Darren Waller packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any tight end in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 90 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

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Darren Waller

1× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time TEsAll-Time Great👑 #1 Tight End · 2020 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019

Height6'6"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

202 career value over replacement — #371 all-time of 4,695. 28.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet66% in top 3 yrs Boom-or-BustCV 0.63

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #204 (Rd 6) · BAL · 2015 · +62 vs expected KV-H

83actual

21 expected · Δ+62

💔+98.8 stolen VORP·3.42 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 25% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

25% of the all-time Receptions leader25

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Yards / snap:1.112 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.112Touch rate0.135EPA/snap0Snap share53.7%Off snaps4,122ReliableCV 0.26

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 · 2015

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

TE · 2015 class

4.46s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 86thClass Pos 97thClass All 89th

37"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 82thClass Pos 79thClass All 80th

125"

Broad Jump

Career Milestones5

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20191K career receiving yards
2019100 career receptions
20213K career receiving yards
2021250 career receptions
202525 career receiving TDs

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt12Rec7Yds76Ctch%58.3%Y/R10.9Y/Tgt6.31D5

College Stats

Georgia TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia Tech), 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.

Top Teammates

Derek CarrQB5y Johnathan HankinsDT5y Daniel CarlsonK5y Trent SiegLS5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Darren inherited the Las Vegas Raiders TE room from Zach Miller (2007–2010), and handed it to Brock Bowers (2024–2026).

Dave Casper 1974–1984Ethan Horton 1987–1993Rickey Dudley 1996–2000Zach Miller 2007–2010Darren Waller 2018–2022Brock Bowers

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined CAR (from MIA)
2026final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2025team change
Joined MIA (from NYG)
2023team change
Joined NYG (from LV)
2020team change
Joined LV (from OAK)
2018team change
Joined OAK (from BAL)
2015draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 6, Pick 204

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 245 lb

Frame

238 lb at 4.46s

Size-speed

37" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

12 reps

Bench power

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 90

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

C2016

A+2019

A+2020

A2021

B2022

B+2023

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

62%

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2016	85	10.6	179+94	10.5
2019	1,145	71.6	1,405+260	82.7
2020	1,196	74.8	1,438+242	84.6
2021	665	60.5	1,135+470	66.8
2022	388	48.5	878+490	51.6
2023	552	46	821+269	48.3
2025	283	35.4	601+318	35.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/15/2026

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

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Darren Waller

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2015 Draft Class· this player went #204

Career Geography