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

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Jerome Simpson

Top 30% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2011Two-Way Profile

Height6'2"

Weight190 lb

BornFeb 4, 1986

Age40

CollegeCoastal Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceBig South

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 2, Pick 46 · CIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 30 · #2677 · Role Player

Worth 30 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 59% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15

Avg surplus

peak +15

2 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 30

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%
2008	—	CIN	1	—	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CIN	1	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	4	—	25	20	277	3	80.0%	13.8	11.1	—	14	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CIN	16	—	105	50	725	4	47.6%	14.5	6.9	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	MIN	12	—	51	26	274	0	51.0%	10.5	5.4	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	MIN	16	—	100	48	726	1	48.0%	15.1	7.3	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	643	62.9%	—	0.0%	14	11.8%
2013	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SF	5	—	19	5	54	1	26.3%	10.8	2.8	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	21.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	61	—	302	150	2,058	9	49.7%	13.7	6.8	—	103	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	728	42.1%	—	0.0%	14	11.8%

Career EPA11.8·-0 rushing · 12 receiving·1.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2010	24	CIN	4	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	4.7
Career			4		1	2	0	2.0	—	0	—	0	30.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2008	22	CIN	1	—	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
2009	23	CIN	1	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
2010	24	CIN	4	—	25	20	277	3	80.0%	13.8	11.1	—	14
2011	25	CIN	16	—	105	50	725	4	47.6%	14.5	6.9	—	34
2012	26	MIN	12	—	51	26	274	0	51.0%	10.5	5.4	—	16
2013	27	MIN	16	10*	100	48	726	1	48.0%	15.1	7.3	—	35
2015	29	SF	5	0*	19	5	54	1	26.3%	10.8	2.8	—	4
Career			55	10*	302	150	2,058	9	49.7%	13.7	6.8	—	103

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2009	23	LAC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2011	25	BAL	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	—
2012	26	CHI	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2013	27	CLE	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			6	1*	6	6	—	—	1	—

* 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	27	MIN	16	10*	643	62.9%	—	0.0%	14	11.8%
2015	29	SF	6	0*	85	21.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			22	10*	728	—	—	—	14	—

* 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
2008	22	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5	-1
2009	23	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3	11
2010	24	—	—	—	—	-0.5	14.8	278
2011	25	—	—	—	—	—	19.0	1,185
2012	26	—	—	—	—	—	-5.5	594
2013	27	—	—	10*	—	—	1.7	1,388
2015	29	—	—	0*	—	—	-16.9	269
Career				10*	—	—	—	3,724

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 83%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 37

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 452015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Receptions leader10

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

1.69 EPA/season over 7 seasons51

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.071 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.071Touch rate0.163EPA/snap-0.021Snap share42.1%Off snaps728Emerging

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

Combine · 2008

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

WR · 2008 class

4.42s

40-Yard

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 90thClass Pos 79thClass All 88th

37.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 84thClass Pos 93thClass All 97th

136"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

7.08s

3-Cone

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 59thClass Pos 36thClass All 60th

4.52s

Shuttle

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 27thClass Pos 3thClass All 32th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 13.7 regular season → 10.8 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-21%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt12Rec5Yds54Ctch%41.7%Y/R10.8Y/Tgt4.51D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-1.9Rec AirYd217

College Stats

Coastal CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Coastal Carolina), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #46

#37Curtis LoftonMLB #38John CarlsonTE #39Chilo RachalG #41James HardyWR #42Eddie RoyalWR #43Tyrell JohnsonDB #44Matt ForteRB #45Jordon DizonOLB #47Trevor LawsDT #48Fred DavisTE #49DeSean JacksonWR #50Calais CampbellDE #51Malcolm KellyWR #52Quentin GrovesOLB #53Limas SweedWR #54Jason JonesDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerome inherited the Cincinnati Bengals WR room from Andre Caldwell (2008–2011), and handed it to Andrew Hawkins (2011–2013).

David Verser 1981–1984Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Tim McGee 1986–1994Jeff Query 1992–1994Carl Pickens 1992–1999Darnay Scott

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined SF (from MIN)
2015final season
Last recorded season with SF
2012team change
Joined MIN (from CIN)
2008draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 46

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 190 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.42s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 136" broad

Explosion

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	MIN	0	W6Questionable· Back / Foot
2011	CIN	0	W3Questionable· Not Injury Related

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

D2010

B2011

C2012

B2013

F2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

78%

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
2010	277	69.3	1,103+826	64.9
2011	725	45.3	673-52	39.6
2012	274	22.8	265-9	15.6
2013	726	45.4	665-61	39.1
2015	54	10.8	41-13	2.4

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

30 career value over replacement — #2677 all-time of 4,642. 6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #46 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2008 · +5.2 vs expected KV-H

55actual

49.8 expected · Δ+5.2

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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 · 2008

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #46

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography