Brandon LaFell is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places LaFell in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and LaFell's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Defense | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2010 | 23–24 | CAR | 14 | — | 77 | 38 | 468 | 1 | 49.4% | 12.3 | 6.1 | — | 23 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24–25 | CAR | 15 | — | 56 | 36 | 613 | 3 | 64.3% | 17.0 | 10.9 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 25–26 | CAR | 13 | — | 76 | 44 | 677 | 4 | 57.9% | 15.4 | 8.9 | — | 31 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 26–27 | CAR | 16 | — | 85 | 49 | 627 | 5 | 57.6% | 12.8 | 7.4 | — | 31 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 907 | 88.8% | — | 0.0% | 5 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 27–28 | NE | 16 | — | 119 | 74 | 953 | 7 | 62.2% | 12.9 | 8.0 | — | 50 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 913 | 81.3% | — | 0.0% | 44 | 9.3% |
| 2015 | 28–29 | NE | 11 | — | 74 | 37 | 515 | 0 | 50.0% | 13.9 | 7.0 | — | 22 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 660 | 87.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 29–30 | CIN | 16 | — | 107 | 64 | 862 | 6 | 59.8% | 13.5 | 8.1 | — | 42 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,011 | 93.0% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 30–31 | CIN | 16 | — | 89 | 52 | 548 | 3 | 58.4% | 10.5 | 6.2 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 860 | 89.4% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2018 | 31–32 | OAK | 6 | — | 16 | 12 | 135 | 2 | 75.0% | 11.3 | 8.4 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 233 | 63.8% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 0.7% |
| Career | — | 123 | — | 699 | 406 | 5,398 | 31 | 58.1% | 13.3 | 7.7 | — | 256 | 11 | 130 | 0 | 11.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
107 career value over replacement — #1053 all-time of 4,695. 11.9/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #78 (Rd 3) · CAR · 2010 · +25.4 vs expected KV-H
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