Braylon Edwards ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Edwards in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Edwards a career score of 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRNYJ#17ACT

Braylon Edwards

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time WRsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +38% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2007Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #432

Height6'3"

Weight214 lb

BornFeb 21, 1983

Age43

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · CLE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

14thsingle season·Rec TD2007

Archetype Intelligence

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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 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 118 · #892 · High-Value

Worth 118 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.7

Avg surplus

peak +34

6 seasons × ~19.7 surplus ≈ VORP 118

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
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	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	—	CLE	10	—	32	32	512	3	100.0%	16.0	16.0	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	CLE	16	—	60	60	879	6	100.0%	14.7	14.7	—	38	4	12	0	3.0	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	CLE	16	—	80	80	1,289	16	100.0%	16.1	16.1	—	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	CLE	16	—	56	55	877	3	98.2%	15.9	15.7	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	IND	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	ATL	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	NYJ	16	—	101	53	904	7	52.5%	17.1	9.0	—	40	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NE	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2011	—	SF	9	—	34	15	181	0	44.1%	12.1	5.3	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NYJ	8	—	35	18	199	1	51.4%	11.1	5.7	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	130	—	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	24	24	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0

Career EPA341.1·-0 passing · -0 rushing · 342 receiving·42.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2009	26	NYJ	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	10.7
Career			16		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	83.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2006	23	CLE	16	—	4	12	3.0	0.0	1	25.0
2010	27	NYJ	16	—	1	4	4.0	0.0	0	0.0
Career			32		5	16	3.2	—	1	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
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
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	NYJ	16	—	94	45	680	4	47.9%	15.1	7.2	—	37
2010	27	NYJ	16	—	101	53	904	7	52.5%	17.1	9.0	—	40
2011	28	SF	9	—	34	15	181	0	44.1%	12.1	5.3	—	9
2012	29	NYJ	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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	PD	FR
2005	22	CIN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2006	23	CIN	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	24	CIN	4	—	6	6	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	25	IND	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	26	ATL	6	—	7	7	0.0	0.0	0	—
2010	27	NE	5	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	—
2012	29	LAC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			23		24	24	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2005	22	—	—	—	—	—	42.9	0	0
2006	23	—	—	—	—	-0.3	74.7	0	599
2007	24	—	—	—	—	—	113.8	0	863
2008	25	—	—	—	—	—	75.8	0	639
2009	26	—	—	—	-0.5	—	2.5	17	1,340
2010	27	—	—	—	—	0.1	33.5	0	1,588
2011	28	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	0	307
2012	29	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9	0	486
Career					—	—	—	17	5,822

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 61elite 702012

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #432 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2006 CLE·4 team wins#21

Receiving Touchdowns · 6 · score 15

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader24

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

42.64 EPA/season over 8 seasons64

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 95%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2005

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2005 class

4.45s

40-Yard

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 86thClass Pos 42thClass All 83th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 15.4 regular season → 21.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+38%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt29Rec15Yds320TD2Ctch%51.7%Y/R21.3Y/Tgt11.01D13

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA14.6Rec AirYd556

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Manuel WrightDT #2Ronnie BrownRB #4Cedric BensonRB #5Cadillac WilliamsRB #6Adam JonesDB #7Troy WilliamsonWR #8Antrel RolleS #9Carlos RogersCB #11DeMarcus WareOLB #12Shawne MerrimanDE #13Jammal BrownOT #14Thomas DavisOLB #15Derrick JohnsonLB #16Travis JohnsonDE #17David PollackLB #18Erasmus JamesDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Braylon inherited the Cleveland Browns WR room from Antonio Bryant (2004–2005), and handed it to Josh Cribbs (2005–2012).

Brian Brennan 1984–1991Reggie Langhorne 1985–1991Webster Slaughter 1986–1991Eric Metcalf 1989–1994Michael Jackson 1991–1995Keenan McCardell

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2012team change
Joined NYJ (from SF)
2012final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2011team change
Joined SF (from NYJ)
2009team change
Joined NYJ (from CLE)
2005draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 214 lb

Frame

211 lb at 4.45s

Size-speed

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	NYJ	1	W9Out· KneeW15Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring / Knee
2011	SF	4	W3Out· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 73

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2005

B2006

A2007

B2008

B2009

B2010

C2011

C2012

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

84%

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2005	512	51.2	728+216	42.8
2006	879	54.9	796-83	46.8
2007	1,289	80.6	1,344+55	79.1
2008	877	54.8	819-58	48.2
2009	680	42.5	609-71	35.9
2010	904	56.5	872-32	51.3
2011	181	20.1	223+42	13.1
2012	199	24.9	301+102	17.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

118 career value over replacement — #892 all-time of 4,642. 14.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2005 · +6.2 vs expected KV-H

68actual

61.8 expected · Δ+6.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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