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 left Team Carrier · #206

Career Value · VORP

110 career value over replacement — #1015 all-time of 4,695. 22/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #8 (Rd 1) · ARI · 1999 · +12.5 vs expected KV-H

74actual

61.5 expected · Δ+12.5

💔+33 stolen VORP·1.5 szns lost

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Height6'2"

Weight228 lb

BornAug 19, 1978

Age48

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 8 · ARI

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #206 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2000 ARI·3 team wins#18

Receiving Yards · 1,072 · score 32

2000 ARI·3 team wins#23

Receiving Touchdowns · 6 · score 12

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

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: 94%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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)Not available for this player

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

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+).

Career Milestones4

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

20001K career receiving yards
2000100 career receptions
20013K career receiving yards
2003250 career receptions

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.

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.

Top Teammates

Kwamie LassiterDB5y Ronald McKinnonMLB4y Jake PlummerQB4y Frank SandersWR4y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

David inherited the Arizona Cardinals WR room from Frank Sanders (1995–2002), and handed it to Anquan Boldin (2003–2009).

Ike Harris 1975–1977Pat Tilley 1976–1986J.T. Smith 1985–1990Ernie Jones 1988–1992Ricky Proehl 1990–1994Randal Hill

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined MIA (from SD)
2005final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2003team change
Joined SD (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 77

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

C+1999

B+2000

A+2001

B2002

B2003

Availability

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

75%

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
1999	473	31.5	462-11	27.2
2000	1,072	67	1,004-68	59.1
2001	1,598	99.9	1,629+31	95.8
2002	512	64	982+470	57.7
2003	880	62.9	976+96	57.4

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

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 DayNot available for this player

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.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

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.

David Boston 1999–2002

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

2002 · cause not documented · 50%2005 · cause not documented · 19%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Receiving Yards in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

#32

2001 · WR · all-time

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 7 seasons (1999–2005) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

ARI 1999–2002 LAC 2003 MIA 2005

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David Boston

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1999 Draft Class· this player went #8

Career Geography