Aaron Cox is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Cox in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Cox's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1988 | 23 | LAR | 16 | — | — | 28 | 590 | 5 | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 24 | LAR | 16 | — | — | 20 | 340 | 3 | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 25 | LAR | 14 | — | — | 17 | 266 | 0 | — | 15.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 26 | LAR | 15 | — | — | 15 | 216 | 0 | — | 14.4 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 27 | LAR | 10 | — | — | 18 | 261 | 0 | — | 14.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 28 | IND | 11 | — | — | 4 | 59 | 0 | — | 14.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 82 | — | — | 102 | 1,732 | 8 | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
29 career value over replacement — #2731 all-time of 4,695. 4.8/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #20 (Rd 1) · RAM · 1988 · -2.7 vs expected KV-H
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6 seasons · peak 7.7 in 1988
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
1.3 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1988 · +0.6 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#422 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
Blend 54.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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91% match
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