Horace Copeland is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Copeland in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Copeland'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 | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1993 | 22–23 | TB | 14 | — | — | 30 | 633 | 4 | — | 21.1 | — | — | — | 3 | 34 | 0 | 11.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 23–24 | TB | 16 | — | — | 17 | 308 | 0 | — | 18.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 24–25 | TB | 15 | — | — | 35 | 605 | 2 | — | 17.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 26–27 | TB | 13 | — | — | 33 | 431 | 1 | — | 13.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 58 | — | — | 115 | 1,977 | 7 | — | 17.2 | — | — | — | 3 | 34 | 0 | 11.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
40 career value over replacement — #2370 all-time of 4,695. 10/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #104 (Rd 4) · TAM · 1993 · +18.3 vs expected KV-H
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4 seasons · peak 7.7 in 1993
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.
1.4 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1993 · +0.6 wins
Latest season · 1997 · +0.3 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.
#434 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 22–23 | TB | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 23–24 | TB | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 24–25 | TB | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 58.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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