Kylen Granson NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Kylen Granson

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Kylen Granson

Top 38% all-time TEsReliable StarterTwo-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight242 lb

BornMar 27, 1998

Age28

CollegeSMU See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 4, Pick 127 · IND

Archetype Intelligence

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A tight end with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 25 · #2885 · Role Player

Worth 25 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 63% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

46

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8.3

Avg surplus

peak +13

3 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 25

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%
2021	—	IND	10	—	15	11	106	0	73.3%	9.6	7.1	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	228	20.2%	—	0.0%	51	16.4%
2022	—	IND	13	—	40	31	302	0	77.5%	9.7	7.5	—	17	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	408	45.1%	—	0.0%	147	41.3%
2022	—	DAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	IND	15	—	50	30	368	1	60.0%	12.3	7.4	—	19	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	496	49.5%	—	0.0%	159	37.3%
2023	—	NE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	IND	14	—	31	14	182	0	45.2%	13.0	5.9	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	430	40.5%	—	0.0%	265	56.4%
2024	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	PHI	4	—	9	7	40	0	77.8%	5.7	4.4	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	10	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	244	23.4%	—	0.0%	290	66.3%
Career		—	62	—	145	93	998	1	64.1%	10.7	6.9	—	51	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	25	16	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,806	35.8%	—	0.0%	912	43.5%

Career EPA7.7·1 rushing · 7 receiving·1.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2022	24	IND	13	0*	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6.3
2023	25	IND	15	0*	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	7.6
Career			28		2	2	0	1.0	—	1	—	0	22.7

* 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
2021	23	IND	10	0*	15	11	106	0	73.3%	9.6	7.1	—	4
2022	24	IND	13	0*	40	31	302	0	77.5%	9.7	7.5	—	17
2023	25	IND	15	0*	50	30	368	1	60.0%	12.3	7.4	—	19
2024	26	IND	14	0*	31	14	182	0	45.2%	13.0	5.9	—	8
2025	27	PHI	4	0*	9	7	40	0	77.8%	5.7	4.4	—	3
Career			56		145	93	998	1	64.1%	10.7	6.9	—	51

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2022	24	DAL	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2023	25	NE	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	26	GB	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	27	PHI	11	0*	19	10	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			17		25	16	9	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* 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%
2021	23	IND	17	0*	228	20.2%	—	0.0%	51	16.4%
2022	24	IND	13	0*	408	45.1%	—	0.0%	147	41.3%
2023	25	IND	15	0*	496	49.5%	—	0.0%	159	37.3%
2024	26	IND	17	0*	430	40.5%	—	0.0%	265	56.4%
2025	27	PHI	17	0*	244	23.4%	—	0.0%	290	66.3%
Career			79		1,806	—	—	—	912	—

* 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
2021	23	—	—	0*	—	—	4.3	0	59
2022	24	—	—	0*	—	-1.8	-0.7	0	259
2023	25	—	—	0*	—	2.8	11.5	0	402
2024	26	—	—	0*	—	—	-8.4	0	352
Career					—	—	—	0	1,072

* 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
2022	24	IND	13	0*	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
2023	25	IND	15	0*	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	—	1
Career			28		0	—	2	—	0	—	1

* 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
2021	23	IND	17	0*	3.9	2.7	6.9	0	0	0.0	4	92.6
2022	24	IND	13	0*	6.5	5.7	4.0	0	2	0.1	17	66.9
2023	25	IND	15	0*	8.0	8.0	4.3	0	3	0.1	19	89.4
2024	26	IND	17	0*	11.3	5.2	7.8	0	1	0.0	8	37.3
2025	27	PHI	17	0*	7.4	3.9	1.9	0	1	0.1	3	85.2
Career			79		—	—	—	0	7	—	51	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

50

Sustained

career value

×.6

54

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 51.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 51· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 35.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 442025

All-Time Standing

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

10

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Receptions leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

1.92 EPA/season over 4 seasons51

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

49

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.554 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.554Touch rate0.081EPA/snap0.004Snap share35.7%Off snaps1,806VolatileCV 0.43

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+).

College Stats

SMUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (SMU), 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #127

#119Kene NwangwuRB #120Rhamondre StevensonRB #121Jordan SmithDE #122Tyler ShelvinDT #123Zech McPhearsonCB #124John BatesTE #125Camryn BynumSAF #126Chuba HubbardRB #128Dan Moore Jr.OT #129Jaelon DardenWR #130Robert RochellCB #131Tylan WallaceWR #132Tommy TogiaiDT #133Ian BookQB #134Janarius RobinsonDE #135Rashad WeaverLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kylen inherited the Indianapolis Colts TE room from Mo Alie-Cox (2018–2025), and handed it to Tyler Warren (2025).

Tim Sherwin 1981–1987Mark Boyer 1985–1989Pat Beach 1985–1991Kerry Cash 1991–1994Charles Arbuckle 1992–1995Ken Dilger

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined PHI (from IND)
2025final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2021draft
Drafted by IND — Round 4, Pick 127

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 242 lb

Frame

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	IND	2	W2Questionable· HamstringW7Out· ConcussionW8Out· Concussion
2022	IND	3	W12Questionable· IllnessW16Out· AnkleW17Out· AnkleW18Out· Ankle

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 5-season peers. See all →

51

peak 54

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

C2021

C+2022

C+2023

C2024

F2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

93%

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
2021	106	10.6	183+77	10.8
2022	302	23.2	415+113	24.4
2023	368	24.5	436+68	25.7
2024	182	13	230+48	13.5
2025	40	10	170+130	10

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

25 career value over replacement — #2885 all-time of 4,642. 5/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #127 (Rd 4) · IND · 2021 · +17.5 vs expected KV-H

51actual

33.5 expected · Δ+17.5

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