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Alex Erickson

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Alex Erickson

Top 46% all-time WRsSolid Contributor

Height6'0"

Weight195 lb

BornNov 6, 1992

Age33

CollegeWisconsin See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A wide receiver with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 9 · #3656 · Role Player

Worth 9 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 80% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

1

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+9

Avg surplus

peak +9

1 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 9

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								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	—	CIN	6	—	8	6	71	0	75.0%	11.8	8.9	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	10	—	16	12	180	1	75.0%	15.0	11.3	—	9	5	16	0	3.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	—	CIN	11	—	29	20	167	0	69.0%	8.3	5.8	—	7	3	22	0	7.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	—	CIN	15	—	78	43	529	0	55.1%	12.3	6.8	—	26	5	33	0	6.6	0.0	2	40.0	0	1	1	100.0%	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	26.0	26.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	LV	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	—	CIN	9	—	17	12	139	0	70.6%	11.6	8.2	—	5	5	7	0	1.4	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CAR	4	—	4	3	55	0	75.0%	18.3	13.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	LAC	8	—	29	16	232	1	55.2%	14.5	8.0	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	66	—	181	112	1,373	2	61.9%	12.3	7.6	—	64	18	78	0	4.3	0.0	4	22.2	1	1	2	50.0%	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	13.0	13.0	—	95.8	0	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA12.5·1 passing · -6 rushing · 17 receiving·1.8/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2019	27	CIN	15	9*	1	1	100.0%	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	26.0	26.0	—	118.8	0	7.2
2020	28	CIN	9	0*	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	2.2
Career			24	9*	1	2	50.0%	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	13.0	—	—	95.8	0	22

* 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
2017	25	CIN	10	0*	5	16	0	3.2	0.0	1	20.0	0
2018	26	CIN	11	0*	3	22	0	7.3	0.0	1	33.3	0
2019	27	CIN	15	9*	5	33	0	6.6	0.0	2	40.0	0
2020	28	CIN	9	0*	5	7	0	1.4	0.0	0	0.0	1
Career			45	9*	18	78	0	4.3	—	4	—	1

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2016	24	CIN	6	0*	8	6	71	0	75.0%	11.8	8.9	—	3
2017	25	CIN	10	0*	16	12	180	1	75.0%	15.0	11.3	—	9
2018	26	CIN	11	0*	29	20	167	0	69.0%	8.3	5.8	—	7
2019	27	CIN	15	9*	78	43	529	0	55.1%	12.3	6.8	—	26
2020	28	CIN	9	0*	17	12	139	0	70.6%	11.6	8.2	—	5
2021	29	CAR	4	0*	4	3	55	0	75.0%	18.3	13.8	—	2
2023	31	LAC	8	5*	29	16	232	1	55.2%	14.5	8.0	—	12
Career			63	14*	181	112	1,373	2	61.9%	12.3	7.6	—	64

* 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%
2016	24	CIN	16	0*	78	9.2%	—	0.0%	118	26.7%
2017	25	CIN	16	0*	185	22.9%	—	0.0%	171	38.3%
2018	26	CIN	16	0*	364	40.4%	—	0.0%	168	37.2%
2019	27	CIN	16	9*	615	55.9%	—	0.0%	75	18.1%
2020	28	CIN	16	0*	198	23.5%	—	0.0%	93	20.4%
2021	29	CAR	17	0*	59	5.9%	—	0.0%	124	27.6%
2022	30	WAS	2	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	11	18.5%
2023	31	LAC	8	5*	329	60.0%	—	0.0%	17	15.8%
2024	32	NE	3	—	14	22.0%	—	0.0%	26	34.3%
Career			110	14*	1,842	—	—	—	803	—

* 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
2016	24	—	—	0*	—	—	5.1	0	85
2017	25	—	—	0*	—	-1.8	10.8	0	189
2018	26	—	—	0*	—	1.4	1.4	0	265
2019	27	—	—	9*	1.7	0.4	-9.9	23	685
2020	28	—	—	0*	-0.5	-6.1	2.7	21	122
2021	29	—	—	0*	—	—	1.9	0	33
2023	31	—	—	5*	—	—	5.4	0	295
Career				14*	—	—	—	44	1,674

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

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2019	27	CIN	—	9*	100.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	3.8	0	0	—
2020	28	CIN	—	0*	0.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	1	1	4.6	0	0	—
Career				9*	—	—	1	—	0	1	1	—	0	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
2018	26	CIN	16	0*	16	5.3	6	2.0	0	—	1
2019	27	CIN	16	9*	20	4.0	13	2.6	0	—	2
2020	28	CIN	16	0*	-1	-0.2	8	1.6	0	—	0
Career			48	9*	35	—	27	—	0	—	3

* 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
2018	26	CIN	16	0*	8.3	4.6	3.8	0	1	0.0	7	83.5
2019	27	CIN	16	9*	8.1	6.2	6.1	3	2	0.0	26	60.3
2020	28	CIN	16	0*	7.2	6.0	5.6	0	0	0.0	5	70.5
2021	29	CAR	17	0*	8.3	8.3	10.0	0	0	0.0	2	116.7
2023	31	LAC	8	5*	10.2	10.9	3.6	0	1	0.0	12	92.9
Career			73	14*	—	—	—	3	4	—	52	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 45 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 45 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

43

Sustained

career value

×.6

48

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 45 × longevity 1 = KV-H 45· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 43

On-field 30.6

Availability 12.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 392023

All-Time Standing

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

11

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Receptions leader7

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

1.78 EPA/season over 7 seasons51

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

44

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.794 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.794Touch rate0.109EPA/snap0.007Snap share31.1%Off snaps1,828ReliableCV 0.23

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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 wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

College Stats

WisconsinCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Wisconsin), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alex inherited the Cincinnati Bengals WR room from Brandon LaFell (2016–2017), and handed it to Tyler Boyd (2016–2023).

David Verser 1981–1984Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Tim McGee 1986–1994Jeff Query 1992–1994Carl Pickens 1992–1999Darnay Scott

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Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined NE (from LAC)
2024final season
Last recorded season with NE
2023team change
Joined LAC (from WAS)
2022team change
Joined WAS (from CAR)
2021team change
Joined CAR (from CIN)
2016signing
Entered the NFL with CIN

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 195 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	CAR	0	W7Questionable· Concussion

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 7-season peers. See all →

45

peak 48

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

F2016

C2017

C2018

C+2019

C2020

F2021

C2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

74%

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
2016	71	11.8	74+3	4.3
2017	180	18	185+5	10.9
2018	167	15.2	113-54	6.7
2019	529	35.3	498-31	29.3
2020	139	15.4	137-2	8.1
2021	55	13.8	149+94	8.8
2023	232	29	437+205	25.7

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

Career Value · VORP

9 career value over replacement — #3656 all-time of 4,642. 1.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

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