John Taylor is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Taylor in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Taylor's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
127 career value over replacement — #827 all-time of 4,695. 14.1/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #76 (Rd 3) · SFO · 1986 · +28.2 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1987 | 25 | SF | 12 | — | — | 9 | 151 | 0 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | SF | 12 | — | — | 14 | 325 | 2 | — | 23.2 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | SF | 15 | — | — | 60 | 1,077 | 10 | — | 17.9 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | SF | 14 | — | — | 49 | 748 | 7 | — | 15.3 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | SF | 16 | — | — | 64 | 1,011 | 9 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30 | SF | 9 | — | — | 25 | 428 | 3 | — | 17.1 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 31 | SF | 16 | — | — | 56 | 940 | 5 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 32 | SF | 15 | — | — | 41 | 531 | 5 | — | 13.0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 33 | SF | 12 | — | — | 29 | 387 | 2 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 121 | — | — | 347 | 5,598 | 43 | — | 16.1 | — | — | — | |
9 seasons · peak 13.7 in 1991
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.
5.2 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1991 · +1.1 wins
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | — | 118.8 | — | 67.6 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 6 | 31 | 0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 25 | SF | 12 | — | — | 9 | 151 | 0 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | SF | 12 | — | — | 14 | 325 | 2 | — | 23.2 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | SF | 15 | — | — | 60 | 1,077 | 10 | — | 17.9 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | SF | 14 | — | — | 49 | 748 | 7 | — | 15.3 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | SF | 16 | — | — | 64 | 1,011 | 9 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30 | SF | 9 | — | — | 25 | 428 | 3 | — | 17.1 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 31 | SF | 16 | — | — | 56 | 940 | 5 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 32 | SF | 15 | — | — | 41 | 531 | 5 | — | 13.0 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 33 | SF | 12 | — | — | 29 | 387 | 2 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| Career | 121 | — | 347 | 5,598 | 43 | — | 16.1 | — | — | — |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.
Blend 67.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%
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Latest season · 1995 · +0.2 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.
#164 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)