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

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Earl Bennett

Top 32% all-time WRsReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight206 lb

BornMar 23, 1987

Age39

CollegeVanderbilt See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 3, Pick 70 · CHI

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 32 · #2584 · Role Player

Worth 32 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 57% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +15

4 seasons × ~8 surplus ≈ VORP 32

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%
2008	—	—	10	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CHI	16	—	88	54	717	2	61.4%	13.3	8.1	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	ATL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CHI	14	—	70	46	561	3	65.7%	12.2	8.0	—	27	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CHI	11	—	43	24	381	1	55.8%	15.9	8.9	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	12	—	49	29	375	2	59.2%	12.9	7.7	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CHI	14	—	43	32	243	4	74.4%	7.6	5.7	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	542	53.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	84	—	293	185	2,277	12	63.1%	12.3	7.8	—	106	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	542	53.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA41.2·1 rushing · 41 receiving·8.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2010	23	CHI	14	—	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	8.5
Career			14		2	9	0	4.5	—	1	—	0	37.4

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2008	21	—	10	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	22	CHI	16	—	88	54	717	2	61.4%	13.3	8.1	—	32
2010	23	CHI	14	—	70	46	561	3	65.7%	12.2	8.0	—	27
2011	24	CHI	11	—	43	24	381	1	55.8%	15.9	8.9	—	14
2012	25	CHI	12	—	49	29	375	2	59.2%	12.9	7.7	—	20
2013	26	CHI	14	8*	43	32	243	4	74.4%	7.6	5.7	—	13
Career			77	8*	293	185	2,277	12	63.1%	12.3	7.8	—	106

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2009	22	ATL	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2010	23	NE	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2011	24	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2012	25	GB	1	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Career			7		8	8	—	—	—

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	26	CHI	15	8*	542	53.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			15	8*	542	—	—	—	—	—

* 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
2009	22	—	—	—	—	—	7.3	765
2010	23	—	—	—	—	0.6	18.8	561
2011	24	—	—	—	—	—	3.4	514
2012	25	—	—	—	—	—	7.4	405
2013	26	—	—	8*	—	—	3.6	327
Career				8*	—	—	—	2,572

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

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2013	26	—	—	8*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Career				8*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 35.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 502013

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Receptions leader12

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

8.24 EPA/season over 5 seasons53

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+

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.448 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.448Touch rate0.079EPA/snap0.007Snap share53.7%Off snaps542Emerging

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 · 2008

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

WR · 2008 class

4.48s

40-Yard

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 81thClass Pos 54thClass All 76th

26"

Vertical

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 5thClass Pos 2thClass All 14th

110"

Broad Jump

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 25thClass Pos 7thClass All 27th

15 reps

Bench

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 17thClass Pos 46thClass All 12th

7.15s

3-Cone

Low · 16th pct

Pos 16thAll 50thClass Pos 14thClass All 49th

4.22s

Shuttle

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 69thClass Pos 64thClass All 83th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att2Yds7Y/A3.5

Receiving

Tgt9Rec4Yds58TD1Ctch%44.4%Y/R14.5Y/Tgt6.41D2

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.2Rec EPA-1.0Rec AirYd94

College Stats

VanderbiltCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Vanderbilt), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #70

#61Martellus BennettTE #62Terrence WheatleyDB #63Terrell ThomasCB #65John GrecoC #66Kendall LangfordDE #67Charles GodfreyFS #68Chevis JacksonDB #69Jacob HesterRB #71Tavares GoodenLB #72Chris EllisOLB #73Jamaal CharlesRB #74Dan ConnorILB #75Reggie SmithDB #76Brad CottamTE #77Pat SimsDT #78Shawn CrableOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Earl inherited the Chicago Bears WR room from Johnny Knox (2009–2011), and handed it to Brandon Marshall (2012–2014).

Ken Margerum 1981–1985Willie Gault 1983–1987Glen Kozlowski 1987–1992Ron Morris 1987–1992Wendell Davis 1988–1993Curtis Conway

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2008draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 3, Pick 70

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 206 lb

Frame

209 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

26" vert / 110" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	CHI	0	W17Questionable· Not Injury Related
2012	CHI	2	W4Questionable· HandW5Questionable· HandW14Out· ConcussionW15Out· ConcussionW16Questionable· Concussion
2011	CHI	3	W3Out· ChestW4Out· ChestW5Out· ChestW6Questionable· Chest
2010	CHI	0	W17Questionable· Ankle

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

D2008

B2009

C+2010

C+2011

C+2012

C2013

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

81%

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
2008	0	0	0	0
2009	717	44.8	653-64	38.4
2010	561	40.1	573+12	33.7
2011	381	34.6	482+101	28.4
2012	375	31.3	413+38	24.3
2013	243	17.4	167-76	9.8

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, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

32 career value over replacement — #2584 all-time of 4,642. 5.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #70 (Rd 3) · CHI · 2008 · +10.4 vs expected KV-H

54actual

43.6 expected · Δ+10.4

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Passing

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #70

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography