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

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Bob Hayes

"Bullet Bob"

Top 17% all-time WRsIron Man📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1966

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Career Value · VORP

123 career value over replacement — #863 all-time of 4,695. 12.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing
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
1965	22–23	DAL	13	—	—	46	1,003	12	—	21.8	—	—	—	4	-8	1	-2.0	25.0	—	—	—
1966	23–24	DAL	14	—	—	64	1,232	13	—	19.3	—	—	—	1	-1	0	-1.0	0.0	—	—	—
1967	24–25	DAL	13	—	—	49	998	10	—	20.4	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1968	25–26	DAL	14	—	—	53	909	10	—	17.2	—	—	—	4	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	—	—
1969	26–27	DAL	10	—	—	40	746	4	—	18.6	—	—	—	4	17	0	4.3	0.0	—	—	—
1970	27–28	DAL	13	—	—	34	889	10	—	26.1	—	—	—	4	34	1	8.5	25.0	—	—	—
1971	28–29	DAL	14	—	—	35	840	8	—	24.0	—	—	—	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	—	—	—
1972	29–30	DAL	12	—	—	15	200	0	—	13.3	—	—	—	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—
1973	30–31	DAL	13	—	—	22	360	3	—	16.4	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974	31–32	DAL	—	—	—	7	118	1	—	16.9	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	32–33	SF	4	—	—	6	119	0	—	19.8	—	—	—	2	-2	0	-1.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career		—	—	—	0	371	7,414	71	—	20.0	—	—	0	24	68	2	2.8	8.3	0	0.0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

46thReceiving Touchdowns·71

Postseason all-time ranks

88thPlayoff Receiving Yards·492 yds

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1970·Rec TD10 Led NFL1970·Rec Yds889 yds

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 123 · #863 · High-Value

Worth 123 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 19% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.6

Avg surplus

peak +25

7 seasons × ~17.6 surplus ≈