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

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Curtis Samuel

Top 25% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +13% playoffs Team Carrier · #550

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

Career Value · VORP

67 career value over replacement — #1717 all-time of 4,695. 7.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

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Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #40 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2017 · +7.2 vs expected KV-H

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50.8 expected · Δ+7.2

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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								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%
2017	21	CAR	9	—	26	15	115	0	57.7%	7.7	4.4	—	6	4	64	0	16.0	0.0	3	75.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	225	37.0%	—	0.0%	121	52.4%
2018	22	CAR	13	—	65	39	494	5	60.0%	12.7	7.6	—	24	8	84	2	10.5	25.0	3	37.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	467	52.9%	—	0.0%	114	32.0%
2019	23	CAR	16	—	105	54	627	6	51.4%	11.6	6.0	—	36	19	130	1	6.8	5.3	7	36.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	955	85.6%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%
2020	24	CAR	15	—	97	77	851	3	79.4%	11.1	8.8	—	39	41	200	2	4.9	4.9	10	24.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	659	68.1%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%
2021	25	WAS	5	—	9	6	27	0	66.7%	4.5	3.0	—	4	4	11	0	2.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	23.6%	—	0.0%	2	1.6%
2022	26	WAS	17	—	92	64	656	4	69.6%	10.3	7.1	—	36	38	187	1	4.9	2.6	11	28.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	850	71.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	27	WAS	16	—	91	62	613	4	68.1%	9.9	6.7	—	26	7	39	1	5.6	14.3	4	57.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	571	56.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	28	BUF	14	—	46	31	253	1	67.4%	8.2	5.5	—	9	5	14	0	2.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	378	41.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	29	BUF	6	—	9	7	81	1	77.8%	11.6	9.0	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	151	39.8%	—	0.0%	26	17.5%
Career		—	111	—	540	355	3,717	24	65.7%	10.5	6.9	—	185	126	729	7	5.8	5.6	38	30.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	4,340	58.3%	—	0.0%	268	9.2%

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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 67 · #1717 · Above Average

Worth 67 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 38% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.2

Avg surplus

peak +20

6 seasons × ~11.2 surplus ≈