Isaac Bruce is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 85 in the Knox value model. Bruce's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Isaac Bruce

★ HALL OF FAME4× Pro BowlTop 2% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +16% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight188 lb

BornNov 10, 1972

Age53

CollegeMemphis; Santa Monica; West Los Angeles College See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · LA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

6thReceiving Yards·15,030 yds 15thReceiving Touchdowns·90 18thReceptions·1,012

Postseason all-time ranks

32ndPlayoff Receiving Yards·759 yds 66thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4 77thPlayoff Receptions·44

Pro Bowls

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1996·Rec Yds1,338 yds 9thsingle season·Rec Yds1995 24thsingle season·Rec1995

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 331 · #95 · All-Time

Worth 331 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 3% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 14 of 16 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.6

Avg surplus

peak +40

14 seasons × ~23.6 surplus ≈ VORP 331

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								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1994	—	LAR	12	—	—	21	272	3	—	13.0	—	—	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	STL	16	—	—	119	1,781	13	—	15.0	—	—	—	3	17	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	STL	16	—	—	84	1,338	7	—	15.9	—	—	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	1	2	50.0%	15	0	1	0.0	50.0	7.5	-15.0	0.0	35.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	STL	12	—	—	56	815	5	—	14.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	STL	5	—	—	32	457	1	—	14.3	—	—	—	1	30	0	30.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	LA	15	—	107	68	1,026	11	63.6%	15.1	9.6	—	49	4	28	0	7.0	0.0	3	75.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	LA	16	—	133	85	1,434	9	63.9%	16.9	10.8	—	63	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	TB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	LA	16	—	103	64	1,106	6	62.1%	17.3	10.7	—	49	4	23	0	5.8	0.0	1	25.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	LA	16	—	130	79	1,075	7	60.8%	13.6	8.3	—	50	3	18	0	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	KC	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	LA	14	—	69	69	981	5	100.0%	14.2	14.2	—	49	2	17	0	8.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	2	2	100.0%	66	0	0	0.0	0.0	33.0	33.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	ARI	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	LA	16	—	89	89	1,292	6	100.0%	14.5	14.5	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYJ	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	—	LA	11	—	36	36	525	3	100.0%	14.6	14.6	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	HOU	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2006	—	LA	16	—	74	74	1,098	3	100.0%	14.8	14.8	—	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	LA	13	—	55	55	733	4	100.0%	13.3	13.3	—	36	2	-4	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SF	15	—	60	60	833	7	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	43	1	-3	0	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	SF	9	—	49	21	264	0	42.9%	12.6	5.4	—	13	1	-8	0	-8.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	243	—	905	1,012	15,030	90	111.8%	14.9	16.6	—	491	24	135	0	5.6	0.0	8	33.3	1	3	8	37.5%	81	0	1	0.0	12.5	10.1	4.5	0.0	35.9	0	25	25	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0

Career EPA633.6·2 passing · -3 rushing · 634 receiving·57.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1996	24	STL	16	—	1	2	50.0%	15	1	50.0	7.5	-15.0	0.0	35.4	—	17.1
2003	31	LA	14	—	2	2	100.0%	66	0	0.0	33.0	33.0	—	118.8	0	13.2
2004	32	LA	16	—	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	16
2006	34	LA	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	12.1
2008	36	SF	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	13.7
Career			77		3	8	37.5%	81	1	12.5	10.1	—	—	35.9	0	203.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1994	22	LAR	12	—	1	2	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1995	23	STL	16	—	3	17	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1996	24	STL	16	—	1	4	4.0	0.0	—	—	—
1998	26	STL	5	—	1	30	30.0	0.0	—	—	—
1999	27	LA	15	—	4	28	7.0	0.0	3	75.0	0
2000	28	LA	16	—	1	11	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	0
2001	29	LA	16	—	4	23	5.8	0.0	1	25.0	1
2002	30	LA	16	—	3	18	6.0	0.0	2	66.7	0
2003	31	LA	14	—	2	17	8.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
2007	35	LA	13	—	2	-4	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2008	36	SF	15	—	1	-3	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2009	37	SF	9	—	1	-8	-8.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			163		24	135	5.6	—	8	—	1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1994	22	LAR	12	—	—	21	272	3	—	13.0	—	—	—
1995	23	STL	16	—	—	119	1,781	13	—	15.0	—	—	—
1996	24	STL	16	—	—	84	1,338	7	—	15.9	—	—	—
1997	25	STL	12	—	—	56	815	5	—	14.6	—	—	—
1998	26	STL	5	—	—	32	457	1	—	14.3	—	—	—
1999	27	LA	15	—	107	68	1,026	11	63.6%	15.1	9.6	—	49
2000	28	LA	16	—	133	85	1,434	9	63.9%	16.9	10.8	—	63
2001	29	LA	16	—	103	64	1,106	6	62.1%	17.3	10.7	—	49
2002	30	LA	16	—	130	79	1,075	7	60.8%	13.6	8.3	—	50
2003	31	LA	14	—	69	69	981	5	100.0%	14.2	14.2	—	49
2004	32	LA	16	—	89	89	1,292	6	100.0%	14.5	14.5	—	64
2005	33	LA	11	—	36	36	525	3	100.0%	14.6	14.6	—	21
2006	34	LA	16	—	74	74	1,098	3	100.0%	14.8	14.8	—	54
2007	35	LA	13	—	55	55	733	4	100.0%	13.3	13.3	—	36
2008	36	SF	15	—	60	60	833	7	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	43
2009	37	SF	9	—	49	21	264	0	42.9%	12.6	5.4	—	13
Career			218		905	1,012	15,030	90	111.8%	14.9	16.6	—	491

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
1999	27	NYG	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
2000	28	TB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2001	29	NE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2002	30	KC	5	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	—
2003	31	ARI	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2004	32	NYJ	6	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	1
2005	33	HOU	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	—
2006	34	CHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	36	LA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	37	IND	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			25		25	25	—	—	1	1

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	27	—	—	—	—	3.2	58.8	0	0
2000	28	—	—	—	—	1.0	54.6	0	0
2001	29	—	—	—	—	-3.3	54.2	0	0
2002	30	—	—	—	—	0.7	17.1	0	0
2003	31	—	—	—	4.0	-0.1	83.5	0	0
2004	32	—	—	—	-1.0	—	91.7	0	0
2005	33	—	—	—	—	—	45.1	0	0
2006	34	—	—	—	-0.4	—	94.3	11	829
2007	35	—	—	—	—	-1.9	60.7	0	614
2008	36	—	—	—	-0.5	-0.9	77.7	9	614
2009	37	—	—	—	—	-1.6	-3.5	0	520
Career					—	—	—	20	2,577

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 16 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 77.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 53.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 68elite 702009

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 66% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

66% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader66

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

57.6 EPA/season over 11 seasons69

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: 95%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 14.9 regular season → 17.3 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+16%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds1Y/A1.0

Receiving

Tgt70Rec44Yds759TD4Ctch%62.9%Y/R17.3Y/Tgt10.81D34

Defense

Tkl4Solo4

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.5Rec EPA26.1

College Stats

Memphis; Santa Monica; West Los Angeles CollegeImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1993	Memphis	2	-4	0	-2.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career		2	-4	0	-2.0	0.0	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1992	Memphis	—	39	532	5	—	13.6	—	—	—
1993	Memphis	—	74	1,054	10	—	14.2	—	—	—
Career		0	113	1,586	15	—	14.0	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1994 Draft Class· this player went #33

#24Thomas LewisWR #25Greg HillRB #26Henry FordDT #27Jeff BurrisCB #28William FloydFB #29Derrick AlexanderWR #30Darnay ScottWR #31Tre' JohnsonG #34Errict RhettRB #35Kevin LeeWR #36Kevin MawaeC #38Chuck LevyRB #39Marcus SpearsOT #40David PalmerRB #41Ryan YarboroughWR #42Charlie GarnerRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Isaac inherited the Los Angeles Rams WR room from Alexander Wright (1992–1996), and handed it to Eddie Kennison (1996–1998).

Henry Ellard 1983–1993Mike Young 1985–1988Aaron Cox 1988–1992Alexander Wright 1992–1996Isaac Bruce 1994–2007Eddie Kennison

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with SF
2008team change
Joined SF (from LA)
1999team change
Joined LA (from STL)
1995team change
Joined STL (from LAR)
1994draft
Drafted by LA — Round 2, Pick 33
1994team change
Joined LAR (from LA)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 188 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	SF	0	W10Questionable· AnkleW12Doubtful· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Doubtful· AnkleW15Doubtful· AnkleW16Doubtful· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle

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 16-season peers. See all →

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
1994	272	22.7	366+94	21.5
1995	1,781	111.3	1,540-241	90.6
1996	1,338	83.6	1,142-196	67.2
1997	815	67.9	959+144	56.4
1998	457	91.4	1,294+837	76.1
1999	1,026	68.4	1,007-19	59.3
2000	1,434	89.6	1,377-57	81
2001	1,106	69.1	1,095-11	64.4
2002	1,075	67.2	1,068-7	62.8
2003	981	70.1	1,135+154	66.8
2004	1,292	80.8	1,337+45	78.7
2005	525	47.7	657+132	38.6
2006	1,098	68.6	1,073-25	63.1
2007	733	56.4	851+118	50
2008	833	55.5	833	49
2009	264	29.3	364+100	21.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

331 career value over replacement — #95 all-time of 4,642. 20.7/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · LA · 1994 · +30.1 vs expected KV-H

85actual

54.9 expected · Δ+30.1

💔+49.7 stolen VORP·2.4 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Rushing

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #33

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator