Also in other sports:nbaKevin Johnson (PG · 1988–2000).

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

WRDET#85RES

Kevin Johnson

Top 16% all-time WRsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #150

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

BornJul 15, 1976

Age50

CollegeSyracuse See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 2, Pick 32 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 90 · #1285 · High-Value

Worth 90 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 29% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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 +27

6 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 90

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								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	CLE	16	—	134	65	983	8	48.5%	15.1	7.3	—	39	1	-6	0	-6.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	LAC	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	CLE	16	—	98	57	669	0	58.2%	11.7	6.8	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	33.3%	23	0	1	0.0	33.3	7.7	-7.3	0.0	22.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	CLE	16	—	129	84	1,097	9	65.1%	13.1	8.5	—	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	CLE	16	—	120	67	703	4	55.8%	10.5	5.9	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	50.0%	33	1	0	50.0	0.0	16.5	26.5	—	135.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	BAL	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	JAX	15	—	58	58	634	3	100.0%	10.9	10.9	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	BAL	14	—	35	35	373	1	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	19	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	DET	5	—	17	17	133	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	110	—	591	383	4,592	25	64.8%	12.0	7.8	—	215	2	-6	0	-3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	7	28.6%	56	1	1	14.3	14.3	8.0	4.4	1.0	60.4	0	12	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA158.3·-1 passing · -2 rushing · 161 receiving·22.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
1999	23	CLE	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	14.8
2000	24	CLE	16	—	1	3	33.3%	23	0	1	0.0	33.3	7.7	-7.3	0.0	22.2	8.4
2002	26	CLE	16	—	1	2	50.0%	33	1	0	50.0	0.0	16.5	26.5	—	135.4	10.8
2003	27	JAX	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	8.8
Career			63		2	7	28.6%	56	1	1	14.3	14.3	8.0	—	—	60.4	67.4

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D%
1999	23	CLE	16	—	1	-6	-6.0	0.0	0.0
2004	28	BAL	14	—	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			30		2	-6	-3.0	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	23	CLE	16	—	134	65	983	8	48.5%	15.1	7.3	—	39
2000	24	CLE	16	—	98	57	669	0	58.2%	11.7	6.8	—	25
2001	25	CLE	16	—	129	84	1,097	9	65.1%	13.1	8.5	—	54
2002	26	CLE	16	—	120	67	703	4	55.8%	10.5	5.9	—	38
2003	27	JAX	15	—	58	58	634	3	100.0%	10.9	10.9	—	32
2004	28	BAL	14	—	35	35	373	1	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	19
2005	29	DET	5	—	17	17	133	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	8
Career			98		591	383	4,592	25	64.8%	12.0	7.8	—	215

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	23	LAC	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2000	24	PIT	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2001	25	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	26	BAL	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2003	27	NE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	28	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	29	BAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			12		12	12	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	23	—	—	—	-0.4	-1.1	16.7
2000	24	—	—	—	-2.7	—	-8.4
2001	25	—	—	—	—	—	49.1
2002	26	—	—	—	2.8	—	-0.4
2003	27	—	—	—	-0.4	—	58.3
2004	28	—	—	—	—	-0.5	33.1
2005	29	—	—	—	—	—	12.1
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 42.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 57elite 702005

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #150 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

1999 CLE·2 team wins#13

Receiving Touchdowns · 8 · score 65

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 25% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

25% of the all-time Receptions leader25

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

22.61 EPA/season over 7 seasons58

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: 93%.

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt12Rec4Yds140Ctch%33.3%Y/R35.0Y/Tgt11.71D3

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-2.5Rec EPA3.0

College Stats

SyracuseCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Syracuse), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #32

#23Antoine WinfieldCB #24Reggie McGrewDT #25Antuan EdwardsDB #26Fernando BryantDB #28Andy KatzenmoyerLB #29Dimitrius UnderwoodDE #30Patrick KerneyDE #31Al WilsonMLB #33Charles FisherCB #34Chris TerryOT #35Barry GardnerLB #36Mike PetersonOLB #37Jon JansenOT #38Mike RuckerDE #39J.J. JohnsonRB #40Tony BryantDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kevin inherited the Cleveland Browns WR room from Mark Carrier (1993–1994), and handed it to Dennis Northcutt (2000–2006).

Brian Brennan 1984–1991Reggie Langhorne 1985–1991Webster Slaughter 1986–1991Eric Metcalf 1989–1994Michael Jackson 1991–1995Keenan McCardell

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined DET (from BAL)
2005final season
Last recorded season with DET
2004team change
Joined BAL (from JAX)
2003team change
Joined JAX (from CLE)
1999draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 2, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 195 lb

Frame

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 →

peak 69

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

B+1999

B2000

B+2001

B2002

B2003

C2004

F2005

Availability

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

88%

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
1999	983	61.4	904-79	53.2
2000	669	41.8	611-58	35.9
2001	1,097	68.6	1,085-12	63.8
2002	703	43.9	625-78	36.8
2003	634	42.3	589-45	34.6
2004	373	26.6	255-118	15
2005	133	26.6	222+89	13.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

90 career value over replacement — #1285 all-time of 4,642. 12.9/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 2) · CLE · 1999 · +9.1 vs expected KV-H

64actual

54.9 expected · Δ+9.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #32

Franchise Succession

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