Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1989 | 21–22 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 22–23 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 23–24 | CLE | 8 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 24–25 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 25–26 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 26–27 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 27–28 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 28–29 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 29–30 | SD | 16 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 30–31 | ARI | 16 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 31–32 | CAR | 10 | — | 22 | 11 | 133 | 0 | 50.0% | 12.1 | 6.0 | — | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33–34 | WAS | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 80.0% | 4.8 | 3.8 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 34–35 | GB | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 168 | — | 27 | 541 | 152 | 0 | 2003.7% | 0.3 | 5.6 | — | 6 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | |
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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.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | 32 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 10.4 | — | 93.3 | — | 0.3 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 21–22 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 22–23 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 23–24 | CLE | 8 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 24–25 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 25–26 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 26–27 | CLE | 16 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 27–28 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 28–29 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 29–30 | SD | 16 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 30–31 | ARI | 16 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 31–32 | CAR | 10 | — | 22 | 11 | 133 | 0 | 50.0% | 12.1 | 6.0 | — | 6 |
| 2001 | 33–34 | WAS | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 80.0% | 4.8 | 3.8 | — | 0 |
| Career | 167 | 27 | 541 | 152 | 0 | 2003.7% | 0.3 | 5.6 | — | 6 |
A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 26 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 2 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 33.4 × longevity 0.79 = KV-H 26· confidence 82%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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