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Calvin Austin III

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Calvin Austin III

Top 45% all-time WRsDurable Contributor📉 Fades · -39% playoffs

Height5'9"

Weight162 lb

BornMar 24, 1999

Age27

CollegeMemphis See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 4, Pick 138 · PIT

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A wide receiver who maximized value through exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 17 · #3232 · Role Player

Worth 17 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 71% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8.5

Avg surplus

peak +11

2 seasons × ~8.5 surplus ≈ VORP 17

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								Defense													Snap Counts
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2023	—	PIT	14	—	30	17	180	1	56.7%	10.6	6.0	—	7	11	57	1	5.2	9.1	4	36.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	374	35.5%	—	0.0%	80	17.6%
2023	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	PIT	17	—	58	36	548	4	62.1%	15.2	9.4	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	593	53.6%	—	0.0%	68	15.0%
2025	—	PIT	14	—	55	31	372	3	56.4%	12.0	6.8	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	446	53.5%	—	0.0%	31	10.9%
Career		—	46	—	143	84	1,100	8	58.7%	13.1	7.7	—	40	11	57	1	5.2	9.1	4	36.4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,413	47.5%	—	0.0%	179	14.5%

Career EPA24.3·3 rushing · 21 receiving·12.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2023	24	PIT	14	0*	11	57	1	5.2	9.1	4	36.4	0	5.1
Career			14		11	57	1	5.2	—	4	—	0	22.1

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2023	24	PIT	14	0*	30	17	180	1	56.7%	10.6	6.0	—	7
2024	25	PIT	17	9*	58	36	548	4	62.1%	15.2	9.4	—	18
2025	26	PIT	14	7*	55	31	372	3	56.4%	12.0	6.8	—	15
Career			45	16*	143	84	1,100	8	58.7%	13.1	7.7	—	40

* 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	24	PIT	17	0*	374	35.5%	—	0.0%	80	17.6%
2024	25	PIT	17	9*	593	53.6%	—	0.0%	68	15.0%
2025	26	PIT	14	7*	446	53.5%	—	0.0%	31	10.9%
Career			48	16*	1,413	—	—	—	179	—

* 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	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2023	24	—	—	0*	—	3.4	-3.3	0	378
2024	25	—	—	9*	—	—	24.1	0	718
Career				9*	—	—	—	0	1,096

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2023	24	PIT	17	0*	49	4.5	8	0.7	0	—	4
Career			17		49	—	8	—	0	—	4

* 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	24	PIT	17	0*	12.6	6.3	4.3	0	1	0.0	7	71.5
2024	25	PIT	17	9*	12.4	11.0	4.2	1	3	0.1	18	116.2
2025	26	PIT	14	7*	11.0	7.9	4.1	2	2	0.0	15	72.7
Career			48	16*	—	—	—	3	6	—	40	—

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

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2023	24	—	—	0*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2024	25	—	—	9*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2025	26	—	—	7*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Career				16*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 46 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 46 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

53

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 53 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 46· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 35.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2023bestavg 532025

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Receptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

12.15 EPA/season over 2 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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

41

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.819 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.819Touch rate0.109EPA/snap0.017Snap share47.5%Off snaps1,413ReliableCV 0.26

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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 wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2022

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

WR · 2022 class

4.32s

40-Yard

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 99thClass Pos 89thClass All 97th

39"

Vertical

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 91thClass Pos 91thClass All 92th

135"

Broad Jump

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 93thClass All 99th

6.65s

3-Cone

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 98thClass Pos 95thClass All 96th

4.07s

Shuttle

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 92thClass Pos 95thClass All 97th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 13.1 regular season → 8.0 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-39%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt10Rec5Yds40TD1Ctch%50.0%Y/R8.0Y/Tgt4.01D3

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA2.4Rec AirYd78

College Stats

MemphisImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2018	Memphis	1	83	1	83.0	100.0	—	—	—
2019	Memphis	4	3	1	0.8	25.0	—	—	—
2020	Memphis	2	14	0	7.0	0.0	—	—	—
2021	Memphis	1	69	1	69.0	100.0	—	—	—
Career		8	169	3	21.1	37.5	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2018	Memphis	—	2	24	0	—	12.0	—	—	—
2019	Memphis	—	17	315	3	—	18.5	—	—	—
2020	Memphis	—	63	1,053	11	—	16.7	—	—	—
2021	Memphis	—	74	1,149	8	—	15.5	—	—	—
Career		0	156	2,541	22	—	16.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2022 Draft Class· this player went #138

#130Jordan StoutP #131Hassan HaskinsRB #132Romeo DoubsWR #133Jake CamardaP #134Spencer BurfordG #135Joshua WilliamsCB #136Cordell VolsonG #137Bailey ZappeQB #139Isaiah LikelyTE #140Zach TomG #141Damarion WilliamsCB #142Cobie DurantCB #143Chig OkonkwoTE #144Sam HowellQB #145Darian KinnardG #146Micah McFaddenLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Calvin inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers WR room from George Pickens (2022–2024), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Weegie Thompson 1984–1989Louis Lipps 1984–1991Dwight Stone 1987–1994Ernie Mills 1991–1996Yancey Thigpen 1992–1997Andre Hastings 1993–1996

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

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2022draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 4, Pick 138

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 162 lb

Frame

170 lb at 4.32s

Size-speed

39" vert / 135" broad

Explosion

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

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 3-season peers. See all →

46

peak 53

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

C2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

94%

20232025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.

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	180	12.9	155-25	9.1
2024	548	32.2	523-25	30.7
2025	372	26.6	452+80	26.6

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, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

17 career value over replacement — #3232 all-time of 4,642. 5.7/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #138 (Rd 4) · PIT · 2022 · +12.5 vs expected KV-H

46actual

33.5 expected · Δ+12.5

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