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

Jordan Akins

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Jordan Akins

Top 24% all-time TEsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2022

Height6'4"

Weight245 lb

BornApr 19, 1992

Age34

CollegeUCF See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 3, Pick 98 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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A tight end with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 76 · #1495 · Above Average

Worth 76 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 33% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

46

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

6

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+12.7

Avg surplus

peak +19

6 seasons × ~12.7 surplus ≈ VORP 76

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%
2018	—	HOU	13	—	25	17	225	0	68.0%	13.2	9.0	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	388	35.4%	—	0.0%	79	16.6%
2018	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	HOU	16	—	55	36	418	2	65.5%	11.6	7.6	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	655	60.9%	—	0.0%	111	27.9%
2020	—	HOU	13	—	49	37	403	1	75.5%	10.9	8.2	—	20	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	405	51.9%	—	0.0%	65	23.4%
2021	—	HOU	12	—	33	24	214	0	72.7%	8.9	6.5	—	11	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	327	40.0%	—	0.0%	20	14.4%
2021	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	HOU	15	—	54	37	495	5	68.5%	13.4	9.2	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	406	43.0%	—	0.0%	34	15.8%
2023	—	CLE	13	—	23	15	132	0	65.2%	8.8	5.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	231	19.5%	—	0.0%	138	30.6%
2024	—	CLE	16	—	58	40	390	2	69.0%	9.8	6.7	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	456	39.1%	—	0.0%	150	30.8%
2024	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	101	—	297	206	2,277	10	69.4%	11.1	7.7	—	112	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	2	100.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,868	41.4%	—	0.0%	597	22.8%

Career EPA65.6·1 rushing · 64 receiving·9.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	28	HOU	13	7*	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	7.5
2021	29	HOU	12	0*	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	4.7
Career			25	7*	2	7	0	3.5	—	2	—	0	52.4

* 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
2018	26	HOU	13	0*	25	17	225	0	68.0%	13.2	9.0	—	11
2019	27	HOU	16	10*	55	36	418	2	65.5%	11.6	7.6	—	21
2020	28	HOU	13	7*	49	37	403	1	75.5%	10.9	8.2	—	20
2021	29	HOU	12	0*	33	24	214	0	72.7%	8.9	6.5	—	11
2022	30	HOU	15	0*	54	37	495	5	68.5%	13.4	9.2	—	23
2023	31	CLE	13	0*	23	15	132	0	65.2%	8.8	5.7	—	6
2024	32	CLE	16	0*	58	40	390	2	69.0%	9.8	6.7	—	20
Career			98	17*	297	206	2,277	10	69.4%	11.1	7.7	—	112

* 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%
2018	26	HOU	16	0*	388	35.4%	—	0.0%	79	16.6%
2019	27	HOU	16	10*	655	60.9%	—	0.0%	111	27.9%
2020	28	HOU	13	7*	405	51.9%	—	0.0%	65	23.4%
2021	29	HOU	13	0*	327	40.0%	—	0.0%	20	14.4%
2022	30	HOU	15	0*	406	43.0%	—	0.0%	34	15.8%
2023	31	CLE	17	0*	231	19.5%	—	0.0%	138	30.6%
2024	32	CLE	17	0*	456	39.1%	—	0.0%	150	30.8%
Career			107	17*	2,868	—	—	—	597	—

* 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	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	26	—	—	0*	—	—	12.2	0	172
2019	27	—	—	10*	—	—	13.2	0	393
2020	28	—	—	7*	—	0.8	16.2	0	369
2021	29	—	—	0*	—	0.5	-8.5	0	207
2022	30	—	—	0*	—	—	21.4	0	332
2023	31	—	—	0*	—	—	-1.0	0	109
2024	32	—	—	0*	—	—	11.0	0	339
Career				17*	—	—	—	0	1,921

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2020	28	HOU	13	7*	0	0.0	4	4.0	1	1.0	1
2021	29	HOU	13	0*	0	0.0	3	3.0	0	—	1
Career			26	7*	0	—	7	—	1	—	2

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

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	26	HOU	16	0*	6.9	6.0	7.2	3	0	0.0	11	96.2
2019	27	HOU	16	10*	6.8	4.8	6.8	6	4	0.1	21	77.7
2020	28	HOU	13	7*	7.5	6.2	4.6	3	3	0.1	20	106.1
2021	29	HOU	13	0*	6.3	5.5	3.4	1	3	0.1	11	77.1
2022	30	HOU	15	0*	6.1	6.1	7.3	1	3	0.1	23	120.5
2023	31	CLE	17	0*	4.7	4.9	3.9	3	2	0.1	6	80.3
2024	32	CLE	17	0*	6.0	5.3	4.4	1	1	0.0	20	91.9
Career			107	17*	—	—	—	18	16	—	112	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

57

Sustained

career value

×.6

64

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 572024

All-Time Standing

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

16

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Receptions leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.37 EPA/season over 7 seasons53

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

64

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:0.796 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.796Touch rate0.104EPA/snap0.023Snap share41.4%Off snaps2,868ReliableCV 0.29

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

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds8Ctch%66.7%Y/R4.0Y/Tgt2.71D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-1.6Rec AirYd14

College Stats

UCFCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCF), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #98

#90Deadrin SenatDT #91Tre'Quan SmithWR #92Chukwuma OkoraforOT #93Ronnie HarrisonLB #94Alex CappaG #95Tarvarius MooreDB #96Harrison PhillipsDT #97Mason ColeC #99Isaac YiadomCB #100Dorian O'DanielLB #101Ian ThomasTE #102Jalyn HolmesDT #103Keke CouteeWR #104Nyheim HinesRB #105Antonio CallawayWR #106Josey JewellILB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jordan inherited the Houston Texans TE room from C.J. Fiedorowicz (2014–2017), and handed it to Darren Fells (2019–2020).

Frank Wycheck 1995–1996Billy Miller 2002–2004Owen Daniels 2006–2013Joel Dreessen 2007–2011James Casey 2009–2012Garrett Graham

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Movementderived from season history

2024final season
Last recorded season with CLE
2023team change
Joined CLE (from HOU)
2018draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 3, Pick 98

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 245 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	HOU	0	W18Questionable· Illness
2020	HOU	0	W5Questionable· Ankle / ConcussionW6Questionable· Ankle / ConcussionW7Questionable· Ankle / Concussion
2019	HOU	0	W18Questionable· HamstringW19Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

60

peak 64

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

C+2018

B2019

B2020

C+2021

B2022

C2023

B2024

Availability

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

92%

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
2018	225	17.3	287+62	16.9
2019	418	26.1	481+63	28.3
2020	403	31	574+171	33.8
2021	214	17.8	321+107	18.9
2022	495	33	593+98	34.9
2023	132	10.2	182+50	10.7
2024	390	24.4	430+40	25.3

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

76 career value over replacement — #1495 all-time of 4,642. 10.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 3) · HOU · 2018 · +21.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

38.7 expected · Δ+21.3

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