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.

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Brandon LaFell

Top 17% all-time WRsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -40% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2014

Height6'3"

Weight210 lb

BornNov 4, 1986

Age39

CollegeLSU

Combined Season Grid

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

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
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	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.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #78 (Rd 3) · CAR · 2010 · +25.4 vs expected KV-H

63actual

37.6 expected · Δ+25.4

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Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 10.0 in 2014

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

3.7 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2014 · +0.8 wins

Receiving+0.8

Latest season · 2018 · +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 · WR

#223 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H

083th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/brandon-lafellJSON

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	1D	1D%	VAL
2010	23–24	CAR	14	—	1	60	60.0	1	100.0	4
2012	25–26	CAR	13	—	3	35	11.7	1	33.3	6.7
2013	26–27	CAR	15	14*	2	15	7.5	1	50.0	5.3
2014	27–28	NE	15	13*	2	13	6.5	0	0.0	10
2015	28–29	NE	11	10*	2	9	4.5	0	0.0	3.7
2016	29–30	CIN	16	15*	1	-2	-2.0	0	0.0	8.5
Career			84		11	130	11.8	3	27.3	48.2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2010	23–24	CAR	14	—	77	38	468	1	49.4%	12.3	6.1	—	23
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
2013	26–27	CAR	15	14*	85	49	627	5	57.6%	12.8	7.4	—	31
2014	27–28	NE	15	13*	119	74	953	7	62.2%	12.9	8.0	—	50
2015	28–29	NE	11	10*	74	37	515	0	50.0%	13.9	7.0	—	22
2016	29–30	CIN	16	15*	107	64	862	6	59.8%	13.5	8.1	—	42
2017	30–31	CIN	16	14*	89	52	548	3	58.4%	10.5	6.2	—	25
2018	31–32	OAK	4	4*	16	12	135	2	75.0%	11.3	8.4	—	9
Career			119		699	406	5,398	31	58.1%	13.3	7.7	—	256

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	26–27	CAR	16	14*	907	88.8%	—	0.0%	5	1.2%
2014	27–28	NE	16	13*	913	81.3%	—	0.0%	44	9.3%
2015	28–29	NE	11	10*	660	87.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	29–30	CIN	16	15*	1,011	93.0%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2017	30–31	CIN	16	14*	860	89.4%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2018	31–32	OAK	6	4*	233	63.8%	—	0.0%	1	0.7%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2010	23–24	CAR	14	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
Career			14		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	31–32	OAK	6	4*	8.3	6.8	4.4	0	0	0.0	9	139.3
Career			6	4*	—	—	—	0	0	—	9	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W8	IND	4	3	39	1	—	9.9
W9	SF	3	3	20	—	—	2.0
W10	LAC	6	4	47	—	—	4.7
W11	ARI	3	2	29	1	—	8.9

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 4 games

Splits

36 games · 2016–2018

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows · 4 not classified

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	16	1	-2	102	64	702	3	88
Away	16	—	—	94	52	708	6	106.8

4 of 36 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Wins / Losses3 rows · 4 not classified

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	13	—	—	76	50	608	2	72.8
Losses	18	1	-2	118	65	796	7	121.4
Ties	1	—

Regular season / Postseason1 row

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	36	1	-2	212	128	1545	11	220.3

By opponent23 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	1	—	—	3	2	29	1	8.9
vs BAL	4	—	—	29	15	164	—	16.4
vs BUF	2	—	—

By month5 rows · 4 not classified

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	1	—	—	11	7	67	—	6.7
September	7	1	-2	35	21	267	—	26.5
October	8	—

Division games2 rows · 4 not classified

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	12	—	—	80	45	532	2	65.2
Non-division	20	1	-2	116	71	878	7	129.6

4 of 36 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 57

4 of 36 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Rec Yds career shape vs similar wide receivers

2010-2018

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.

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W8	IND	4	3	39	1	—	9.9
W9	SF	3	3	20	—	—	2.0
W10	LAC	6	4	47	—	—	4.7
W11	ARI	3	2	29	1	—	8.9

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W8	IND	4	3	39	1	—	9.9
W9	SF	3	3	20	—	—	2.0
W10	LAC	6	4	47	—	—	4.7
W11	ARI	3	2	29	1	—	8.9

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W8	IND	4	3	39	1	—	9.9
W9	SF	3	3	20	—	—	2.0
W10	LAC	6	4	47	—	—	4.7
W11	ARI	3	2	29	1	—	8.9