All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position57
Solid
of 100
Reached 52% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.
52% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader52
3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 96%.
Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers
StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.
Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.
Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.
Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player
Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player
Defensive StatsNot available for this player
College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.
NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player
Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.
Where this data comes from
Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisCareer Milestones11
Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).
- 19601K career receiving yards
- 1961100 career receptions
- 19623K career receiving yards
- 196325 career receiving TDs
- 1964250 career receptions
- 19655K career receiving yards
Understanding These Stats
Receiving
Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.
Rec — Receptions — catches made.
Yds — Receiving yards.
TD — Receiving touchdowns.
Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.
Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.
Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.
AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.
1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.
Proprietary StatVault Metrics
KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas Western), 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.
Top Teammates
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterDon opened the New York Jets WR lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to David Knight (1973–1977).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1973team change
Joined STL (from NYJ)
- 1973final season
Last recorded season with STL
- 1960team change
Joined NYJ (from NYG)
- 1958signing
Entered the NFL with NYG
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 13-season peers. See all →
71
peak 80
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B+1960
C1961
B1962
C+1963
C+1964
B+1965
C+1966
A1967
A1968
B+1969
C+1970
C1971
C+1972
Era Translator
Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,265 | 90.4 | 933-332 | 54.9 |
| 1961 | 629 | 44.9 | 59-570 | 3.5 |
| 1962 | 1,041 | 74.4 | 700-341 | 41.2 |
| 1963 | 780 | 65 | 541-239 | 31.8 |
| 1964 | 847 | 60.5 | 459-388 | 27 |
| 1965 | 1,218 | 87 | 1,018-200 | 59.9 |
| 1966 | 840 | 60 | 478-362 | 28.1 |
| 1967 | 1,434 | 102.4 | 1,287-147 | 75.7 |
| 1968 | 1,297 | 99.8 | 1,435+138 | 84.4 |
| 1969 | 938 | 85.3 | 1,048+110 | 61.7 |
| 1970 | 525 | 52.5 | 495-30 | 29.1 |
| 1971 | 408 | 29.1 | 45-363 | 2.7 |
| 1972 | 510 | 36.4 | 301-209 | 17.7 |
Data: wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:pfhof-inductee-list · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/10/2026
