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Brenton Strange

Top 45% all-time TEsDurable Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2025

Height6'4"

Weight253 lb

BornDec 27, 2000

Age25

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2023

Draft2023 · Rd 2, Pick 61 · JAX

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A tight end who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2379 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 52% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19

Avg surplus

peak +23

2 seasons × ~19 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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
2023	—	JAX	5	—	9	5	35	1	55.6%	7.0	3.9	—	2	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	307	32.1%	—	0.0%	158	44.5%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5	0	68
2024	—	JAX	14	—	53	40	411	2	75.5%	10.3	7.8	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	575	54.2%	—	0.0%	210	49.2%	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.9	0	341
2025	—	JAX	12	—	60	46	540	3	76.7%	11.7	9.0	—	28	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	591	74.8%	—	0.0%	2	4.5%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	31	—	122	91	986	6	74.6%	10.8	8.1	—	51	2	1	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,473	53.7%	—	0.0%	370	32.8%	—	—	18.5	0	409

Career EPA18.5·18 receiving·9.2/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2023	23	JAX	5	0*	9	5	35	1	55.6%	7.0	3.9	—	2	2.2
2024	24	JAX	14	9*	53	40	411	2	75.5%	10.3	7.8	—	21	8.9
2025	25	JAX	12	9*	60	46	540	3	76.7%	11.7	9.0	—	28	10.6
Career			31	18*	122	91	986	6	74.6%	10.8	8.1	—	51	21.7

* 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%
2023	23	JAX	14	0*	307	32.1%	—	0.0%	158	44.5%
2024	24	JAX	17	9*	575	54.2%	—	0.0%	210	49.2%
2025	25	JAX	12	9*	591	74.8%	—	0.0%	2	4.5%
Career			43	18*	1,473	—	—	—	370	—

* 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
2023	23	—	—	0*	—	—	-0.5	68
2024	24	—	—	9*	—	—	18.9	341
Career				9*	—	—	—	409

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

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2023	23	JAX	14	0*	7.6	1.4	5.6	0	0	0.0	2	101.6
2024	24	JAX	17	9*	6.4	5.7	4.6	3	3	0.1	21	109.9
2025	25	JAX	12	9*	6.9	6.4	5.4	2	4	0.1	28	120.1
Career			43	18*	—	—	—	5	7	—	51	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 47 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.8 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 47· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 44.4

Availability 13.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2023bestavg 502025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Receptions leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.24 EPA/season over 2 seasons53

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.669 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.669Touch rate0.083EPA/snap0.013Snap share53.7%Off snaps1,473VolatileCV 0.58

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+).

Combine · 2023

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

TE · 2023 class

4.70s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 44thClass Pos 28thClass All 31th

36"

Vertical

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 73thClass Pos 76thClass All 69th

124"

Broad Jump

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 82thClass Pos 64thClass All 63th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 63thClass Pos 85thClass All 70th

7.25s

3-Cone

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 41thClass Pos 36thClass All 58th

4.46s

Shuttle

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 33thClass Pos 6thClass All 43th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt5Rec2Yds9Ctch%40.0%Y/R4.5Y/Tgt1.8

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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.

2023 Draft Class· this player went #61

#53Gervon Dexter Sr.DT #54Tuli TuipulotuLB #55Rashee RiceWR #56Tyrique StevensonCB #57John Michael SchmitzC #58Luke SchoonmakerTE #59O'Cyrus TorrenceG #60DJ Turner IICB #62Juice ScruggsC #63Marvin Mims Jr.WR #64Zacch PickensDT #65Tyler SteenOT #66Sydney BrownSAF #67Drew SandersLB #68Hendon HookerQB #69Tank DellWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brenton inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars TE room from Evan Engram (2022–2024), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Rich Griffith 1995–2000Pete Mitchell 1995–2002Damon Jones 1997–2001Kyle Brady 1999–2006George Wrighster 2003–2008Marcedes Lewis 2006–2017

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2023draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 2, Pick 61

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 253 lb

Frame

253 lb at 4.70s

Size-speed

36" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	JAX	1	W13Questionable· FootW14Out· FootW15Questionable· FootW16Questionable· Foot

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

peak 50

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

F2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

84%

20232025

2025 · cause not documented · 71%

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
2023	35	7	126+91	7.4
2024	411	29.4	518+107	30.5
2025	540	45	765+225	45

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

38 career value over replacement — #2379 all-time of 4,642. 12.7/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #61 (Rd 2) · JAX · 2023 · +0.1 vs expected KV-H

47actual

46.9 expected · Δ+0.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2023

Postseason Career

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2023 Draft Class· this player went #61

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography