Harold Carmichael ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Carmichael in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carmichael a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Harold Carmichael

👑 Dynasty DNA · 12 seasons · 2 titles Top 10% all-time WRsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 1973

Height6'8"

Weight225 lb

Career Value · VORP

186 career value over replacement — #444 all-time of 4,695. 14.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 40% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

40% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader40

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

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Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Career Milestones10

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19731K career receiving yards
1973100 career receptions
197525 career receiving TDs
19763K career receiving yards
1976250 career receptions
19785K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

College Stats

SouthernCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Southern), 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.

Top Teammates

Perry HarringtonRB4y Mike QuickWR2y Hubie OliverRB2y Vyto KabTE2y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Harold inherited the Philadelphia Eagles WR room from Tommy McDonald (1957–1963), and handed it to Charlie Smith (1974–1981).

Tommy McDonald 1957–1963Harold Carmichael 1971–1983Charlie Smith 1974–1981Mike Quick 1982–1990Kenny Jackson 1984–1991Cris Carter

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

Movementderived from season history

1984team change
Joined DAL (from PHI)
1984final season
Last recorded season with DAL
1971signing
Entered the NFL with PHI

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'8" / 225 lb

Frame

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 75

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

C1971

C1972

A1973

C+1974

C+1975

C+1976

C+1977

B+1978

B1979

B1980

B+1981

B+1982

B1983

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1971	288	32	107-181	6.3
1972	276	21.2	0-276	0
1973	1,116	79.7	1,272+156	74.8
1974	649	46.4	514-135	30.2
1975	639	45.6	517-122	30.4
1976	503	35.9	230-273	13.5
1977	665	47.5	446-219	26.3
1978	1,072	67	926-146	54.5
1979	872	54.5	717-155	42.2
1980	815	50.9	709-106	41.7
1981	1,028	64.3	980-48	57.6
1982	540	60	1,005+465	59.1
1983	515	34.3	655+140	38.6

Data: nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:pfhof-inductee-list · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026