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

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Cecil Shorts

Top 21% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #284

Height6'0"

Weight202 lb

Career Value · VORP

61 career value over replacement — #1839 all-time of 4,695. 10.2/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #114 (Rd 4) · JAX · 2011 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

35.7 expected · Δ+24.3

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2011	23–24	JAX	8	—	12	2	30	1	16.7%	15.0	2.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	24–25	JAX	14	—	105	55	979	7	52.4%	17.8	9.3	—	36	1	-4	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	25–26	JAX	13	—	125	66	777	3	52.8%	11.8	6.2	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	758	89.4%	—	0.0%	3	0.7%
2014	26–27	JAX	13	—	110	53	557	1	48.2%	10.5	5.1	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	100.0%	32	1	0	50.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	—	158.3	0	743	87.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	27–28	HOU	11	—	75	42	484	2	56.0%	11.5	6.5	—	27	10	47	0	4.7	0.0	3	30.0	0	1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	565	69.5%	—	0.0%	23	7.1%
2016	28–29	TB	9	—	27	11	152	0	40.7%	13.8	5.6	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	252	37.4%	—	0.0%	16	5.9%
Career		—	68	—	454	229	2,979	14	50.4%	13.0	6.6	—	140	11	43	0	3.9	0.0	3	27.3	0	3	3	100.0%	53	2	0	66.7	0.0	17.7	31.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 61 · #1839 · Above Average

Worth 61 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 40% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +25

4 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈