David Boston ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Boston in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Boston a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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David Boston

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time WRsAll-Time Great👑 #1 Wide Receiver · 2001 💭 What If? · 2+ seasons leftTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #62

Height6'2"

Weight228 lb

BornAug 19, 1978

Age47

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 8 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2001·Rec Yds1,598 yds

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time wide receiver — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 113 · #945 · High-Value

Worth 113 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 21% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.6

Avg surplus

peak +43

5 seasons × ~22.6 surplus ≈ VORP 113

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													Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	—	ARI	15	—	81	40	473	2	49.4%	11.8	5.8	—	21	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.6	1.2	0	0
2000	—	ARI	16	—	129	69	1,072	6	53.5%	15.5	8.3	—	46	3	9	0	3.0	0.0	1	33.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	WAS	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.9	36.8	0	0
2001	—	ARI	16	—	175	98	1,598	8	56.0%	16.3	9.1	—	72	5	35	0	7.0	0.0	3	60.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	65.7	0	0
2002	—	ARI	8	—	75	32	512	1	42.7%	16.0	6.8	—	28	2	29	0	14.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	DAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	6.2	0	0
2003	—	LAC	14	—	70	70	880	7	100.0%	12.6	12.6	—	42	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	69.2	0	0
2005	—	MIA	3	—	4	4	80	0	100.0%	20.0	20.0	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.3	0	0
Career		—	81	—	534	313	4,615	24	58.6%	14.7	8.6	—	211	18	91	0	5.1	0.0	7	38.9	1	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-3.5	185.4	0	0

Career EPA181.9·-3 rushing · 185 receiving·30.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1999	21	ARI	15	—	5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.9
2000	22	ARI	16	—	3	9	3.0	0.0	1	33.3	1	14.6
2001	23	ARI	16	—	5	35	7.0	0.0	3	60.0	0	22.9
2002	24	ARI	8	—	2	29	14.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	5.4
2003	25	LAC	14	—	3	18	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	14.1
Career			69		18	91	5.1	—	7	—	1	64.9

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	21	ARI	15	—	81	40	473	2	49.4%	11.8	5.8	—	21
2000	22	ARI	16	—	129	69	1,072	6	53.5%	15.5	8.3	—	46
2001	23	ARI	16	—	175	98	1,598	8	56.0%	16.3	9.1	—	72
2002	24	ARI	8	—	75	32	512	1	42.7%	16.0	6.8	—	28
2003	25	LAC	14	—	70	70	880	7	100.0%	12.6	12.6	—	42
2005	27	MIA	3	—	4	4	80	0	100.0%	20.0	20.0	—	2
Career			72		534	313	4,615	24	58.6%	14.7	8.6	—	211

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	21	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2000	22	WAS	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2001	23	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	24	DAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	25	KC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9		9	9	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	21	—	—	—	—	-2.6	1.2
2000	22	—	—	—	—	-4.9	36.8
2001	23	—	—	—	—	1.2	65.7
2002	24	—	—	—	—	2.5	6.2
2003	25	—	—	—	—	0.3	69.2
2005	27	—	—	—	—	—	6.3
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 74.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 53.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 71elite 702003

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #62 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

124

5 qualifying seasons

2000 ARI·3 team wins#17

Receiving Yards · 1,072 · score 36

2003 LAC·4 team wins#17

Receiving Touchdowns · 7 · score 27

2003 LAC·4 team wins#17

Receptions · 70 · score 27

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Receptions leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

30.32 EPA/season over 6 seasons60

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%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #8

#1Tim CouchQB #2Donovan McNabbQB #3Akili SmithQB #4Edgerrin JamesRB #6Torry HoltWR #7Champ BaileyCB #9Chris ClaiborneLB #10Chris McAlisterDB #11Daunte CulpepperQB #12Cade McNownQB #13Troy EdwardsWR #14John TaitOT #16Jevon KearseDE #17Damien WoodyOT #18Matt StinchcombG #19Luke PetitgoutOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

David inherited the Arizona Cardinals WR room from Frank Sanders (1995–2002), and handed it to Bryant Johnson (2003–2007).

Ernie Jones 1988–1992Ricky Proehl 1990–1994Randal Hill 1991–1994Rob Moore 1995–1999Frank Sanders 1995–2002David Boston

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined MIA (from LAC)
2005final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2003team change
Joined LAC (from ARI)
1999draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 8

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 228 lb

Frame

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C+1999

B+2000

A+2001

B2002

B+2003

Availability

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

75%

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
1999	473	31.5	463-10	27.2
2000	1,072	67	1,014-58	59.7
2001	1,598	99.9	1,659+61	97.6
2002	512	64	1,007+495	59.2
2003	880	62.9	994+114	58.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

113 career value over replacement — #945 all-time of 4,642. 22.6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #8 (Rd 1) · ARI · 1999 · +13.6 vs expected KV-H

74actual

60.4 expected · Δ+13.6

💔+33.9 stolen VORP·1.5 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #8

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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