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

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Dennis Northcutt

Top 25% all-time WRsReliable Starter🏆 Clutch · +11% playoffsTwo-Way Profile

Height5'11"

Weight172 lb

BornDec 22, 1977

Age48

CollegeArizona See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 2, Pick 32 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 74 · #1541 · Above Average

Worth 74 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 34% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.3

Avg surplus

peak +17

8 seasons × ~9.3 surplus ≈ VORP 74

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								Passing													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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2000	—	CLE	15	—	80	38	405	0	47.5%	10.7	5.1	—	25	9	33	0	3.7	0.0	1	11.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	CLE	8	—	35	18	211	0	51.4%	11.7	6.0	—	7	3	26	0	8.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2002	—	CLE	12	—	49	38	601	5	77.6%	15.8	12.3	—	31	8	104	1	13.0	12.5	4	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	CLE	15	—	62	62	729	2	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	43	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	4	33.3	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	DEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	CLE	16	—	55	55	806	2	100.0%	14.7	14.7	—	25	8	19	0	2.4	0.0	1	12.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	MIA	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	CLE	14	—	42	42	441	2	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	19	2	33	0	16.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	DET	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	CLE	11	—	22	22	228	0	100.0%	10.4	10.4	—	10	3	32	0	10.7	0.0	1	33.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	JAX	15	—	44	44	601	4	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	30	6	27	0	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	JAX	13	—	44	44	545	2	100.0%	12.4	12.4	—	25	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DET	14	—	62	34	348	1	54.8%	10.2	5.6	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SF	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	150	—	495	397	4,915	18	80.2%	12.4	9.9	—	233	52	366	1	7.0	1.9	13	25.0	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	21	20	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0

Career EPA285.2·-1 passing · 14 rushing · 272 receiving·28.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2003	26	CLE	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	8.8
Career			15		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	68.4

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2000	23	CLE	15	—	9	33	0	3.7	0.0	1	11.1	0
2001	24	CLE	8	—	3	26	0	8.7	0.0	1	33.3	0
2002	25	CLE	12	—	8	104	1	13.0	12.5	4	50.0	0
2003	26	CLE	15	—	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	4	33.3	0
2004	27	CLE	16	—	8	19	0	2.4	0.0	1	12.5	0
2005	28	CLE	14	—	2	33	0	16.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
2006	29	CLE	11	—	3	32	0	10.7	0.0	1	33.3	1
2007	30	JAX	15	—	6	27	0	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	0
2008	31	JAX	13	—	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			119		52	366	1	7.0	—	13	—	1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2000	23	CLE	15	—	80	38	405	0	47.5%	10.7	5.1	—	25
2001	24	CLE	8	—	35	18	211	0	51.4%	11.7	6.0	—	7
2002	25	CLE	12	—	49	38	601	5	77.6%	15.8	12.3	—	31
2003	26	CLE	15	—	62	62	729	2	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	43
2004	27	CLE	16	—	55	55	806	2	100.0%	14.7	14.7	—	25
2005	28	CLE	14	—	42	42	441	2	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	19
2006	29	CLE	11	—	22	22	228	0	100.0%	10.4	10.4	—	10
2007	30	JAX	15	—	44	44	601	4	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	30
2008	31	JAX	13	—	44	44	545	2	100.0%	12.4	12.4	—	25
2009	32	DET	14	—	62	34	348	1	54.8%	10.2	5.6	—	18
Career			133		495	397	4,915	18	80.2%	12.4	9.9	—	233

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2000	23	BAL	2	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2001	24	NE	1	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	1	—
2003	26	DEN	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2004	27	MIA	3	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2005	28	DET	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2006	29	TB	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	30	HOU	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	32	SF	3	—	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			17		21	20	1	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2000	23	—	—	—	—	0.4	-12.7	0
2001	24	—	—	—	—	2.8	-8.4	0
2002	25	—	—	—	—	7.8	52.6	0
2003	26	—	—	—	-0.6	2.7	62.0	0
2004	27	—	—	—	—	-1.1	47.8	0
2005	28	—	—	—	—	1.7	33.5	0
2006	29	—	—	—	—	-0.5	12.5	105
2007	30	—	—	—	—	-0.4	55.3	473
2008	31	—	—	—	—	0.8	36.8	428
2009	32	—	—	—	—	—	-7.6	557
Career					—	—	—	1,563

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 38

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 542009

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 26% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

26% of the all-time Receptions leader26

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

28.52 EPA/season over 10 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: 92%.

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+).

Combine · 2000

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

WR · 2000 class

4.43s

40-Yard

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 89thClass Pos 85thClass All 95th

37.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 84thClass Pos 84thClass All 87th

123"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 78thClass Pos 70thClass All 87th

6.96s

3-Cone

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 74thClass Pos 56thClass All 69th

4.04s

Shuttle

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 94thClass Pos 90thClass All 92th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 12.4 regular season → 13.7 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+11%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds5Y/A5.0

Receiving

Tgt13Rec11Yds151TD2Ctch%84.6%Y/R13.7Y/Tgt11.61D9

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.5Rec EPA18.6Rec AirYd47

College Stats

ArizonaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arizona), 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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #32

#24Ahmed PlummerCB #25Chris HovanDT #26Erik FlowersDE #27Anthony BechtTE #28Rob MorrisLB #29R.Jay SowardWR #30Keith BulluckOLB #31Trung CanidateRB #33Darren HowardDE #34Mark RomanS #35John EngelbergerDE #36Todd PinkstonWR #37Travis ClaridgeG #38Marvel SmithOT #40Ian GoldOLB #41Raynoch ThompsonOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dennis inherited the Cleveland Browns WR room from Kevin Johnson (1999–2002), and handed it to Quincy Morgan (2001–2003).

Brian Brennan 1984–1991Reggie Langhorne 1985–1991Webster Slaughter 1986–1991Eric Metcalf 1989–1994Michael Jackson 1991–1995Keenan McCardell

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined DET (from JAX)
2009final season
Last recorded season with DET
2007team change
Joined JAX (from CLE)
2000draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 2, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 172 lb

Frame

175 lb at 4.43s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	DET	0	W15Questionable· GroinW16Questionable· Groin

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2000

C2001

B2002

B2003

B2004

C+2005

C2006

C+2007

C+2008

C+2009

Availability

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

83%

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
2000	405	27	374-31	22
2001	211	26.4	312+101	18.3
2002	601	50.1	742+141	43.7
2003	729	48.6	713-16	42
2004	806	50.4	730-76	42.9
2005	441	31.5	323-118	19
2006	228	20.7	103-125	6
2007	601	40.1	518-83	30.4
2008	545	41.9	576+31	33.9
2009	348	24.9	280-68	16.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

74 career value over replacement — #1541 all-time of 4,642. 7.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 2) · CLE · 2000 · +3.1 vs expected KV-H

58actual

54.9 expected · Δ+3.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #32

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography