Daniel Fells is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Fells in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Fells's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2008 | 24–25 | STL | 4 | — | 7 | 7 | 81 | 0 | 100.0% | 11.6 | 11.6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 25–26 | STL | 12 | — | 35 | 21 | 273 | 3 | 60.0% | 13.0 | 7.8 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 26–27 | STL | 16 | — | 65 | 41 | 391 | 2 | 63.1% | 9.5 | 6.0 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 27–28 | DEN | 13 | — | 31 | 19 | 256 | 3 | 61.3% | 13.5 | 8.3 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 28–29 | NE | 6 | — | 9 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 44.4% | 21.3 | 9.4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 30–31 | NYG | 16 | — | 20 | 16 | 188 | 4 | 80.0% | 11.8 | 9.4 | — | 12 | 427 | 37.6% | — | 0.0% | 183 | 38.4% |
| 2015 | 31–32 | NYG | 2 | — | 7 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 85.7% | 10.0 | 8.6 | — | 4 | 67 | 52.5% | — | 0.0% | 17 | 29.0% |
| Career | — | 69 | — | 174 | 114 | 1,334 | 12 | 65.5% | 11.7 | 7.7 | — | 73 | 494 | 39.2% | — | 0.0% | 200 | 37.4% | |
Career Value · VORP
28 career value over replacement — #2777 all-time of 4,695. 4.7/season above a replacement-level TE.
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A quality tight end with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 60% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈ VORP 28
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