Bobby Duckworth is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Duckworth in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Duckworth's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1982 | 23–24 | SD | 5 | — | — | 2 | 77 | 0 | — | 38.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | SD | 16 | — | — | 20 | 422 | 5 | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | SD | 16 | — | — | 25 | 715 | 4 | — | 28.6 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | LAR | 14 | — | — | 25 | 422 | 3 | — | 16.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | LAR / PHI | — | — | — | 10 | 148 | 1 | — | 14.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | — | 82 | 1,784 | 13 | — | 21.8 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
41 career value over replacement — #2333 all-time of 4,695. 10.3/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #162 (Rd 6) · SDG · 1981 · +31.9 vs expected KV-H
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5 seasons · peak 8.3 in 1984
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.
1.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1984 · +0.6 wins
Latest season · 1986 · +0.1 wins
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.
#373 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 23–24 | SD | 5 | — | — | 2 | 77 | 0 | — | 38.5 | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1983 | 24–25 | SD | 16 | — | — | 20 | 422 | 5 | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | 5.6 |
| 1984 | 25–26 | SD | 16 | — | — | 25 | 715 | 4 | — | 28.6 | — | — | — | 8.3 |
| 1985 | 26–27 | LAR | 14 | — | — | 25 | 422 | 3 | — | 16.9 | — | — | — | 5.1 |
| 1986 | 27–28 | All teams | — | — | — | 10 | 148 | 1 | — | 14.8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Career | — | — | 82 | 1,784 | 13 | — | 21.8 | — | — | — | 20.5 |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 24–25 | SD | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | SD | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 60.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 56· confidence 91%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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