Floyd Dixon is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Dixon in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Dixon's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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 | |||||
| 1986 | 22 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 42 | 617 | 2 | — | 14.7 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 23 | ATL | 12 | — | — | 36 | 600 | 5 | — | 16.7 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 24 | ATL | 14 | — | — | 28 | 368 | 2 | — | 13.1 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 25 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 25 | 357 | 2 | — | 14.3 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 26 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 38 | 399 | 4 | — | 10.5 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 27 | ATL | 10 | — | — | 12 | 146 | 1 | — | 12.2 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 28 | PHI | 7 | — | — | 3 | 36 | 0 | — | 12.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 91 | — | — | 184 | 2,523 | 16 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
55 career value over replacement — #1969 all-time of 4,695. 7.9/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #154 (Rd 6) · ATL · 1986 · +28.3 vs expected KV-H
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7 seasons · peak 9.0 in 1987
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.
2.3 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1987 · +0.7 wins
Latest season · 1992 · −0.1 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.
#334 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 23 | 110 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 29.6 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.
Blend 57.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 98%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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90% match
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