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

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Luke Willson

Top 40% all-time TEsReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014Two-Way Profile

Height6'5"

Weight255 lb

BornJan 15, 1990

Age36

CollegeRice See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 5, Pick 158 · SEA

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 · #2886 · Role Player

Worth 25 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 63% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

+6.3

Avg surplus

peak +12

4 seasons × ~6.3 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%
2013	—	SEA	12	—	28	20	272	1	71.4%	13.6	9.7	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	404	38.9%	—	0.0%	19	11.5%
2014	—	SEA	12	—	40	22	362	3	55.0%	16.5	9.1	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	556	56.1%	—	0.0%	157	38.3%
2014	—	LA	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SEA	13	—	26	17	213	1	65.4%	12.5	8.2	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	451	47.6%	—	0.0%	133	36.6%
2016	—	SEA	10	—	21	15	129	2	71.4%	8.6	6.1	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	351	46.4%	—	0.0%	90	32.6%
2016	—	LA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SEA	13	—	22	15	153	4	68.2%	10.2	7.0	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	378	35.5%	—	0.0%	235	49.5%
2018	—	DET	10	—	19	13	87	0	68.4%	6.7	4.6	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	424	46.0%	—	0.0%	124	32.1%
2018	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	SEA	6	—	10	8	79	0	80.0%	9.9	7.9	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	243	44.0%	—	0.0%	110	45.9%
2020	—	BAL	2	—	3	1	12	0	33.3%	12.0	4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	SEA	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	25.3%	—	0.0%	57	26.5%
Career		—	93	—	169	111	1,307	11	65.7%	11.8	7.7	—	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	6	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,892	42.5%	—	0.0%	925	34.1%

Career EPA26.0·26 receiving·3.3/season