Heath Miller is one of the most consistent tight ends of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Miller delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

TEPIT#83ACT

Heath Miller

2× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time TEsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +8% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2012Two-Way Profile

Height6'5"

Weight256 lb

BornOct 22, 1982

Age43

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 30 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

59thPlayoff Receptions·49 65thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4 68thPlayoff Receiving Yards·587 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time tight end who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 256 · #218 · Elite

Worth 256 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.3

Avg surplus

peak +32

11 seasons × ~23.3 surplus ≈ VORP 256

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%
2005	—	PIT	13	—	39	39	459	6	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	PIT	14	—	34	34	393	5	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	PIT	15	—	47	47	566	7	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	BAL	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	13	—	48	48	514	3	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CLE	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	16	—	98	76	789	6	77.6%	10.4	8.1	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	BAL	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	4	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	14	—	67	42	512	2	62.7%	12.2	7.6	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	16	—	75	51	631	2	68.0%	12.4	8.4	—	36	1	6	0	6.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CLE	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	15	—	101	71	816	8	70.3%	11.5	8.1	—	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	14	—	78	58	593	1	74.4%	10.2	7.6	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	902	95.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	PIT	16	—	91	66	761	3	72.5%	11.5	8.4	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,081	97.3%	—	0.0%	4	3.5%
2014	—	IND	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	PIT	15	—	81	60	535	2	74.1%	8.9	6.6	—	29	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	923	92.9%	—	0.0%	29	11.1%
2015	—	CLE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	195	—	759	592	6,569	45	78.0%	11.1	8.7	—	346	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	37	35	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,906	95.3%	—	0.0%	33	7.3%

Career EPA340.3·0 rushing · 340 receiving·30.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2011	29	PIT	16	—	1	6	6.0	0.0	1	100.0	12.2
2015	33	PIT	15	14*	1	2	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	10.7
Career			31	14*	2	8	4.0	—	1	—	140.4

* 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
2005	23	PIT	13	—	39	39	459	6	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	22
2006	24	PIT	14	—	34	34	393	5	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	21
2007	25	PIT	15	—	47	47	566	7	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	32
2008	26	PIT	13	—	48	48	514	3	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	29
2009	27	PIT	16	—	98	76	789	6	77.6%	10.4	8.1	—	37
2010	28	PIT	14	—	67	42	512	2	62.7%	12.2	7.6	—	24
2011	29	PIT	16	—	75	51	631	2	68.0%	12.4	8.4	—	36
2012	30	PIT	15	—	101	71	816	8	70.3%	11.5	8.1	—	44
2013	31	PIT	14	13*	78	58	593	1	74.4%	10.2	7.6	—	30
2014	32	PIT	16	16*	91	66	761	3	72.5%	11.5	8.4	—	42
2015	33	PIT	15	14*	81	60	535	2	74.1%	8.9	6.6	—	29
Career			161	43*	759	592	6,569	45	78.0%	11.1	8.7	—	346

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2005	23	CIN	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2006	24	KC	2	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2007	25	BAL	5	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	26	CLE	5	—	5	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
2009	27	BAL	5	—	6	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
2010	28	CIN	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2011	29	CLE	5	—	6	6	0	0.0	0.0	—
2012	30	DAL	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2014	32	IND	2	2*	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2015	33	CLE	3	3*	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			34	5*	37	35	2	—	—	—

* 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%
2013	31	PIT	14	13*	902	95.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	32	PIT	16	16*	1,081	97.3%	—	0.0%	4	3.5%
2015	33	PIT	15	14*	923	92.9%	—	0.0%	29	11.1%
Career			45	43*	2,906	—	—	—	33	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2005	23	—	—	—	—	—	36.6	0
2006	24	—	—	—	—	—	34.9	175
2007	25	—	—	—	—	—	53.6	364
2008	26	—	—	—	—	—	37.1	279
2009	27	—	—	—	—	—	34.4	545
2010	28	—	—	—	—	—	11.7	583
2011	29	—	—	—	—	0.6	23.2	617
2012	30	—	—	—	—	—	39.9	742
2013	31	—	—	13*	—	—	13.4	538
2014	32	—	—	16*	—	—	36.6	666
2015	33	—	—	14*	—	-0.5	18.9	465
Career				43*	—	—	—	4,974

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 50.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 69elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 38% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

38% of the all-time Receptions leader38

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

30.93 EPA/season over 11 seasons60

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.651 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.651Touch rate0.086EPA/snap0.024Snap share95.3%Off snaps2,906ConsistentCV 0.08

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, 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 tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2005

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

TE · 2005 class

4.79s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 35thClass Pos 39thClass All 36th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 11.1 regular season → 12.0 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

+8%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

14 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt63Rec49Yds587TD4Ctch%77.8%Y/R12.0Y/Tgt9.31D26

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA29.9Rec AirYd439

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), 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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #30

#22Mark ClaytonWR #23Fabian WashingtonDB #24Aaron RodgersQB #25Jason CampbellQB #26Chris SpencerC #27Roddy WhiteWR #28Luis CastilloDE #29Marlin JacksonDB #31Mike PattersonDT #32Logan MankinsG #33David BaasC #34Brodney PoolS #35Reggie BrownWR #36Barrett RuudILB #37Shaun CodyNT #38Stanford RouttCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Heath inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers TE room from Mark Bruener (1995–2003), and handed it to Matt Spaeth (2007–2015).

Mike Mularkey 1989–1991Adrian Cooper 1991–1993Jonathan Hayes 1994–1996Mark Bruener 1995–2003Heath Miller 2005–2015Matt Spaeth

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2005draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 30

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 256 lb

Frame

256 lb at 4.79s

Size-speed

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	PIT	0	W13Questionable· Rib
2013	PIT	1	W1Doubtful· KneeW2Out· Knee
2010	PIT	1	W14Out· ConcussionW15Questionable· Concussion

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

B2005

B2006

B2007

B2008

B+2009

B2010

B2011

B+2012

B2013

B+2014

B2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
2005	459	35.3	661+202	38.9
2006	393	28.1	493+100	29
2007	566	37.7	658+92	38.7
2008	514	39.5	697+183	41
2009	789	49.3	820+31	48.2
2010	512	36.6	592+80	34.8
2011	631	39.4	627-4	36.9
2012	816	54.4	865+49	50.9
2013	593	42.4	672+79	39.5
2014	761	47.6	757-4	44.5
2015	535	35.7	596+61	35.1

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 · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

256 career value over replacement — #218 all-time of 4,642. 23.3/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Compiler36% in top 3 yrs Mr. ReliableCV 0.22

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2005 · +18.1 vs expected KV-H

73actual

54.9 expected · Δ+18.1

💔+23.1 stolen VORP·0.99 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #30

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography