Benjamin Watson NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault
✦
Benjamin Watson ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Watson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Watson a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position
38
Depth
of 100
Reached 35% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
35% of the all-time Receptions leader35
2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 91%.
Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers▼
StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.
Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.
Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.
Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player
Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.
Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.
College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.
Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.
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
Combine · 2004
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).
20061K career receiving yards
2007100 career receptions
20113K career receiving yards
2011250 career receptions
201125 career receiving TDs
20175K career receiving yards
Understanding These Stats▼
Rushing
Att — Rushing attempts (carries).
Yds — Rushing yards.
TD — Rushing touchdowns.
Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.
TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.
1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.
1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.
Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.
Receiving
Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.
Rec — Receptions — catches made.
Yds — Receiving yards.
🏈
Postseason Career
11 playoff games
Receiving
Tgt30Rec25Yds272TD3Ctch%83.3%Y/R10.9Y/Tgt9.11D14
College Stats
Georgia; DukeCollege listed; stat table pending import
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia; Duke), 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.
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts
6'3" / 255 lb
Frame
258 lb at 4.50s
Size-speed
35.5" vert / 123" broad
Explosion
34 reps
Bench power
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 14-season peers. See all →
70
peak 77
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B2005
B+2006
B2007
C+2008
B2009
B+2010
B2011
B2012
C+2013
C2014
B+2015
B2017
B2018
C2019
Era Translator
Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2005
441
31.5
579+138
34
2006
657
50.5
916+259
53.9
2007
389
32.4
551+162
32.4
2008
209
20.9
346+137
20.4
2009
404
33.7
540+136
31.7
2010
763
47.7
776+13
45.6
2011
410
31.5
505+95
29.7
2012
501
31.3
503+2
29.6
2013
226
16.1
262+36
15.4
2014
136
9.7
156+20
9.2
2015
825
51.6
859+34
50.5
2017
522
32.6
572+50
33.6
2018
400
30.8
548+148
32.2
2019
173
19.2
339+166
20
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026
Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.
Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.
Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Strong · 88th pct
Pos 88thAll 80thClass Pos 96thClass All 86th
34 reps
Bench
Elite · 99th pct
Pos 99thAll 97thClass Pos 96thClass All 96th
7.38s
3-Cone
Low · 16th pct
Pos 16thAll 34thClass Pos 29thClass All 43th
4.11s
Shuttle
Elite · 94th pct
Pos 94thAll 88thClass Pos 71thClass All 70th
2018
500 career receptions
TD — Receiving touchdowns.
Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.
Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.
Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.
AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.
1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.
Defense
Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.
TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).
QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).
Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.
Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.
Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.
Snap Counts (2012–present)
Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.
Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.
ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.
Proprietary StatVault Metrics
KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.
SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.
VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.
Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
