEN | 6 | 52 | 112 | 46.4 | 775 | 6.9 | 4 | 6 |
| 1989 | TEN | 6 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 155 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 | TEN | 6 | 37 | 55 | 67.3 | 383 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1991 | TEN | 3 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 114 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEN | 11 | 149 | 227 | 65.6 | 1,710 | 7.5 | 9 | 11 |
| 1993 | TEN | 8 | 51 | 90 | 56.7 | 605 | 6.7 | 2 | 4 |
| 1994 | TEN | 5 | 59 | 132 | 44.7 | 727 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- CMP
- 16
- ATT
- 33
- CMP%
- 48.5
- YDS
- 165
- AVG
- 5.0
- TD
- 2
- INT
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 45
- CMP
- 8.2
- ATT
- 14.6
- CMP%
- 56.1
- YDS
- 99.3
- AVG
- 6.8
- TD
- 0.5
- INT
- 0.6
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | TEN | 6 | 8.7 | 18.7 | 46.4 | 129.2 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 1989 | TEN | 6 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 48.4 | 25.8 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 1990 | TEN | 6 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 67.3 | 63.8 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 1991 | TEN | 3 | 2.3 | 4 | 58.3 | 38 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1992 | TEN | 11 | 13.5 | 20.6 | 65.6 | 155.5 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 1993 | TEN | 8 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 56.7 | 75.6 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 1994 | TEN | 5 | 11.8 | 26.4 | 44.7 | 145.4 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
What were Cody Carlson's career stats?
Cody Carlson played 7 seasons for the Titans. He completed 370 of 659 passes for 4,469 yards, 21 touchdowns and 28 interceptions. His best season was 1992: 1,710 passing yards, 9 passing touchdowns and 11 interceptions thrown.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 1 postseason, 1988 to 1994
All-time career rank
- 191st in passing yards (4,469)
- 198th in passing touchdowns (21)
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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