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

WRCAR#82ACT

Jerricho Cotchery

Top 13% all-time WRsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2007Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #170

Height6'1"

Weight205 lb

BornJun 16, 1982

Age44

CollegeN.C. State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2004

Draft2004 · Rd 4, Pick 108 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

73rdPlayoff Receiving Yards·566 yds 78thPlayoff Receptions·44

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time wide receiver who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 125 · #816 · High-Value

Worth 125 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.6

Avg surplus

peak +30

8 seasons × ~15.6 surplus ≈ VORP 125

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%
2004	—	NYJ	5	—	6	6	60	0	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	NYJ	10	—	19	19	251	0	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	13	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NYJ	16	—	82	82	961	6	100.0%	11.7	11.7	—	53	5	25	0	5.0	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NYJ	15	—	82	82	1,129	2	100.0%	13.8	13.8	—	51	5	38	0	7.6	0.0	3	60.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYJ	16	—	71	71	858	5	100.0%	12.1	12.1	—	43	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	MIA	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYJ	14	—	96	57	821	3	59.4%	14.4	8.6	—	44	2	7	1	3.5	50.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	JAX	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYJ	13	—	86	41	433	2	47.7%	10.6	5.0	—	26	4	-3	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	10	—	30	16	237	2	53.3%	14.8	7.9	—	13	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	12	—	27	17	205	0	63.0%	12.1	7.6	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	15	—	76	46	602	10	60.5%	13.1	7.9	—	36	1	-5	0	-5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	637	60.1%	—	0.0%	5	3.6%
2013	—	CLE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CAR	15	—	78	48	580	1	61.5%	12.1	7.4	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	784	75.3%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2014	—	PHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CAR	14	—	54	39	485	3	72.2%	12.4	9.0	—	26	1	16	0	16.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	419	43.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	172	—	707	524	6,622	34	74.1%	12.6	9.4	—	351	22	93	1	4.2	4.5	6	27.3	0	16	14	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,840	59.6%	—	0.0%	6	3.3%

Career EPA379.8·1 rushing · 378 receiving·31.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2005	23	NYJ	10	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	2.6
2006	24	NYJ	16	—	5	25	0	5.0	0.0	1	20.0	13.9
2007	25	NYJ	15	—	5	38	0	7.6	0.0	3	60.0	12.3
2008	26	NYJ	16	—	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	12.8
2009	27	NYJ	14	—	2	7	1	3.5	50.0	1	50.0	10.8
2010	28	NYJ	13	—	4	-3	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	6.9
2011	29	PIT	10	—	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	4.7
2013	31	PIT	15	10*	1	-5	0	-5.0	0.0	0	0.0	13.5
2015	33	CAR	14	0*	1	16	0	16.0	0.0	1	100.0	8.1
Career			123	10*	22	93	1	4.2	—	6	—	98.2

* 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
2004	22	NYJ	5	—	6	6	60	0	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	4
2005	23	NYJ	10	—	19	19	251	0	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	13
2006	24	NYJ	16	—	82	82	961	6	100.0%	11.7	11.7	—	53
2007	25	NYJ	15	—	82	82	1,129	2	100.0%	13.8	13.8	—	51
2008	26	NYJ	16	—	71	71	858	5	100.0%	12.1	12.1	—	43
2009	27	NYJ	14	—	96	57	821	3	59.4%	14.4	8.6	—	44
2010	28	NYJ	13	—	86	41	433	2	47.7%	10.6	5.0	—	26
2011	29	PIT	10	—	30	16	237	2	53.3%	14.8	7.9	—	13
2012	30	PIT	12	—	27	17	205	0	63.0%	12.1	7.6	—	12
2013	31	PIT	15	10*	76	46	602	10	60.5%	13.1	7.9	—	36
2014	32	CAR	15	11*	78	48	580	1	61.5%	12.1	7.4	—	30
2015	33	CAR	14	0*	54	39	485	3	72.2%	12.4	9.0	—	26
Career			155	21*	707	524	6,622	34	74.1%	12.6	9.4	—	351

* 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
2006	24	CHI	2	—	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	25	TEN	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	26	MIA	4	—	5	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
2009	27	JAX	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2010	28	GB	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2011	29	SF	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2013	31	CLE	3	3*	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2014	32	PHI	2	2*	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2015	33	SEA	1	0*	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			17	5*	16	14	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	16	10*	637	60.1%	—	0.0%	5	3.6%
2014	32	CAR	15	11*	784	75.3%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2015	33	CAR	14	0*	419	43.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			45	21*	1,840	—	—	—	6	—

* 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
2004	22	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	0
2005	23	—	—	—	—	-0.2	23.2	0
2006	24	—	—	—	—	0.8	86.3	655
2007	25	—	—	—	—	1.9	80.3	712
2008	26	—	—	—	—	-0.2	73.1	526
2009	27	—	—	—	—	1.6	14.8	1,068
2010	28	—	—	—	—	-2.3	-6.0	899
2011	29	—	—	—	—	0.1	12.2	310
2012	30	—	—	—	—	—	10.5	286
2013	31	—	—	10*	—	-1.5	35.6	763
2014	32	—	—	11*	—	—	14.7	888
2015	33	—	—	0*	—	1.1	30.6	451
Career				21*	—	—	—	6,558

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 41.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2004bestavg 55elite 702015

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #170 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2007 NYJ·4 team wins#16

Receiving Yards · 1,129 · score 30

2007 NYJ·4 team wins#17

Receptions · 82 · score 27

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Receptions leader34

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

31.65 EPA/season over 12 seasons61

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.912 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.912Touch rate0.114EPA/snap0.044Snap share59.6%Off snaps1,840ConsistentCV 0.18

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 · 2004

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

WR · 2004 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 69thClass Pos 38thClass All 74th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 73thClass Pos 56thClass All 72th

121"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 70thClass Pos 44thClass All 77th

6.93s

3-Cone

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 78thClass Pos 67thClass All 85th

3.91s

Shuttle

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 96thClass All 93th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 12.6 regular season → 12.9 playoffs (6 playoff seasons)

+2%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Rushing

Att7Yds21Y/A3.01D21D%28.6

Receiving

Tgt65Rec44Yds566TD3Ctch%67.7%Y/R12.9Y/Tgt8.71D26

Defense

Tkl2Solo2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.2Rec EPA26.3Rec AirYd591

College Stats

N.C. StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (N.C. State), 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.

2004 Draft Class· this player went #108

#97Reggie TorborDE #98Shaun PhillipsOLB #101Demorrio WilliamsILB #102Will PooleDB #103Bo SchobelDE #104Isaac SopoagaNT #105Samie ParkerWR #106Luke McCownQB #109Tim EuhusTE #110Nathan VasherCB #111Will AllenS #112Leon JoeLB #113Dexter ReidDB #114Matthias AskewDT #116Niko KoutouvidesLB #117Robert GeathersDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerricho inherited the New York Jets WR room from Justin McCareins (2004–2007), and handed it to Braylon Edwards (2009–2012).

Lam Jones 1980–1984Jo-Jo Townsell 1985–1990Al Toon 1985–1992Chris Burkett 1989–1993Terance Mathis 1990–1993Rob Moore

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 CAR
2014team change
Joined CAR (from PIT)
2011team change
Joined PIT (from NYJ)
2004draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 4, Pick 108

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 205 lb

Frame

212 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

36" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	CAR	2	W3Out· AnkleW4Out· Ankle
2014	CAR	0	W3Questionable· Thigh
2012	PIT	1	W12Out· RibsW13Questionable· Ribs
2011	PIT	1	W1Doubtful· HamstringW2Out· Hamstring
2010	NYJ	2	W11Out· GroinW12Out· Groin
2009	NYJ	1	W5Questionable· HamstringW6Doubtful· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

F2004

C2005

B+2006

B+2007

B2008

B2009

C+2010

C2011

C2012

C+2013

C+2014

C+2015

Availability

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
2004	60	12	0-60	0
2005	251	25.1	191-60	11.2
2006	961	60.1	900-61	52.9
2007	1,129	75.3	1,236+107	72.7
2008	858	53.6	797-61	46.9
2009	821	58.6	911+90	53.6
2010	433	33.3	451+18	26.5
2011	237	23.7	287+50	16.9
2012	205	17.1	164-41	9.6
2013	602	40.1	572-30	33.7
2014	580	38.7	535-45	31.4
2015	485	34.6	466-19	27.4

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

125 career value over replacement — #816 all-time of 4,642. 10.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #108 (Rd 4) · NYJ · 2004 · +29.2 vs expected KV-H

66actual

36.8 expected · Δ+29.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2004

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2004 Draft Class· this player went #108

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography