Braylon Edwards is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Edwards in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Edwards'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 | Passing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2005 | 22 | CLE | 10 | — | 32 | 32 | 512 | 3 | 100.0% | 16.0 | 16.0 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 23 | CLE | 16 | — | 60 | 60 | 879 | 6 | 100.0% | 14.7 | 14.7 | — | 38 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 24 | CLE | 16 | — | 80 | 80 | 1,289 | 16 | 100.0% | 16.1 | 16.1 | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25 | CLE | 16 | — | 56 | 55 | 877 | 3 | 98.2% | 15.9 | 15.7 | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | CLE / NYJ | 16 | — | 94 | 45 | 680 | 4 | 47.9% | 15.1 | 7.2 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 27 | NYJ | 16 | — | 101 | 53 | 904 | 7 | 52.5% | 17.1 | 9.0 | — | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | SF | 9 | — | 34 | 15 | 181 | 0 | 44.1% | 12.1 | 5.3 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 29 | NYJ / SEA | 8 | — | 35 | 18 | 199 | 1 | 51.4% | 11.1 | 5.7 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 107 | — | 492 | 358 | 5,521 | 40 | 72.8% | 15.4 | 11.2 | — | 257 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
115 career value over replacement — #944 all-time of 4,695. 14.4/season above a replacement-level WR.
Career Profile
Pick #3 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2005 · +3.7 vs expected KV-H
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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.
Worth 115 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 21% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.2 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~19.2 surplus ≈ VORP 115
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