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AJ Barner

TESEA#88ACT

AJ Barner

Top 47% all-time TEsDurable Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2025

Height6'6"

Weight251 lb

BornMay 3, 2002

Age24

CollegeMichigan; Indiana See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2024

Draft2024 · Rd 4, Pick 121 · SEA

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A tight end who maximized value through exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2024	—	SEA	14	—	38	30	245	4	78.9%	8.2	6.4	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	501	45.1%	—	0.0%	160	33.9%
2024	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	SEA	17	—	68	52	519	6	76.5%	10.0	7.6	—	26	10	14	1	1.4	10.0	9	90.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	827	77.3%	—	0.0%	44	20.0%
Career		—	32	—	106	82	764	10	77.4%	9.3	7.2	—	44	10	14	1	1.4	10.0	9	90.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,328	61.2%	—	0.0%	204	27.0%

Career EPA11.1·11 receiving·11.1/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2024	22	SEA	14	0*	38	30	245	4	78.9%	8.2	6.4	—	18	9.2
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	68	52	519	6	76.5%	10.0	7.6	—	26	14.2
Career			31	13*	106	82	764	10	77.4%	9.3	7.2	—	44	23.4

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2024	22	SEA	17	0*	501	45.1%	—	0.0%	160	33.9%
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	827	77.3%	—	0.0%	44	20.0%
Career			34	13*	1,328	—	—	—	204	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2024	22	—	—	0*	—	—	11.1	0	136
Career					—	—	—	0	136

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	10	14	1	1.4	10.0	9	90.0	0
Career			17	13*	10	14	1	1.4	—	9	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	8	0.8	6	0.6	0	—	9
Career			17	13*	8	—	6	—	0	—	9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2024	22	SEA	17	0*	3.6	2.7	5.5	1	3	0.1	18	117.7
2025	23	SEA	17	13*	4.5	4.8	5.2	3	2	0.0	26	114.8
Career			34	13*	—	—	—	4	5	—	44	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 46 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 46 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 2 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

59

Sustained

career value

×.6

58

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.79

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.6 × longevity 0.79 = KV-H 46· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 40.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2024bestavg 582025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Receptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

11.09 EPA/season over 1 season54

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

41

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.586 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.586Touch rate0.087EPA/snap0.008Snap share61.2%Off snaps1,328Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt7Rec6Yds67TD1Ctch%85.7%Y/R11.2Y/Tgt9.61D5

Rushing

Att1Yds2Y/A2.01D11D%100.0

College Stats

Michigan; IndianaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan; Indiana), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2024 Draft Class· this player went #121

#113Devontez WalkerWR #114Javon FosterOT #115Erick AllTE #116Jordan JeffersonDT #117Tanor BortoliniG #118Tyrice KnightLB #119Mason McCormickG #120Jaylen WrightRB #122Tory TaylorP #123Cade StoverTE #124Malik MustaphaSAF #125Bucky IrvingRB #126Giovanni ManuOL #127Will ShipleyRB #128Ray DavisRB #129Isaac GuerendoRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

AJ inherited the Seattle Seahawks TE room from Noah Fant (2022–2024), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Pete Metzelaars 1982–1984Travis McNeal 1989–1991Paul Green 1992–1994Carlester Crumpler 1994–1998Christian Fauria 1995–2001Itula Mili 1998–2006

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2024draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 4, Pick 121

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 251 lb

Frame

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 2-season peers. See all →

46

peak 58

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 2 seasons.

100%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

100

Iron

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2024	245	17.5	309+64	18.2
2025	519	30.5	519	30.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #121 (Rd 4) · SEA · 2024 · +12.5 vs expected KV-H

46actual

33.5 expected · Δ+12.5

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