Doug Marsh ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Marsh in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Marsh a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1980 | 22 | STL | 16 | — | — | 22 | 269 | 4 | — | 12.2 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 23 | STL | 4 | — | — | 6 | 80 | 1 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 24 | STL | 8 | — | — | 6 | 94 | 0 | — | 15.7 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 25 | STL | 16 | — | — | 32 | 421 | 8 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 26 | STL | 16 | — | — | 39 | 608 | 5 | — | 15.6 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 27 | STL | 16 | — | — | 37 | 355 | 1 | — | 9.6 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 28 | STL | 16 | — | — | 25 | 313 | 0 | — | 12.5 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 92 | — | — | 167 | 2,140 | 19 | — | 12.8 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
130 career value over replacement — #800 all-time of 4,695. 18.6/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #33 (Rd 2) · STL · 1980 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H
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7 seasons · peak 8.2 in 1984
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.
2.1 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1984 · +0.6 wins
Latest season · 1986 · +0.2 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.
#64 of 698 all-time TEs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 27.7 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.
Blend 69.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 93%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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