Lance Kendricks is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Kendricks in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Kendricks's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Snap Counts | Advanced Receiving (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate | |||||
| 2011 | 23–24 | STL | 15 | — | 59 | 28 | 352 | 0 | 47.5% | 12.6 | 6.0 | — | 15 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 24–25 | STL | 16 | — | 64 | 42 | 519 | 4 | 65.6% | 12.4 | 8.1 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 25–26 | STL | 15 | — | 46 | 32 | 258 | 4 | 69.6% | 8.1 | 5.6 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 577 | 61.7% | — | 0.0% | 11 | 2.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 26–27 | LA / STL | 32 | — | 38 | 27 | 259 | 5 | 71.1% | 9.6 | 6.8 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 592 | 59.5% | — | 0.0% | 56 | 12.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 27–28 | LA / STL | 29 | — | 40 | 25 | 245 | 2 | 62.5% | 9.8 | 6.1 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 572 | 62.9% | — | 0.0% | 49 | 11.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 28–29 | LAR | 16 | — | 87 | 50 | 499 | 2 | 57.5% | 10.0 | 5.7 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 827 | 82.4% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 29–30 | GB | 16 | — | 35 | 18 | 203 | 1 | 51.4% | 11.3 | 5.8 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 468 | 44.8% | — | 0.0% | 66 | 15.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 30–31 | GB | 16 | — | 25 | 19 | 170 | 1 | 76.0% | 8.9 | 6.8 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 314 | 30.2% | — | 0.0% | 73 | 15.8% | 5.6 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 9 | 107.1 |
| 2019 | 31–32 | LAC | 12 | — | 7 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 42.9% | 16.7 | 7.1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | 11.3% | — | 0.0% | 32 | 10.2% | 10.6 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 67.6 |
| Career | — | 167 | — | 401 | 244 | 2,555 | 19 | 60.8% | 10.5 | 6.4 | — | 126 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | 12 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
75 career value over replacement — #1562 all-time of 4,695. 8.3/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #47 (Rd 2) · LA · 2011 · +8.6 vs expected KV-H
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