Byron Chamberlain is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Chamberlain in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Chamberlain's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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#66Comeback seasonsof 200

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Byron Chamberlain

1× Pro BowlTop 14% all-time TEsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2001

Height6'1"

Weight264 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

111 career value over replacement — #1001 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #222 (Rd 7) · DEN · 1995 · +47.2 vs expected KV-H

66actual

18.8 expected · Δ+47.2

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	23–24	DEN	5	—	—	1	11	0	—	11.0	—	—	—
1996	24–25	DEN	11	—	—	12	129	0	—	10.8	—	—	—
1997	25–26	DEN	10	—	—	2	18	0	—	9.0	—	—	—
1998	26–27	DEN	16	—	—	3	35	0	—	11.7	—	—	—
1999	27–28	DEN	14	—	57	32	488	2	56.1%	15.3	8.6	—	18
2000	28–29	DEN	9	—	31	21	245	1	67.7%	11.7	7.9	—	11
2001	29–30	MIN	16	—	80	57	666	3	71.3%	11.7	8.3	—	29
2002	30–31	MIN	13	—	50	34	389	0	68.0%	11.4	7.8	—	15
2003	31–32	WAS	2	—	4	4	29	0	100.0%	7.3	7.3	—	1
Career		—	96	—	222	166	2,010	6	74.8%	12.1	9.1	—	74

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A top 20% all-time tight end who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 111 · #1001 · High-Value

Worth 111 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 22% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.5

Avg surplus

peak +36

6 seasons × ~18.5 surplus ≈