Haywood Jeffires ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Jeffires in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jeffires a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
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 | |||||
| 1987 | 22–23 | HOU | 9 | — | — | 7 | 89 | 0 | — | 12.7 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 23–24 | HOU | 2 | — | — | 2 | 49 | 1 | — | 24.5 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 24–25 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 47 | 619 | 2 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 25–26 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 74 | 1,048 | 8 | — | 14.2 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 26–27 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 100 | 1,181 | 7 | — | 11.8 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 27–28 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 90 | 913 | 9 | — | 10.1 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 28–29 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 66 | 753 | 6 | — | 11.4 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 29–30 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 68 | 783 | 6 | — | 11.5 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 30–31 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 61 | 684 | 8 | — | 11.2 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 31–32 | NO | 9 | — | — | 20 | 215 | 3 | — | 10.8 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 132 | — | — | 535 | 6,334 | 50 | — | 11.8 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
145 career value over replacement — #691 all-time of 4,695. 16.1/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #20 (Rd 1) · HOU · 1987 · +13.3 vs expected KV-H
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9 seasons · peak 15.3 in 1991
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.
6.0 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1991 · +1.2 wins
Latest season · 1996 · +0.2 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.
#118 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22–23 | HOU | 9 | — | — | 7 | 89 | 0 | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 1988 | 23–24 | HOU | 2 | — | — | 2 | 49 | 1 | — | 24.5 | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 24–25 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 47 | 619 | 2 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | 6.3 |
| 1990 | 25–26 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 74 | 1,048 | 8 | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | 14.6 |
| 1991 | 26–27 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 100 | 1,181 | 7 | — | 11.8 | — | — | — | 15.3 |
| 1992 | 27–28 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 90 | 913 | 9 | — | 10.1 | — | — | — | 13.2 |
| 1993 | 28–29 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 66 | 753 | 6 | — | 11.4 | — | — | — | 9.5 |
| 1994 | 29–30 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 68 | 783 | 6 | — | 11.5 | — | — | — | 9.3 |
| 1995 | 30–31 | HOU | 16 | — | — | 61 | 684 | 8 | — | 11.2 | — | — | — | 7.1 |
| 1996 | 31–32 | NO | 9 | — | — | 20 | 215 | 3 | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| Career | 132 | — | 535 | 6,334 | 50 | — | 11.8 | — | — | — | 77.9 |
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.
Blend 69.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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WR
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