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

WRPIT#82ACT

Antwaan Randle El

Top 26% all-time WRsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2007Two-Way Profile

Height5'10"

Weight185 lb

BornAug 17, 1979

Age46

CollegeIndiana See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 2, Pick 62 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

93rdPlayoff Receptions·37

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 62 · #1772 · Above Average

Worth 62 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.9

Avg surplus

peak +15

7 seasons × ~8.9 surplus ≈ VORP 62

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
2002	—	PIT	16	—	65	47	489	2	72.3%	10.4	7.5	—	22	19	134	0	7.1	0.0	10	52.6	0	7	8	87.5%	45	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.6	5.6	—	90.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	PIT	16	—	37	37	364	1	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	21	14	85	0	6.1	0.0	4	28.6	0	3	4	75.0%	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	—	77.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	PIT	16	—	43	43	601	3	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	29	8	34	0	4.3	0.0	1	12.5	0	1	1	100.0%	10	1	0	100.0	0.0	10.0	30.0	—	147.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	PIT	15	—	35	35	558	1	100.0%	15.9	15.9	—	23	12	73	0	6.1	0.0	2	16.7	0	3	3	100.0%	67	1	0	33.3	0.0	22.3	29.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	WAS	16	—	32	32	351	3	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	20	19	118	0	6.2	0.0	4	21.1	0	2	3	66.7%	88	1	0	33.3	0.0	29.3	36.0	—	149.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	LA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	WAS	14	—	51	51	728	1	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	38	4	-3	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	2	50.0%	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	9.5	9.5	—	83.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	WAS	16	—	53	53	593	4	100.0%	11.2	11.2	—	34	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3	4	75.0%	46	1	0	25.0	0.0	11.5	16.5	—	152.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	WAS	16	—	76	50	530	0	65.8%	10.6	7.0	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	12	—	39	22	253	0	56.4%	11.5	6.5	—	15	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	2	100.0%	42	2	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	148	—	431	370	4,467	15	85.8%	12.1	10.4	—	235	78	448	0	5.7	0.0	21	26.9	0	22	27	81.5%	323	6	0	22.2	0.0	12.0	16.4	—	156.1	2	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA302.9·19 passing · 1 rushing · 282 receiving·33.7/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2002	23	PIT	16	—	7	8	87.5%	45	0	0.0	5.6	5.6	—	90.1	1	7.5
2003	24	PIT	16	—	3	4	75.0%	6	0	0.0	1.5	1.5	—	77.1	1	4.4
2004	25	PIT	16	—	1	1	100.0%	10	1	100.0	10.0	30.0	—	147.9	0	8.3
2005	26	PIT	15	—	3	3	100.0%	67	1	33.3	22.3	29.0	—	158.3	0	6.2
2006	27	WAS	16	—	2	3	66.7%	88	1	33.3	29.3	36.0	—	149.3	0	5.9
2007	28	WAS	14	—	1	2	50.0%	19	0	0.0	9.5	9.5	—	83.3	0	8.1
2008	29	WAS	16	—	3	4	75.0%	46	1	25.0	11.5	16.5	—	152.1	0	9.8
2010	31	PIT	12	—	2	2	100.0%	42	2	100.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	3.7
Career			121		22	27	81.5%	323	6	22.2	12.0	—	—	156.1	2	60.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2002	23	PIT	16	—	19	134	7.1	0.0	10	52.6
2003	24	PIT	16	—	14	85	6.1	0.0	4	28.6
2004	25	PIT	16	—	8	34	4.3	0.0	1	12.5
2005	26	PIT	15	—	12	73	6.1	0.0	2	16.7
2006	27	WAS	16	—	19	118	6.2	0.0	4	21.1
2007	28	WAS	14	—	4	-3	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0
2008	29	WAS	16	—	1	5	5.0	0.0	0	0.0
2010	31	PIT	12	—	1	2	2.0	0.0	0	0.0
Career			121		78	448	5.7	—	21	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2002	23	PIT	16	—	65	47	489	2	72.3%	10.4	7.5	—	22
2003	24	PIT	16	—	37	37	364	1	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	21
2004	25	PIT	16	—	43	43	601	3	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	29
2005	26	PIT	15	—	35	35	558	1	100.0%	15.9	15.9	—	23
2006	27	WAS	16	—	32	32	351	3	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	20
2007	28	WAS	14	—	51	51	728	1	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	38
2008	29	WAS	16	—	53	53	593	4	100.0%	11.2	11.2	—	34
2009	30	WAS	16	—	76	50	530	0	65.8%	10.6	7.0	—	33
2010	31	PIT	12	—	39	22	253	0	56.4%	11.5	6.5	—	15
Career			137		431	370	4,467	15	85.8%	12.1	10.4	—	235

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2002	23	BAL	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2004	25	NYJ	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	26	NE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	27	LA	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	28	GB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	29	NYG	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			11		8	8	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2002	23	—	—	—	-2.1	5.7	8.0	0	0
2003	24	—	—	—	-3.4	-2.5	28.1	0	0
2004	25	—	—	—	3.2	-0.7	46.9	0	0
2005	26	—	—	—	5.3	-0.7	38.5	0	0
2006	27	—	—	—	6.3	2.4	31.7	113	260
2007	28	—	—	—	0.8	-2.8	60.5	29	543
2008	29	—	—	—	3.7	0.2	54.0	61	387
2009	30	—	—	—	-1.7	—	14.6	0	493
2010	31	—	—	—	6.7	-0.3	0.1	42	451
Career					—	—	—	245	2,134

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 35.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 552010

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Receptions leader24

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

33.66 EPA/season over 9 seasons61

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: 92%.

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+).

Combine · 2002

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2002 class

4.49s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 79thClass Pos 45thClass All 83th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 12.1 regular season → 12.4 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+3%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Passing

Cmp1Att3Cmp%33.3%Yds43TD1TD%33.3Y/A14.3AdjY/A21.0Rate121.5

Rushing

Att4Yds21Y/A5.31D11D%25.0

Receiving

Tgt45Rec37Yds459TD2Ctch%82.2%Y/R12.4Y/Tgt10.21D28

Defense

Tkl3Solo3

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA1.8Rush EPA1.4Rec EPA36.8Rec AirYd159

College Stats

IndianaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #62

#54Maurice MorrisRB #55Doug JolleyTE #56Ladell BettsRB #57Jon McGrawS #58Michael LewisS #59Sheldon BrownCB #60Anton PalepoiDE #61Ryan DenneyDE #63Antonio BryantWR #64Travis FisherDB #65Deion BranchWR #67Matt SchobelTE #68Andre' GoodmanCB #69Saleem RasheedLB #70Willie OffordS #71Ben LeberOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Antwaan inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers WR room from Plaxico Burress (2000–2012), and handed it to Nate Washington (2005–2008).

Weegie Thompson 1984–1989Louis Lipps 1984–1991Dwight Stone 1987–1994Ernie Mills 1991–1996Yancey Thigpen 1992–1997Andre Hastings

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined PIT (from WAS)
2010final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2006team change
Joined WAS (from PIT)
2002draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 2, Pick 62

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 185 lb

Frame

191 lb at 4.49s

Size-speed

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C+2002

C+2003

C+2004

C+2005

C2006

B2007

C+2008

C+2009

C2010

Availability

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

95%

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
2002	489	30.6	371-118	21.8
2003	364	22.8	205-159	12.1
2004	601	37.6	474-127	27.9
2005	558	37.2	440-118	25.9
2006	351	21.9	127-224	7.5
2007	728	52	761+33	44.8
2008	593	37.1	484-109	28.5
2009	530	33.1	434-96	25.6
2010	253	21.1	229-24	13.5

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

Career Value · VORP

62 career value over replacement — #1772 all-time of 4,642. 6.9/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #62 (Rd 2) · PIT · 2002 · +10.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

46.9 expected · Δ+10.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #62

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator