Derrius Thompson is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Thompson in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Thompson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 2001 | 24 | WAS | 4 | — | 6 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 50.0% | 17.3 | 8.7 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | WAS | 15 | — | 93 | 53 | 773 | 4 | 57.0% | 14.6 | 8.3 | — | 35 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 26 | MIA | 13 | — | 26 | 26 | 359 | 0 | 100.0% | 13.8 | 13.8 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 27 | MIA | 13 | — | 23 | 23 | 359 | 4 | 100.0% | 15.6 | 15.6 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 45 | — | 148 | 105 | 1,543 | 9 | 70.9% | 14.7 | 10.4 | — | 74 | 10 | 77 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
18 career value over replacement — #3234 all-time of 4,695. 4.5/season above a replacement-level WR.
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1999–2000: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
4 seasons · peak 7.7 in 2002
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.8 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2002 · +0.6 wins
Latest season · 2004 · +0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#534 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 52.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 49· confidence 88%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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