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

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Devin Funchess

Top 30% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +22% playoffs

Height6'4"

Weight225 lb

BornMay 21, 1994

Age32

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 2, Pick 41 · CAR

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 40 · #2324 · Above Average

Worth 40 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +19

4 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 40

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									Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2015	—	CAR	16	—	63	31	473	5	49.2%	15.3	7.5	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	493	44.8%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.9	0	809
2016	—	CAR	14	—	58	23	371	4	39.7%	16.1	6.4	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	493	47.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.2	0	770
2017	—	CAR	16	—	111	63	840	8	56.8%	13.3	7.6	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	841	79.0%	—	0.0%	4	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ATL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34.0	0	1,442
2018	—	CAR	14	—	79	44	549	4	55.7%	12.5	6.9	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	622	69.1%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5	0	1,013
2019	—	IND	1	—	5	3	32	0	60.0%	10.7	6.4	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	57.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2	0	49
Career		—	65	—	316	164	2,265	21	51.9%	13.8	7.2	—	121	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,485	59.4%	—	0.0%	6	3.6%	—	—	58.9	0	4,083

Career EPA58.9·59 receiving·11.8/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2015	21	CAR	16	0*	63	31	473	5	49.2%	15.3	7.5	—	24	9.6
2016	22	CAR	14	0*	58	23	371	4	39.7%	16.1	6.4	—	20	7.7
2017	23	CAR	16	13*	111	63	840	8	56.8%	13.3	7.6	—	40	15.1
2018	24	CAR	14	10*	79	44	549	4	55.7%	12.5	6.9	—	35	8.5
2019	25	IND	1	—	5	3	32	0	60.0%	10.7	6.4	—	2	—
Career			61	23*	316	164	2,265	21	51.9%	13.8	7.2	—	121	40.9

* 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%
2015	21	CAR	16	0*	493	44.8%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2016	22	CAR	15	0*	493	47.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	23	CAR	16	13*	841	79.0%	—	0.0%	4	3.8%
2018	24	CAR	14	10*	622	69.1%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2019	25	IND	1	—	36	57.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			62	23*	2,485	—	—	—	6	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2015	21	—	—	0*	—	—	12.9	809
2016	22	—	—	0*	—	—	7.2	770
2017	23	—	—	13*	—	—	34.0	1,442
2018	24	—	—	10*	—	—	1.5	1,013
2019	25	—	—	—	—	—	3.2	49
Career				23*	—	—	—	4,083

* 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
2018	24	CAR	14	10*	12.8	10.8	1.7	2	7	0.1	35	68.0
2019	25	IND	1	—	9.8	8.7	2.0	0	1	0.2	2	78.7
Career			15	10*	—	—	—	2	8	—	37	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 39.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 582018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

11.78 EPA/season over 5 seasons54

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.911 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.911Touch rate0.127EPA/snap0.024Snap share59.4%Off snaps2,485ConsistentCV 0.10

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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 wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

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

WR · 2015 class

4.70s

40-Yard

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 44thClass Pos 2thClass All 48th

38.5"

Vertical

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 89thClass Pos 73thClass All 88th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 74thClass Pos 56thClass All 78th

17 reps

Bench

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 27thClass Pos 69thClass All 24th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 13.8 regular season → 16.9 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+22%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt17Rec9Yds152TD1Ctch%52.9%Y/R16.9Y/Tgt8.91D9

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA6.7Rec AirYd280

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #41

#32Malcom BrownDT #33Landon CollinsLB #34Donovan SmithOT #36T.J. YeldonRB #37Devin SmithWR #38Preston SmithDE #39Eddie GoldmanNT #40Dorial Green-BeckhamWR #42Jalen CollinsCB #43Benardrick McKinneyILB #44Hau'oli KikahaOLB #45Eric KendricksMLB #46Jaquiski TarttS #47Eric RoweCB #48Denzel PerrymanMLB #49Mitch MorseC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Devin inherited the Carolina Panthers WR room from Kelvin Benjamin (2014–2017), and handed it to Curtis Samuel (2017–2020).

Willie Green 1995–1996Mark Carrier 1995–1998Raghib Ismail 1996–1998Muhsin Muhammad 1996–2009Donald Hayes 1998–2001Patrick Jeffers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2019team change
Joined IND (from CAR)
2019final season
Last recorded season with IND
2015draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 2, Pick 41

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 225 lb

Frame

232 lb at 4.70s

Size-speed

38.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2018	CAR	W12Doubtful· BackW13Questionable· Back / Not Injury Related
2017	CAR	W14Questionable· ShoulderW15Questionable· ShoulderW16Questionable· ShoulderW18Questionable· Shoulder
2016	CAR	W5Questionable· Foot

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C+2015

C+2016

B2017

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

78%

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
2015	473	29.6	376-97	22.1
2016	371	26.5	336-35	19.8
2017	840	52.5	810-30	47.7
2018	549	39.2	548-1	32.2

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

40 career value over replacement — #2324 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #41 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2015 · +5.2 vs expected KV-H

55actual

49.8 expected · Δ+5.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #41

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator