Andrew Jordan is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Jordan in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Jordan's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Andrew Jordan

Top 30% all-time TEsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -35% playoffs

Height6'6"

Weight263 lb

BornJun 21, 1972

Age54

CollegeWestern Carolina; North Greenville College See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 6, Pick 179 · MIN

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A quality tight end with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 45 · #2179 · Above Average

Worth 45 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15

Avg surplus

peak +23

3 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 45

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Defense													Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1994	—	MIN	16	—	—	35	336	0	—	9.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	MIN	13	—	—	27	185	2	—	6.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	MIN	13	—	—	19	128	0	—	6.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	TB	2	—	—	1	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	PHI	3	—	—	2	9	0	—	4.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIN	5	—	7	5	40	1	71.4%	8.0	5.7	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9	0	0
2000	—	MIN	5	—	15	8	63	0	53.3%	7.9	4.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7	0	0
2001	—	MIN	6	—	7	3	11	1	42.9%	3.7	1.6	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4	0	0
Career		—	66	—	29	100	772	4	344.8%	7.7	26.6	—	5	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	-5.3	0	0

Career EPA-5.3·-5 receiving·-1.8/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
1994	22	MIN	16	—	—	35	336	0	—	9.6	—	—	—	10.1
1995	23	MIN	13	—	—	27	185	2	—	6.9	—	—	—	10.1
1996	24	MIN	13	—	—	19	128	0	—	6.7	—	—	—	7.2
1997	25	TB	2	—	—	1	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—	—
1998	26	PHI	3	—	—	2	9	0	—	4.5	—	—	—	—
1999	27	MIN	5	—	7	5	40	1	71.4%	8.0	5.7	—	2	2.6
2000	28	MIN	5	—	15	8	63	0	53.3%	7.9	4.2	—	2	1.7
2001	29	MIN	6	—	7	3	11	1	42.9%	3.7	1.6	—	1	1.9
Career			63		29	100	772	4	344.8%	7.7	26.6	—	5	33.6

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	27	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
2000	28	—	—	—	—	—	-6.7
2001	29	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 84%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 37

Availability 14

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 432001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Receptions leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-1.76 EPA/season over 3 seasons49

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%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 7.7 regular season → 5.0 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-35%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds10Ctch%66.7%Y/R5.0Y/Tgt3.3

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-0.1

College Stats

Western Carolina; North Greenville CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Western Carolina; North Greenville College), 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.

1994 Draft Class· this player went #179

#158A.J. OfodileTE #162Kimo von OelhoffenDT #164Lamont WarrenRB #168Max LaneOT #172Terry SamuelsRB #175Ruffin HamiltonLB #176Derrell MitchellWR #177Brant BoyerOLB #182Lee WoodallLB #193Mitch BergerP #194Barron WorthamMLB #197Gus FrerotteQB #200Jim PyneC #201Jamal AndersonRB #202Carlester CrumplerTE #208Glenn FoleyQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andrew inherited the Minnesota Vikings TE room from Mike Mularkey (1983–1988), and handed it to Greg DeLong (1995–1998).

Steve Jordan 1982–1994Mike Mularkey 1983–1988Andrew Jordan 1994–2001Greg DeLong 1995–1998Hunter Goodwin 1996–2003Andrew Glover

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with MIN
1999team change
Joined MIN (from PHI)
1998team change
Joined PHI (from TB)
1997team change
Joined TB (from MIN)
1994draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 6, Pick 179

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 263 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

B1994

C+1995

C+1996

F1999

F2000

F2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

49%

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
1994	336	21	623+287	36.6
1995	185	14.2	471+286	27.7
1996	128	9.8	390+262	22.9
1999	40	8	262+222	15.4
2000	63	12.6	294+231	17.3
2001	11	1.8	2-9	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

45 career value over replacement — #2179 all-time of 4,642. 7.5/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #179 (Rd 6) · MIN · 1994 · +28.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

26.9 expected · Δ+28.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #179

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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