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.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

6 seasons · peak 10.0 in 2012

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.0 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2012 · +0.8 wins

Receiving+0.8

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2014	26–27	JAX	13	11*	2	2	100.0%	32	1	50.0	16.0	26.0	—	158.3	5
2015	27–28	HOU	11	8*	1	1	100.0%	21	1	100.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	4.3
Career			24	19*	3	3	100.0%	53	2	66.7	17.7	31.0	—	158.3	26.5

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

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	1D	1D%
2012	24–25	JAX	14	—	1	-4	-4.0	0	0.0
2015	27–28	HOU	11	8*	10	47	4.7	3	30.0
Career			25		11	43	3.9	3	27.3

* 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
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
2013	25–26	JAX	13	12*	125	66	777	3	52.8%	11.8	6.2	—	41
2014	26–27	JAX	13	11*	110	53	557	1	48.2%	10.5	5.1	—	26
2015	27–28	HOU	11	8*	75	42	484	2	56.0%	11.5	6.5	—	27
2016	28–29	TB	7	0*	27	11	152	0	40.7%	13.8	5.6	—	8
Career			66		454	229	2,979	14	50.4%	13.0	6.6	—	140

* 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	25–26	JAX	13	12*	758	89.4%	—	0.0%	3	0.7%
2014	26–27	JAX	13	11*	743	87.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	27–28	HOU	11	8*	565	69.5%	—	0.0%	23	7.1%
2016	28–29	TB	9	0*	252	37.4%	—	0.0%	16	5.9%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W2	ARI	2	1	12	—	—	1.2
W8	LV	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	ATL	4	1	20	—	—	2.0
W10	CHI	5	2	38	—	—	3.8
W11	KC	7	5	62	—	—	6.2
W12	SEA	3	1	6	—	—	0.6
W13	LAC	2	1	14	—	—	1.4

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 7 games

Splits

7 games · 2016

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Home	4	16	4	64	6.4
Away	3	11	7	88	8.8

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 42.6

Availability 14.4

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W2	ARI	2	1	12	—	—	1.2
W8	LV	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	ATL	4	1	20	—	—	2.0
W10	CHI	5	2	38	—	—	3.8
W11	KC	7	5	62	—	—	6.2
W12	SEA	3	1	6	—	—	0.6
W13	LAC	2	1	14	—	—	1.4

By opponent	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
vs ARI	1	2	1	12	1.2
vs ATL	1	4	1	20	2
vs CHI	1	5	2	38	3.8
vs KC	1	7	5	62	6.2
vs LAC	1	2	1	14	1.4
vs LV	1	4	—	—	—
vs SEA	1	3	1	6	0.6

By month	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
September	1	2	1	12	1.2
October	1	4	—	—	—
November	4	19	9	126	12.6
December	1	2	1	14	1.4

Wins	4	17	9	120	12
Losses	3	10	2	32	3.2

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W2	ARI	2	1	12	—	—	1.2
W8	LV	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	ATL	4	1	20	—	—	2.0
W10	CHI	5	2	38	—	—	3.8
W11	KC	7	5	62	—	—	6.2
W12	SEA	3	1	6	—	—	0.6
W13	LAC	2	1	14	—	—	1.4

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Cecil Shorts

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · WR

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W2	ARI	2	1	12	—	—	1.2
W8	LV	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	ATL	4	1	20	—	—	2.0
W10	CHI	5	2	38	—	—	3.8
W11	KC	7	5	62	—	—	6.2
W12	SEA	3	1	6	—	—	0.6
W13	LAC	2	1	14	—	—	1.4