Dawson Knox NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Dawson Knox

TEBUF#88ACT

Dawson Knox

1× Pro BowlTop 17% all-time TEsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -15% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021Two-Way Profile

Height6'4"

Weight254 lb

BornNov 14, 1996

Age29

CollegeMississippi See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 3, Pick 96 · BUF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

26thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·6 91stPlayoff Receptions·38

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time tight end who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 97 · #1175 · High-Value

Worth 97 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

46

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

7

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+13.9

Avg surplus

peak +25

7 seasons × ~13.9 surplus ≈ VORP 97

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													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%
2019	—	BUF	15	—	50	28	388	2	56.0%	13.9	7.8	—	15	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	646	64.2%	—	0.0%	76	22.1%
2020	—	BUF	11	—	44	24	288	3	54.5%	12.0	6.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	487	57.4%	—	0.0%	36	18.6%
2021	—	BUF	15	—	71	49	587	9	69.0%	12.0	8.3	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	917	87.2%	—	0.0%	18	18.0%
2021	—	TB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	BUF	15	—	65	48	517	6	73.8%	10.8	8.0	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	825	80.4%	—	0.0%	5	6.0%
2022	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	BUF	10	—	36	22	186	2	61.1%	8.5	5.2	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	487	59.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	BUF	14	—	33	22	311	1	66.7%	14.1	9.4	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	618	60.1%	—	0.0%	4	4.3%
2025	—	BUF	16	—	49	36	417	4	73.5%	11.6	8.5	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	653	58.3%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
Career		—	101	—	348	229	2,694	27	65.8%	11.8	7.7	—	133	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	4,633	66.8%	—	0.0%	140	12.2%

Career EPA59.9·1 rushing · 59 receiving·10.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2019	23	BUF	15	10*	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	8.6
Career			15	10*	1	9	0	9.0	—	1	—	0	69.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2019	23	BUF	15	10*	50	28	388	2	56.0%	13.9	7.8	—	15
2020	24	BUF	11	7*	44	24	288	3	54.5%	12.0	6.5	—	14
2021	25	BUF	15	13*	71	49	587	9	69.0%	12.0	8.3	—	31
2022	26	BUF	15	12*	65	48	517	6	73.8%	10.8	8.0	—	25
2023	27	BUF	10	7*	36	22	186	2	61.1%	8.5	5.2	—	13
2024	28	BUF	14	10*	33	22	311	1	66.7%	14.1	9.4	—	12
2025	29	BUF	16	10*	49	36	417	4	73.5%	11.6	8.5	—	23
Career			96	69*	348	229	2,694	27	65.8%	11.8	7.7	—	133

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2021	25	TB	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2022	26	NE	3	3*	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	29	BUF	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			6	6*	6	5	1	0	0	—	—	0	0	1	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	23	BUF	15	10*	646	64.2%	—	0.0%	76	22.1%
2020	24	BUF	12	7*	487	57.4%	—	0.0%	36	18.6%
2021	25	BUF	15	13*	917	87.2%	—	0.0%	18	18.0%
2022	26	BUF	15	12*	825	80.4%	—	0.0%	5	6.0%
2023	27	BUF	12	7*	487	59.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	28	BUF	16	10*	618	60.1%	—	0.0%	4	4.3%
2025	29	BUF	17	10*	653	58.3%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
Career			102	69*	4,633	—	—	—	140	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2019	23	—	—	10*	—	0.9	7.8	0	455
2020	24	—	—	7*	—	—	-0.2	0	360
2021	25	—	—	13*	—	—	33.2	0	524
2022	26	—	—	12*	—	—	20.5	0	507
2023	27	—	—	7*	—	—	-12.4	0	253
2024	28	—	—	10*	—	—	10.1	0	316
Career				59*	—	—	—	0	2,415

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2019	23	BUF	15	10*	6	6.0	3	3.0	0	—	1
Career			15	10*	6	—	3	—	0	—	1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2019	23	BUF	15	10*	9.1	8.7	5.1	3	10	0.2	15	94.4
2020	24	BUF	12	7*	8.2	5.3	6.7	0	4	0.1	14	88.1
2021	25	BUF	15	13*	7.4	6.3	5.7	3	4	0.1	31	127.8
2022	26	BUF	15	12*	7.9	6.8	4.0	3	4	0.1	25	108.3
2023	27	BUF	12	7*	7.0	4.1	4.4	1	4	0.1	13	69.9
2024	28	BUF	16	10*	8.8	9.9	4.3	0	1	0.0	12	94.4
2025	29	BUF	17	10*	6.7	6.5	5.1	0	2	0.0	23	109.0
Career			102	69*	—	—	—	10	29	—	133	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

61

Sustained

career value

×.6

66

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 44.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 60elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

17

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Receptions leader15

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.99 EPA/season over 6 seasons53

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

51

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.583 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.583Touch rate0.075EPA/snap0.013Snap share66.8%Off snaps4,633ConsistentCV 0.15

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 · 2019

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

TE · 2019 class

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 62th pct

Pos 62thAll 59thClass Pos 64thClass All 57th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 22thClass Pos 21thClass All 25th

7.12s

3-Cone

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 54thClass Pos 78thClass All 58th

4.27s

Shuttle

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 62thClass Pos 72thClass All 64th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 11.8 regular season → 10.1 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

-15%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

15 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt53Rec38Yds382TD6Ctch%71.7%Y/R10.1Y/Tgt7.21D24

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA19.5Rec AirYd331

College Stats

MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #96

#88Cody BartonLB #89Bobby OkerekeILB #90Connor McGovernOL #91Trey PipkinsOT #92Chuma EdogaOT #93Miles BoykinWR #94Jamel DeanCB #95Oshane XiminesLB #97Bobby EvansG #98Quincy WilliamsLB #99Mike EdwardsSAF #100Will GrierQB #101Yodny CajusteOT #102Alexander MattisonRB #103Hakeem ButlerTE #104Ryan FinleyQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dawson inherited the Buffalo Bills TE room from Charles Clay (2015–2018), and handed it to Dalton Kincaid (2023–2025).

Mark Brammer 1980–1984Buster Barnett 1981–1984Pete Metzelaars 1985–1994Butch Rolle 1986–1991Keith McKeller 1987–1993Tony Cline

Similar Players

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

Chris Herndon

Jay Riemersma

Anthony Fasano

Brent Celek

Charlie Sanders

Eric Ebron

Fred Davis

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2019draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 3, Pick 96

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 254 lb

Frame

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	BUF	1	W6Questionable· WristW8Out· WristW14Questionable· Wrist
2022	BUF	1	W3Questionable· FootW4Questionable· Back / HipW5Out· Foot / Hamstring
2021	BUF	2	W8Out· HandW9Out· Hand
2020	BUF	3	W3Out· ConcussionW6Out· CalfW7Out· CalfW9Questionable· Calf

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 →

63

peak 66

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

B2019

C+2020

B+2021

B2022

C2023

C+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

87%

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
2019	388	25.9	475+87	28
2020	288	26.2	480+192	28.3
2021	587	39.1	725+138	42.7
2022	517	34.5	620+103	36.5
2023	186	18.6	331+145	19.5
2024	311	22.2	392+81	23.1
2025	417	26.1	443+26	26.1

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

Career Value · VORP

97 career value over replacement — #1175 all-time of 4,642. 13.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #96 (Rd 3) · BUF · 2019 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H

63actual

38.7 expected · Δ+24.3

Fan Rating

Rate Dawson Knox — All-Time

Tap a star to rate

Explore More

Similar Players

Chris Herndon

TE

93% match

Jay Riemersma

TE

91% match

Anthony Fasano

TE

90% match

Brent Celek

TE

90% match

Charlie Sanders

TE

89% match

Compare Dawson Knox vs Player Report data error