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Ben Utecht

Top 44% all-time TEsDurable Contributor

Height6'6"

Weight245 lb

BornJun 30, 1981

Age45

CollegeMinnesota See College Stats

Rookie yr2004

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2005	24	IND	2	—	3	3	59	2	100.0%	19.7	19.7	—	3
2006	25	IND	13	—	37	37	377	0	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	18
2007	26	IND	13	—	31	31	364	1	100.0%	11.7	11.7	—	20
2008	27	CIN	8	—	16	16	123	0	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	8
Career		—	36	—	87	87	923	3	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	49

Career Value · VORP

27 career value over replacement — #2808 all-time of 4,695. 9/season above a replacement-level TE.

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No production recorded2004

2004: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Career arc · VAL by season

3 seasons · peak 1.4 in 2006

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.2 career wins over 3 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +0.1 wins

Receiving+0.1

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.

Position percentile · TE

#309 of 698 all-time TEs by KV-H

056th percentile100

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Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2005	24	IND	2	—	3	3	59	2	100.0%	19.7	19.7	—	3	—
2006	25	IND	13	—	37	37	377	0	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	18	1.4
2007	26	IND	13	—	31	31	364	1	100.0%	11.7	11.7	—	20	1.3
2008	27	CIN	8	—	16	16	123	0	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	8	0
Career			36		87	87	923	3	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	49	2.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 47 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 47· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 41.1

Availability 14.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 542008

Rec Yds career shape vs similar tight ends

2005-2008

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rec Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.