George Pickens NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

George Pickens ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Pickens in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Pickens a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

George Pickens

WRDAL#3ACT

George Pickens

1× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time WRsIron Man📉 Fades · -14% playoffsTwo-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight200 lb

BornMar 4, 2001

Age25

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 2, Pick 52 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 103 · #1075 · High-Value

Worth 103 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+25.8

Avg surplus

peak +36

4 seasons × ~25.8 surplus ≈ VORP 103

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%
2022	—	PIT	17	—	84	52	801	4	61.9%	15.4	9.5	—	38	3	24	1	8.0	33.3	2	66.7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	882	76.0%	—	0.0%	3	3.7%
2023	—	PIT	17	—	106	63	1,140	5	59.4%	18.1	10.8	—	41	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	929	87.0%	—	0.0%	4	3.8%
2023	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	PIT	14	—	103	59	900	3	57.3%	15.3	8.7	—	37	2	-6	0	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	774	80.2%	—	0.0%	2	3.5%
2024	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	DAL	17	—	137	93	1,429	9	67.9%	15.4	10.4	—	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	968	81.1%	—	0.0%	3	5.5%
Career		—	67	—	430	267	4,270	21	62.1%	16.0	9.9	—	189	8	36	1	4.5	12.5	4	50.0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	3,553	81.1%	—	0.0%	12	4.1%

Career EPA101.8·1 rushing · 101 receiving·33.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2022	21	PIT	17	13*	3	24	1	8.0	33.3	2	66.7	0	11.4
2023	22	PIT	17	15*	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	14.1
2024	23	PIT	14	11*	2	-6	0	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	10.7
Career			48	39*	8	36	1	4.5	—	4	—	0	56.2

* 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
2022	21	PIT	17	13*	84	52	801	4	61.9%	15.4	9.5	—	38
2023	22	PIT	17	15*	106	63	1,140	5	59.4%	18.1	10.8	—	41
2024	23	PIT	14	11*	103	59	900	3	57.3%	15.3	8.7	—	37
2025	24	DAL	17	14*	137	93	1,429	9	67.9%	15.4	10.4	—	73
Career			65	53*	430	267	4,270	21	62.1%	16.0	9.9	—	189

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2022	21	PIT	3	3*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2023	22	IND	1	1*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	23	WAS	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	24	DAL	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			7	7*	5	4	1	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* 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%
2022	21	PIT	17	13*	882	76.0%	—	0.0%	3	3.7%
2023	22	PIT	17	15*	929	87.0%	—	0.0%	4	3.8%
2024	23	PIT	14	11*	774	80.2%	—	0.0%	2	3.5%
2025	24	DAL	17	14*	968	81.1%	—	0.0%	3	5.5%
Career			65	53*	3,553	—	—	—	12	—

* 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
2022	21	—	—	13*	—	2.1	44.3	0	1,240
2023	22	—	—	15*	—	0.7	28.6	0	1,428
2024	23	—	—	11*	—	-1.8	27.9	0	1,411
Career				39*	—	—	—	0	4,079

* 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	21	PIT	17	13*	20	6.7	4	1.3	0	—	2
2023	22	PIT	17	15*	13	4.3	5	1.7	1	3.0	2
2024	23	PIT	14	11*	-8	-4.0	2	1.0	0	—	0
Career			48	39*	25	—	11	—	1	—	4

* 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
2022	21	PIT	17	13*	14.5	13.4	2.0	5	3	0.0	38	109.3
2023	22	PIT	17	15*	13.5	11.9	6.2	5	2	0.0	42	100.4
2024	23	PIT	14	11*	13.3	11.6	3.6	4	6	0.1	37	87.8
2025	24	DAL	17	14*	11.3	10.2	5.2	6	4	0.0	73	114.9
Career			65	53*	—	—	—	20	15	—	190	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

74

Sustained

career value

×.6

77

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 75.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 70· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 54.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 74elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

21

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader19

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

33.94 EPA/season over 3 seasons61

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

73

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:1.212 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.212Touch rate0.123EPA/snap0.029Snap share81.1%Off snaps3,553ConsistentCV 0.17

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 · 2022

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

WR · 2022 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 83thClass Pos 39thClass All 74th

33"

Vertical

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 17thClass All 48th

125"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 86thClass Pos 59thClass All 79th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 16.0 regular season → 13.7 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-14%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds15Y/A15.01D11D%100.0

Receiving

Tgt16Rec10Yds137TD1Ctch%62.5%Y/R13.7Y/Tgt8.61D7

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.9Rec EPA1.3Rec AirYd186

College Stats

GeorgiaImported college table

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2019	Georgia	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	Georgia	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	Georgia	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		0	90	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #52

#44John Metchie IIIWR #45David OjaboLB #46Joshua PaschalDE #47Phidarian MathisDT #48Jaquan BriskerSAF #49Alontae TaylorCB #50Tyquan ThorntonWR #51Cam JurgensC #53Alec PierceWR #54Skyy MooreWR #55Trey McBrideTE #56Sam WilliamsDL #57Luke GoedekeOT #58Troy AndersenLB #59Ed IngramG #60Cam Taylor-BrittCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

George inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers WR room from Chase Claypool (2020–2022), and handed it to Calvin Austin III (2023–2025).

Weegie Thompson 1984–1989Louis Lipps 1984–1991Dwight Stone 1987–1994Ernie Mills 1991–1996Yancey Thigpen 1992–1997Andre Hastings

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined DAL (from PIT)
2025final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2022draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 2, Pick 52

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 200 lb

Frame

195 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

33" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	PIT	2	W14Questionable· HamstringW15Out· HamstringW16Out· Hamstring

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 →

70

peak 77

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

B2022

B+2023

B+2024

A2025

Availability

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

96%

2022

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
2022	801	47.1	731-70	43
2023	1,140	67.1	1,104-36	64.9
2024	900	64.3	1,082+182	63.6
2025	1,429	84.1	1,429	84.1

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:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

103 career value over replacement — #1075 all-time of 4,642. 25.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #52 (Rd 2) · PIT · 2022 · +21.1 vs expected KV-H

70actual

48.9 expected · Δ+21.1

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