Donovan Peoples-Jones NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Donovan Peoples-Jones

WRDET#19DEV

Donovan Peoples-Jones

Top 35% all-time WRsReliable Starter

Height6'2"

Weight204 lb

BornFeb 19, 1999

Age27

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 6, Pick 187 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

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A wide receiver with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 30 · #2666 · Role Player

Worth 30 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 58% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

2 replaced

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+15

Avg surplus

peak +18

2 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 30

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													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2020	—	CLE	7	—	20	14	304	2	70.0%	21.7	15.2	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	268	32.7%	—	0.0%	93	29.6%
2021	—	CLE	13	—	58	34	597	3	58.6%	17.6	10.3	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	699	77.6%	—	0.0%	42	14.9%
2021	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	CLE	17	—	96	61	839	3	63.5%	13.8	8.7	—	33	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,055	89.8%	—	0.0%	48	14.3%
2022	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	DET	12	—	25	13	155	0	52.0%	11.9	6.2	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	511	46.2%	—	0.0%	69	19.0%
2023	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	53	—	199	122	1,895	8	61.3%	15.5	9.5	—	76	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,533	61.6%	—	0.0%	252	19.4%

Career EPA59.0·-0 rushing · 59 receiving·14.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2022	23	CLE	17	15*	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	11.1
Career			17	15*	1	2	0	2.0	—	0	—	0	27.4

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2020	21	CLE	7	0*	20	14	304	2	70.0%	21.7	15.2	—	10
2021	22	CLE	13	11*	58	34	597	3	58.6%	17.6	10.3	—	26
2022	23	CLE	17	15*	96	61	839	3	63.5%	13.8	8.7	—	33
2023	24	DET	12	0*	25	13	155	0	52.0%	11.9	6.2	—	7
Career			49	26*	199	122	1,895	8	61.3%	15.5	9.5	—	76

* 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%
2020	21	CLE	12	0*	268	32.7%	—	0.0%	93	29.6%
2021	22	CLE	14	11*	699	77.6%	—	0.0%	42	14.9%
2022	23	CLE	17	15*	1,055	89.8%	—	0.0%	48	14.3%
2023	24	DET	15	0*	511	46.2%	—	0.0%	69	19.0%
Career			58	26*	2,533	—	—	—	252	—

* 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	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2020	21	—	—	0*	—	—	18.9	0	344
2021	22	—	—	11*	—	—	26.0	0	904
2022	23	—	—	15*	—	-0.4	18.4	0	1,107
2023	24	—	—	0*	—	—	-4.0	0	273
Career				26*	—	—	—	0	2,628

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2022	23	CLE	17	15*	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
Career			17	15*	2	—	0	—	0	—	0

* 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
2020	21	CLE	12	0*	16.6	16.2	5.5	0	1	0.1	10	145.8
2021	22	CLE	14	11*	15.4	13.3	4.3	4	3	0.1	26	89.5
2022	23	CLE	17	15*	11.7	10.6	3.1	1	2	0.0	33	97.5
2023	24	2TM	15	0*	10.4	9.2	2.7	0	0	0.0	7	37.9
Career			58	26*	—	—	—	5	6	—	76	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

56

Sustained

career value

×.6

56

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 52· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 40.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 542023

All-Time Standing

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

12

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader8

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

14.74 EPA/season over 4 seasons55

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

43

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.749 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.749Touch rate0.079EPA/snap0.023Snap share61.6%Off snaps2,533ReliableCV 0.39

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 · 2020

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

WR · 2020 class

4.48s

40-Yard

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 81thClass Pos 54thClass All 81th

44.5"

Vertical

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

139"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds31Ctch%66.7%Y/R15.5Y/Tgt10.31D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA1.5Rec AirYd38

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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #187

#179Bradlee AnaeDE #180Hakeem AdenijiOT #181Netane MutiG #182Mike OnwenuG #183Cameron BrownLB #184Bravvion RoyDT #185Blake FergusonLS #186Alohi GilmanSAF #188Tyler BassK #189Jake LutonQB #190Charlie WoernerTE #191Braden MannP #192Jon RunyanOL #193Rob WindsorDT #194Khalil DavisDT #195Justin HerronG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Donovan inherited the Cleveland Browns WR room from Odell Beckham Jr. (2019–2020), and handed it to Amari Cooper (2022–2023).

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

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Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined DET (from CLE)
2023final season
Last recorded season with DET
2020draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 6, Pick 187

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 204 lb

Frame

212 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

44.5" vert / 139" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	DET	0	W10Questionable· Ribs
2021	CLE	1	W8Out· GroinW9Questionable· GroinW11Questionable· GroinW12Questionable· Groin
2020	CLE	0	W18Questionable· Concussion

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 →

52

peak 56

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

C2020

B2021

B2022

C2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

87%

20202023

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
2020	304	43.4	643+339	37.8
2021	597	45.9	709+112	41.7
2022	839	49.4	770-69	45.3
2023	155	12.9	156+1	9.2

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

30 career value over replacement — #2666 all-time of 4,642. 7.5/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #187 (Rd 6) · CLE · 2020 · +26.1 vs expected KV-H

52actual

25.9 expected · Δ+26.1

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