Jabar Gaffney is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Gaffney in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Gaffney's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

WRMIA#10CUT

Jabar Gaffney

Top 20% all-time WRsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -11% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2011Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #530

Height6'2"

Weight200 lb

BornDec 1, 1980

Age45

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time wide receiver who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 95 · #1203 · High-Value

Worth 95 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.6

Avg surplus

peak +22

9 seasons × ~10.6 surplus ≈ VORP 95

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
2002	—	HOU	16	—	81	41	483	1	50.6%	11.8	6.0	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	100.0%	39	1	0	100.0	0.0	39.0	59.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	TEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	HOU	13	—	34	34	402	2	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	21	1	13	0	13.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	HOU	14	—	41	41	632	2	100.0%	15.4	15.4	—	34	4	30	0	7.5	0.0	1	25.0	0	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	HOU	14	—	55	55	492	2	100.0%	8.9	8.9	—	31	4	13	0	3.3	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	SF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	NE	7	—	11	11	142	1	100.0%	12.9	12.9	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NE	13	—	36	36	449	5	100.0%	12.5	12.5	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NE	11	—	38	38	468	2	100.0%	12.3	12.3	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DEN	16	—	87	54	732	2	62.1%	13.6	8.4	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	DEN	16	—	112	65	875	2	58.0%	13.5	7.8	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	LAC	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	WAS	16	—	115	68	947	5	59.1%	13.9	8.2	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NYG	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	MIA	3	—	10	4	68	0	40.0%	17.0	6.8	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	152	—	620	447	5,690	24	72.1%	12.7	9.2	—	300	9	56	0	6.2	0.0	3	33.3	0	1	5	20.0%	39	1	0	20.0	0.0	7.8	11.8	—	99.2	0	13	13	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA313.7·3 passing · -4 rushing · 315 receiving·28.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2002	22	HOU	16	—	1	1	100.0%	39	1	100.0	39.0	59.0	—	158.3	6.5
2003	23	HOU	13	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	5.4
2004	24	HOU	14	—	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	7.6
Career			43		1	5	20.0%	39	1	20.0	7.8	—	—	99.2	78.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2003	23	HOU	13	—	1	13	13.0	0.0	1	100.0
2004	24	HOU	14	—	4	30	7.5	0.0	1	25.0
2005	25	HOU	14	—	4	13	3.3	0.0	1	25.0
Career			41		9	56	6.2	—	3	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2002	22	HOU	16	—	81	41	483	1	50.6%	11.8	6.0	—	27
2003	23	HOU	13	—	34	34	402	2	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	21
2004	24	HOU	14	—	41	41	632	2	100.0%	15.4	15.4	—	34
2005	25	HOU	14	—	55	55	492	2	100.0%	8.9	8.9	—	31
2006	26	NE	7	—	11	11	142	1	100.0%	12.9	12.9	—	9
2007	27	NE	13	—	36	36	449	5	100.0%	12.5	12.5	—	21
2008	28	NE	11	—	38	38	468	2	100.0%	12.3	12.3	—	26
2009	29	DEN	16	—	87	54	732	2	62.1%	13.6	8.4	—	36
2010	30	DEN	16	—	112	65	875	2	58.0%	13.5	7.8	—	42
2011	31	WAS	16	—	115	68	947	5	59.1%	13.9	8.2	—	50
2012	32	MIA	3	—	10	4	68	0	40.0%	17.0	6.8	—	3
Career			139		620	447	5,690	24	72.1%	12.7	9.2	—	300

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2002	22	TEN	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2003	23	TEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	25	SF	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	29	NE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	30	LAC	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2011	31	NYG	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			13		13	13	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2002	22	—	—	—	4.7	—	-5.8	0
2003	23	—	—	—	-0.4	1.4	36.1	0
2004	24	—	—	—	-1.3	-3.4	64.9	0
2005	25	—	—	—	—	-1.9	44.7	0
2006	26	—	—	—	—	—	15.1	119
2007	27	—	—	—	—	—	46.5	331
2008	28	—	—	—	—	—	48.5	349
2009	29	—	—	—	—	—	25.8	843
2010	30	—	—	—	—	—	15.2	1,301
2011	31	—	—	—	—	—	28.2	1,521
2012	32	—	—	—	—	—	-4.7	131
Career					—	—	—	4,595

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 40.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 56elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #530 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2010 DEN·4 team wins#24

Receiving Yards · 875 · score 6

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Receptions leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

28.52 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: 92%.

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+).

Combine · 2002

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

WR · 2002 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 66thClass Pos 23thClass All 72th

6.87s

3-Cone

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 85thClass Pos 39thClass All 78th

4.06s

Shuttle

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 93thClass Pos 61thClass All 83th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 12.7 regular season → 11.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-11%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt25Rec25Yds282TD3Ctch%100.0%Y/R11.3Y/Tgt11.31D18

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA28.7Rec AirYd218

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #33

#24Ed ReedFS #25Charles GrantDE #26Lito SheppardCB #27Mike RumphDB #28Jerramy StevensTE #29Marc ColomboOT #30Kendall SimmonsG #32Patrick RamseyQB #34DeShaun FosterRB #35Kalimba EdwardsDE #36Josh ReedWR #37Andre GurodeC #38Raonall SmithLB #40Mike PearsonOT #41Lamont ThompsonDB #42Larry TripplettDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jabar inherited the Houston Texans WR room from Corey Bradford (2002–2005), and handed it to Andre Johnson (2003–2014).

Willie Drewrey 1985–1993Ernest Givins 1986–1994Curtis Duncan 1987–1993Haywood Jeffires 1987–1995Webster Slaughter 1992–1994Chris Sanders

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012team change
Joined MIA (from WAS)
2012final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2011team change
Joined WAS (from DEN)
2009team change
Joined DEN (from NE)
2006team change
Joined NE (from HOU)
2002draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 2, Pick 33

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 200 lb

Frame

193 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	MIA	0	W11Questionable· Knee
2009	DEN	0	W1Questionable· Finger

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+2002

C+2003

B2004

C+2005

D2006

C+2007

C+2008

B2009

B2010

B+2011

Availability

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

79%

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
2002	483	30.2	364-119	21.4
2003	402	30.9	366-36	21.5
2004	632	45.1	625-7	36.8
2005	492	35.1	398-94	23.4
2006	142	20.3	94-48	5.5
2007	449	34.5	405-44	23.8
2008	468	42.5	588+120	34.6
2009	732	45.8	670-62	39.4
2010	875	54.7	839-36	49.3
2011	947	59.2	921-26	54.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

95 career value over replacement — #1203 all-time of 4,642. 9.5/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2002 · +6.1 vs expected KV-H

61actual

54.9 expected · Δ+6.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #33

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography