Leslie Shepherd is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Shepherd in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Shepherd's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Leslie Shepherd
A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 34 · #2528 · Role PlayerWorth 34 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
3 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+11.3
Avg surplus
peak +15
3 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 34
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 | Advanced (EPA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | |||||
| 1994 | — | WAS | 3 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | — | WAS | 4 | — | — | 29 | 486 | 2 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | — | WAS | 6 | — | — | 23 | 344 | 3 | — | 15.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | — | WAS | 9 | — | — | 29 | 562 | 5 | — | 19.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | — | WAS | 16 | — | — | 43 | 712 | 8 | — | 16.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | CLE | 9 | — | 57 | 23 | 274 | 0 | 40.4% | 11.9 | 4.8 | — | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | — | MIA | 12 | — | 55 | 33 | 425 | 3 | 60.0% | 12.9 | 7.7 | — | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | — | NE | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.2 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 60 | — | 112 | 181 | 2,811 | 21 | 161.6% | 15.5 | 25.1 | — | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | -1.1 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Career EPA-1.8·-1 rushing·-0.9/season
Rushing
Receiving
Advanced (EPA)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 56 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
54
Sustained
career value
×.6
59
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 88%
What builds the career mark of 54
On-field 40.7
Availability 13.3
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
1995bestavg 512000
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position15
Depth
of 100
Reached 12% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
12% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader12
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-0.92 EPA/season over 2 seasons50
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: 94%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = 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 gameReceiving
Tgt8Rec4Yds20Ctch%50.0%Y/R5.0Y/Tgt2.51D1
Advanced (EPA)
Rec EPA-14.7
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Temple), 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.
Top Teammates
Darrell GreenCB5yHenry EllardWR5yMatt TurkP5yGus FrerotteQB5yMarc BoutteDT5yMarvcus PattonMLB4yTerry AllenRB4yMichael WestbrookWR4yRich OwensDE4yJames JenkinsTE4yDarryl PoundsCB4yJamie AsherTE4yStephen DavisRB3yMarc LoganRB3yTom CarterDB3yLeomont EvansDB3yHeath ShulerQB3yTwan RussellLB3yLarry BowieRB3yCris DishmanCB2yDerek M. SmithILB2yKenard LangDE2yTrent GreenQB2yJames ThrashWR2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterLeslie inherited the Washington Commanders WR room from Henry Ellard (1994–1998), and handed it to Michael Westbrook (1995–2001).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2000team change
Joined MIA (from CLE)
- 2000final season
Last recorded season with MIA
- 1999team change
Joined CLE (from WAS)
- 1994signing
Entered the NFL with WAS
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts5'11" / 185 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 6-season peers. See all →
56
peak 59
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
D1995
C1996
B1997
B1998
C1999
C+2000
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.
72%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 486 | 121.5 | 1,672+1,186 | 98.3 |
| 1996 | 344 | 57.3 | 821+477 | 48.3 |
| 1997 | 562 | 62.4 | 887+325 | 52.2 |
| 1998 | 712 | 44.5 | 646-66 | 38 |
| 1999 | 274 | 30.4 | 447+173 | 26.3 |
| 2000 | 425 | 35.4 | 508+83 | 29.9 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
34 career value over replacement — #2528 all-time of 4,642. 5.7/season above a replacement-level WR.
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