Brent Celek ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Celek in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Celek a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

TEPHI#87ACT

Brent Celek

Top 10% all-time TEsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -24% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009Two-Way Profile

Height6'4"

Weight255 lb

BornJan 25, 1985

Age41

CollegeCincinnati See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 5, Pick 162 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

89thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·3

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time tight end who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 172 · #504 · High-Value

Worth 172 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 12% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.1

Avg surplus

peak +39

9 seasons × ~19.1 surplus ≈ VORP 172

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									Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2007	—	PHI	8	—	16	16	178	1	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.0	0	106
2008	—	PHI	11	—	27	27	318	1	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29.9	0	152
2009	—	PHI	16	—	112	76	971	8	67.9%	12.8	8.7	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39.0	0	724
2010	—	PHI	14	—	79	42	511	4	53.2%	12.2	6.5	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.8	0	686
2011	—	PHI	16	—	97	62	811	5	63.9%	13.1	8.4	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	WAS	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.0	0	694
2012	—	PHI	15	—	88	57	684	1	64.8%	12.0	7.8	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0	0	659
2013	—	PHI	16	—	51	32	502	6	62.7%	15.7	9.8	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	844	76.6%	—	0.0%	5	17.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.1	0	419
2014	—	PHI	16	—	51	32	340	1	62.7%	10.6	6.7	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	816	68.8%	—	0.0%	6	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	DAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-14.1	0	387
2015	—	PHI	12	—	35	27	398	3	77.1%	14.7	11.4	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	600	51.8%	—	0.0%	210	41.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.1	0	299
2016	—	PHI	10	—	19	14	155	0	73.7%	11.1	8.2	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	440	39.4%	—	0.0%	170	38.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	0	118
2017	—	PHI	11	—	24	13	130	1	54.2%	10.0	5.4	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	465	41.3%	—	0.0%	152	32.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	0	135
Career		—	154	—	599	398	4,998	31	66.4%	12.6	8.3	—	232	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3,165	55.6%	—	0.0%	543	29.3%	—	—	131.3	0	4,379

Career EPA131.3·131 receiving·11.9/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2007	22	PHI	8	—	16	16	178	1	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	10	4
2008	23	PHI	11	—	27	27	318	1	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	16	6.6
2009	24	PHI	16	—	112	76	971	8	67.9%	12.8	8.7	—	42	20.7
2010	25	PHI	14	—	79	42	511	4	53.2%	12.2	6.5	—	23	11.5
2011	26	PHI	16	—	97	62	811	5	63.9%	13.1	8.4	—	35	16.4
2012	27	PHI	15	—	88	57	684	1	64.8%	12.0	7.8	—	32	10.7
2013	28	PHI	16	12*	51	32	502	6	62.7%	15.7	9.8	—	22	11.7
2014	29	PHI	16	11*	51	32	340	1	62.7%	10.6	6.7	—	16	7.5
2015	30	PHI	12	8*	35	27	398	3	77.1%	14.7	11.4	—	21	8.8
2016	31	PHI	10	0*	19	14	155	0	73.7%	11.1	8.2	—	8	3
2017	32	PHI	11	0*	24	13	130	1	54.2%	10.0	5.4	—	7	4.1
Career			145	31*	599	398	4,998	31	66.4%	12.6	8.3	—	232	105

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2009	24	KC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2011	26	WAS	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2013	28	NYG	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2014	29	DAL	2	2*	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2015	30	NYG	3	3*	2	2	0.0	0.0	1
Career			9	6*	8	8	—	—	1

* 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	28	PHI	16	12*	844	76.6%	—	0.0%	5	17.0%
2014	29	PHI	16	11*	816	68.8%	—	0.0%	6	16.0%
2015	30	PHI	16	8*	600	51.8%	—	0.0%	210	41.8%
2016	31	PHI	16	0*	440	39.4%	—	0.0%	170	38.9%
2017	32	PHI	16	0*	465	41.3%	—	0.0%	152	32.8%
Career			80	31*	3,165	—	—	—	543	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2007	22	—	—	—	—	—	16.0	106
2008	23	—	—	—	—	—	29.9	152
2009	24	—	—	—	—	—	39.0	724
2010	25	—	—	—	—	—	11.8	686
2011	26	—	—	—	—	—	7.0	694
2012	27	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0	659
2013	28	—	—	12*	—	—	17.1	419
2014	29	—	—	11*	—	—	-14.1	387
2015	30	—	—	8*	—	—	22.1	299
2016	31	—	—	0*	—	—	2.5	118
2017	32	—	—	0*	—	—	3.0	135
Career				31*	—	—	—	4,379

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 62elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 26% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

26% of the all-time Receptions leader26

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

11.94 EPA/season over 11 seasons54

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.482 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.482Touch rate0.057EPA/snap0.01Snap share55.6%Off snaps3,165ReliableCV 0.32

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 12.6 regular season → 9.5 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

-24%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt33Rec27Yds257TD3Ctch%81.8%Y/R9.5Y/Tgt7.81D15

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA13.8Rec AirYd248

College Stats

CincinnatiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Cincinnati), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #162

#149Uche NwaneriG #150Josh GattisSAF #152Antonio JohnsonDT #153Kevin BossTE #154Clifton RyanDT #155Dante RosarioTE #157David ClowneyWR #161Will HerringLB #164Tim ShawMLB #165Eric FramptonS #166Derek LandriDT #167Kevin PayneFS #168Corey GrahamFS #169Roy HallWR #170William GayFS #172Legedu NaaneeWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brent inherited the Philadelphia Eagles TE room from L.J. Smith (2003–2008), and handed it to Zach Ertz (2013–2020).

Vyto Kab 1982–1984Keith Jackson 1988–1991Mark Bavaro 1993–1994Jimmie Johnson 1995–1998Jason Dunn 1996–1998Chad Lewis

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2007draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 5, Pick 162

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 255 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	PHI	0	W10Questionable· RibW15Questionable· Stinger
2012	PHI	1	W15Out· Concussion
2009	PHI	0	W15Questionable· Back / Thumb

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C2007

C+2008

A2009

B2010

B+2011

B+2012

B2013

C+2014

B2015

C2016

C2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
2007	178	22.3	378+200	22.2
2008	318	28.9	499+181	29.4
2009	971	60.7	1,012+41	59.5
2010	511	36.5	591+80	34.8
2011	811	50.7	801-10	47.1
2012	684	45.6	727+43	42.7
2013	502	31.4	501-1	29.5
2014	340	21.3	343+3	20.2
2015	398	33.2	555+157	32.7
2016	155	15.5	265+110	15.6
2017	130	11.8	197+67	11.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, 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

172 career value over replacement — #504 all-time of 4,642. 15.6/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Boom-or-BustCV 0.58

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #162 (Rd 5) · PHI · 2007 · +38.9 vs expected KV-H

69actual

30.1 expected · Δ+38.9

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #162

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

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Era Translator

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