Derrick Mason ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Mason in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mason a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRHOU#82CUT

Derrick Mason

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time WRsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #39

Height5'10"

Weight197 lb

BornJan 17, 1974

Age52

CollegeMichigan State See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 4, Pick 98 · TEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

26thReceptions·942 35thReceiving Yards·12,027 yds 58thReceiving Touchdowns·66

Postseason all-time ranks

57thPlayoff Receptions·49 61stPlayoff Receiving Yards·601 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 285 · #152 · All-Time

Worth 285 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.9

Avg surplus

peak +34

13 seasons × ~21.9 surplus ≈ VORP 285

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
1997	—	TEN	16	—	—	14	186	0	—	13.3	—	—	—	1	-7	0	-7.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	TEN	16	—	—	25	333	3	—	13.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	TEN	6	—	18	8	89	0	44.4%	11.1	4.9	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8	0	0
2000	—	TEN	14	—	87	62	861	5	71.3%	13.9	9.9	—	44	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.7	53.2	0	0
2001	—	TEN	15	—	113	73	1,128	9	64.6%	15.5	10.0	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.7	0	0
2002	—	TEN	14	—	125	79	1,012	5	63.2%	12.8	8.1	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47.6	0	0
2003	—	TEN	16	—	95	95	1,303	8	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	68	3	11	0	3.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5	113.4	0	0
2004	—	TEN	16	—	96	96	1,168	7	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	67	1	-3	0	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	IND	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9	106.9	0	0
2005	—	BAL	16	—	86	86	1,073	3	100.0%	12.5	12.5	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	89.9	0	0
2006	—	BAL	15	—	68	68	750	2	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	45	1	-4	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4	74.1	0	602
2007	—	BAL	16	—	103	103	1,087	5	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	IND	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	92.0	0	748
2008	—	BAL	16	—	80	80	1,037	5	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	60	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	94.2	0	757
2009	—	BAL	16	—	134	73	1,028	7	54.5%	14.1	7.7	—	55	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	36.6	0	1,860
2010	—	BAL	16	—	100	61	802	7	61.0%	13.1	8.0	—	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	41.2	0	1,299
2011	—	HOU	11	—	35	19	170	0	54.3%	8.9	4.9	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.6	0	282
Career		—	236	—	1,140	942	12,027	66	82.6%	12.8	10.6	—	617	9	3	0	0.3	0.0	1	11.1	0	21	20	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-2.3	797.1	0	5,548

Career EPA794.8·-2 rushing · 797 receiving·61.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1997	23	TEN	16	—	1	-7	-7.0	0.0	—	—	—	5.5
2000	26	TEN	14	—	1	1	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	12.3
2003	29	TEN	16	—	3	11	3.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	18.8
2004	30	TEN	16	—	1	-3	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	16.4
2006	32	BAL	15	—	1	-4	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	9.1
2008	34	BAL	16	—	1	3	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	14.2
2009	35	BAL	16	—	1	2	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	16
Career			109		9	3	0.3	—	1	—	0	177.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	23	TEN	16	—	—	14	186	0	—	13.3	—	—	—
1998	24	TEN	16	—	—	25	333	3	—	13.3	—	—	—
1999	25	TEN	6	—	18	8	89	0	44.4%	11.1	4.9	—	5
2000	26	TEN	14	—	87	62	861	5	71.3%	13.9	9.9	—	44
2001	27	TEN	15	—	113	73	1,128	9	64.6%	15.5	10.0	—	50
2002	28	TEN	14	—	125	79	1,012	5	63.2%	12.8	8.1	—	56
2003	29	TEN	16	—	95	95	1,303	8	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	68
2004	30	TEN	16	—	96	96	1,168	7	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	67
2005	31	BAL	16	—	86	86	1,073	3	100.0%	12.5	12.5	—	52
2006	32	BAL	15	—	68	68	750	2	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	45
2007	33	BAL	16	—	103	103	1,087	5	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	60
2008	34	BAL	16	—	80	80	1,037	5	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	60
2009	35	BAL	16	—	134	73	1,028	7	54.5%	14.1	7.7	—	55
2010	36	BAL	16	—	100	61	802	7	61.0%	13.1	8.0	—	44
2011	37	HOU	11	—	35	19	170	0	54.3%	8.9	4.9	—	11
Career			219		1,140	942	12,027	66	82.6%	12.8	10.6	—	617

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2001	27	MIA	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2004	30	IND	3	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	31	PIT	2	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2007	33	IND	4	—	5	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	34	NYG	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2009	35	PIT	3	—	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	36	PIT	2	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			17		21	20	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	25	—	—	—	—	—	0.8	0
2000	26	—	—	—	—	-0.7	53.2	0
2001	27	—	—	—	—	—	50.7	0
2002	28	—	—	—	—	—	47.6	0
2003	29	—	—	—	—	1.5	113.4	0
2004	30	—	—	—	—	-0.9	106.9	0
2005	31	—	—	—	—	—	89.9	0
2006	32	—	—	—	—	-1.4	74.1	602
2007	33	—	—	—	—	—	92.0	748
2008	34	—	—	—	—	-0.4	94.2	757
2009	35	—	—	—	—	-0.4	36.6	1,860
2010	36	—	—	—	—	—	41.2	1,299
2011	37	—	—	—	—	—	-3.6	282
Career					—	—	—	5,548

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 48.3

Availability 18.7

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 65elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #39 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

160

6 qualifying seasons

2004 TEN·5 team wins#2

Receptions · 96 · score 48

2007 BAL·5 team wins#4

Receptions · 103 · score 44

2004 TEN·5 team wins#15

Receiving Yards · 1,168 · score 22

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 61% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

61% of the all-time Receptions leader61

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

61.14 EPA/season over 13 seasons70

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 12.8 regular season → 12.3 playoffs (8 playoff seasons)

-4%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

15 playoff games

Rushing

Att2Yds20Y/A10.01D11D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt78Rec49Yds601TD2Ctch%62.8%Y/R12.3Y/Tgt7.71D33

Defense

Tkl6Solo6

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.4Rec EPA28.6Rec AirYd432

College Stats

Michigan StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan 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.

1997 Draft Class· this player went #98

#88Dedric WardWR #89Chris CarterDB #90Brett ConwayK #91Mike VrabelOLB #92Derrick RodgersOLB #94Kenny WheatonDB #95Brad MaynardP #96Brent SmithOT #99Danny WuerffelQB #100Henri CrockettOLB #103Pete MontyLB #104Leon JohnsonRB #105Darnell AutryRB #106Chris DishmanG #108Marcus RobinsonWR #109Raleigh RoundtreeG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Derrick inherited the Tennessee Titans WR room from Chris Sanders (1997–2001), and handed it to Yancey Thigpen (1998–2000).

Mike Holston 1981–1985Herkie Walls 1983–1985Pat Coleman 1991–1994Derek Russell 1995–1997Chris Sanders 1997–2001Derrick Mason

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined HOU (from BAL)
2011final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2005team change
Joined BAL (from TEN)
1997draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 4, Pick 98

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 197 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	BAL	0	W4Questionable· IllnessW17Questionable· Knee

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 15-season peers. See all →

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
1997	186	11.6	221+35	13
1998	333	20.8	319-14	18.7
1999	89	14.8	216+127	12.7
2000	861	61.5	926+65	54.5
2001	1,128	75.2	1,206+78	71
2002	1,012	72.3	1,165+153	68.5
2003	1,303	81.4	1,359+56	79.9
2004	1,168	73	1,182+14	69.5
2005	1,073	67.1	1,054-19	62
2006	750	50	696-54	40.9
2007	1,087	67.9	1,086-1	63.9
2008	1,037	64.8	1,008-29	59.3
2009	1,028	64.3	1,016-12	59.7
2010	802	50.1	756-46	44.5
2011	170	15.5	139-31	8.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

285 career value over replacement — #152 all-time of 4,642. 19/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 4) · TEN · 1997 · +40.3 vs expected KV-H

79actual

38.7 expected · Δ+40.3

💔+25.7 stolen VORP·1.35 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

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Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

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1997 Draft Class· this player went #98

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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