Coby Fleener NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Coby Fleener

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Coby Fleener

Top 11% all-time TEsIron ManTwo-Way Profile

Height6'6"

Weight251 lb

BornSep 20, 1988

Age37

CollegeStanford See College Stats

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 34 · IND

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A high-end tight end defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 112 · #959 · High-Value

Worth 112 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

46

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

6

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+18.7

Avg surplus

peak +29

6 seasons × ~18.7 surplus ≈ VORP 112

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%
2012	—	IND	12	—	48	26	281	2	54.2%	10.8	5.9	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	IND	16	—	87	52	608	4	59.8%	11.7	7.0	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	817	76.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2013	—	TEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	IND	16	—	92	51	774	8	55.4%	15.2	8.4	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	787	69.1%	2	3.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	CLE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	IND	15	—	84	54	491	3	64.3%	9.1	5.8	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	731	66.3%	5	3.5%	—	0.0%
2015	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NO	16	—	81	50	631	3	61.7%	12.6	7.8	—	28	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	664	58.1%	—	0.0%	8	13.5%
2016	—	TB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	11	—	30	22	295	2	73.3%	13.4	9.8	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	269	36.6%	—	0.0%	4	21.0%
Career		—	97	—	422	255	3,080	22	60.4%	12.1	7.3	—	150	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	10	9	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	3,268	61.4%	7	3.3%	12	17.3%

Career EPA56.4·3 rushing · 54 receiving·9.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	28	NO	16	9*	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	12.3
Career			16	9*	1	2	1	2.0	—	1	—	0	67.9

* 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
2012	24	IND	12	—	48	26	281	2	54.2%	10.8	5.9	—	14
2013	25	IND	16	12*	87	52	608	4	59.8%	11.7	7.0	—	32
2014	26	IND	16	11*	92	51	774	8	55.4%	15.2	8.4	—	40
2015	27	IND	15	11*	84	54	491	3	64.3%	9.1	5.8	—	23
2016	28	NO	16	9*	81	50	631	3	61.7%	12.6	7.8	—	28
2017	29	NO	11	0*	30	22	295	2	73.3%	13.4	9.8	—	13
Career			86	43*	422	255	3,080	22	60.4%	12.1	7.3	—	150

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2012	24	CHI	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	25	TEN	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2014	26	CLE	3	3*	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2015	27	PIT	3	3*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0
2016	28	TB	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			11	10*	10	9	1	0	0	—	—	1	1	0	—	0	0

* 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	IND	16	12*	817	76.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	26	IND	16	11*	787	69.1%	2	3.0%	—	0.0%
2015	27	IND	16	11*	731	66.3%	5	3.5%	—	0.0%
2016	28	NO	16	9*	664	58.1%	—	0.0%	8	13.5%
2017	29	NO	11	0*	269	36.6%	—	0.0%	4	21.0%
Career			75	43*	3,268	—	7	—	12	—

* 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
2012	24	—	—	—	—	—	2.9	0	397
2013	25	—	—	12*	—	—	5.1	0	723
2014	26	—	—	11*	—	—	27.7	0	976
2015	27	—	—	11*	—	—	-12.5	0	671
2016	28	—	—	9*	—	2.6	12.4	0	756
2017	29	—	—	0*	—	—	18.2	0	229
Career				43*	—	—	—	0	3,752

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

66

Sustained

career value

×.6

71

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 47.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 65elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

18

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Receptions leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.4 EPA/season over 6 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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

68

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:0.857 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.857Touch rate0.115EPA/snap0.016Snap share61.4%Off snaps3,268ConsistentCV 0.18

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 · 2012

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

TE · 2012 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 75thClass Pos 75thClass All 71th

27 reps

Bench

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 83thClass Pos 78thClass All 77th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 12.1 regular season → 11.5 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-5%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt35Rec21Yds242TD1Ctch%60.0%Y/R11.5Y/Tgt6.91D15

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA8.9Rec AirYd317

College Stats

StanfordCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Stanford), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #34

#26Whitney MercilusDE #27Kevin ZeitlerG #28Nick PerryOLB #29Harrison SmithFS #30A.J. JenkinsWR #31Doug MartinRB #32David WilsonRB #33Brian QuickWR #35Courtney UpshawDE #36Derek WolfeDE #37Mitchell SchwartzOT #38Andre BranchDE #39Janoris JenkinsCB #40Amini SilatoluOT #41Cordy GlennOT #42Jonathan MartinOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Coby inherited the Indianapolis Colts TE room from Jacob Tamme (2008–2011), and handed it to Dwayne Allen (2012–2016).

Tim Sherwin 1981–1987Mark Boyer 1985–1989Pat Beach 1985–1991Kerry Cash 1991–1994Charles Arbuckle 1992–1995Ken Dilger

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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

2017final season
Last recorded season with NO
2016team change
Joined NO (from IND)
2012draft
Drafted by IND — Round 2, Pick 34

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 251 lb

Frame

247 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	NO	1	W13Out· Concussion
2012	IND	3	W5Questionable· HeadW9Out· ShoulderW10Out· ShoulderW11Out· ShoulderW12Questionable· Shoulder

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 6-season peers. See all →

68

peak 71

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

C+2012

B2013

B+2014

B2015

B+2016

C+2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

91%

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
2012	281	23.4	378+97	22.3
2013	608	38	604-4	35.5
2014	774	48.4	769-5	45.3
2015	491	32.7	548+57	32.2
2016	631	39.4	685+54	40.3
2017	295	26.8	466+171	27.4

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

112 career value over replacement — #959 all-time of 4,642. 18.7/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #34 (Rd 2) · IND · 2012 · +13.1 vs expected KV-H

68actual

54.9 expected · Δ+13.1

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