Delanie Walker ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Walker in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Walker a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Delanie Walker

3× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time TEsFranchise Cornerstone🏆 Clutch · +28% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2015 Team Carrier · #75

Career Value · VORP

199 career value over replacement — #386 all-time of 4,695. 16.6/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Boom-or-BustCV 0.63

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #175 (Rd 6) · SF · 2006 · +50.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

23.8 expected · Δ+50.2

💔+54 stolen VORP·3.25 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Defense
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2006	22	SF	1	—	2	2	30	0	100.0%	15.0	15.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	23	SF	11	—	21	21	174	1	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	24	SF	9	—	10	10	155	1	100.0%	15.5	15.5	—	7	2	-13	0	-6.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	25	SF	12	—	33	21	233	0	63.6%	11.1	7.1	—	10	3	34	0	11.3	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	26	SF	13	—	45	29	331	0	64.4%	11.4	7.4	—	13	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	27	SF	12	—	35	19	198	3	54.3%	10.4	5.7	—	9	3	5	0	1.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	28	SF	15	—	39	21	344	3	53.8%	16.4	8.8	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	29	TEN	15	—	86	60	571	6	69.8%	9.5	6.6	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	763	74.9%	—	0.0%	19	4.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	30	TEN	15	—	106	63	890	4	59.4%	14.1	8.4	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	772	83.4%	—	0.0%	5	1.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	31	TEN	15	—	133	94	1,088	6	70.7%	11.6	8.2	—	52	1	36	0	36.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	686	72.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	32	TEN	15	—	102	65	800	7	63.7%	12.3	7.8	—	35	2	11	0	5.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	709	71.5%	—	0.0%	3	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	33	TEN	16	—	111	74	807	3	66.7%	10.9	7.3	—	43	2	-2	1	-1.0	50.0	1	50.0	0	742	72.6%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	34	TEN	1	—	7	4	52	0	57.1%	13.0	7.4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	57.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	35	TEN	7	—	31	21	215	2	67.7%	10.2	6.9	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	193	42.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	157	—	761	504	5,888	36	66.2%	11.7	7.7	—	272	16	89	1	5.6	6.3	7	43.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

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A top 10% all-time tight end with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 199 · #386 · Elite

Worth 199 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 9% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.9

Avg surplus

peak +46

10 seasons × ~19.9 surplus ≈