Jordan Matthews ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Matthews in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Matthews a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jordan Matthews

Top 5% all-time TEsAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'3"

Weight212 lb

BornJul 16, 1992

Age

Career Value · VORP

130 career value over replacement — #802 all-time of 4,695. 26/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #42 (Rd 2) · PHI · 2014 · +26.3 vs expected KV-H

77actual

50.7 expected · Δ+26.3

💔+130 stolen VORP·5 szns lost

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced Receiving (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2014	22	PHI	16	—	103	67	872	8	65.0%	13.0	8.5	—	42	765	65.4%	—	0.0%	5	1.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23	PHI	16	—	128	85	997	8	66.4%	11.7	7.8	—	44	919	80.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	PHI	14	—	117	73	804	3	62.4%	11.0	6.9	—	38	843	85.4%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	BUF	10	—	36	25	282	1	69.4%	11.3	7.8	—	14	508	77.8%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	PHI	14	—	28	20	300	2	71.4%	15.0	10.7	—	14	346	36.1%	—	0.0%	13	3.5%	10.2	10.9	4.2	2	1	0.0	14	130.1
2019	27	PHI / SF	3	—	12	4	33	0	33.3%	8.3	2.8	—	1	137	—	—	—	—	—	14.6	6.5	1.8	0	0	0.0	1	7.6
2020	28	SF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	10.5%	—	0.0%	24	40.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	29	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	4	15.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	31	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	19	68.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	32	CAR	4	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	26	11.5%	—	0.0%	61	54.5%	16.0	—	—	0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Career		—	81	—	425	274	3,288	22	64.5%	12.0	7.7	—	153	3,558	62.5%	—	0.0%	130	5.7%	—	—	—	2	1	—	15	—

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A top 5% all-time tight end — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their above-average snap-level impact underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 130 · #802 · High-Value

Worth 130 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 18% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26

Avg surplus

peak +40

5 seasons × ~26 surplus ≈ VORP 130