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

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Malcolm Barnwell

Top 18% all-time WRsIron ManTwo-Way Profile

Height5'11"

Weight184 lb

BornJun 28, 1958

Age68

CollegeVirginia Union See College Stats

Rookie yr1981

Draft1980 · Rd 7, Pick 173 · OAK

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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 60 · #1831 · Above Average

Worth 60 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 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 +22

4 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 60

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1981	—	LV	16	—	—	9	190	1	—	21.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1982	—	LV	9	—	—	23	387	0	—	16.8	—	—	—	2	18	0	9.0	0.0	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1983	—	LV	16	—	—	35	513	1	—	14.7	—	—	—	1	12	0	12.0	0.0	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1984	—	LV	16	—	—	45	851	2	—	18.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	1	—	—	—
1985	—	WAS	7	—	—	3	28	0	—	9.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	64	—	0	115	1,969	4	—	17.1	—	—	—	3	30	0	10.0	0.0	—	—	—	6	6	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	0	—	—

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1982	24	LV	9	—	2	18	9.0	0.0	—	—	—	6.6
1983	25	LV	16	—	1	12	12.0	0.0	—	—	—	10.1
Career			25		3	30	10.0	—	—	—	—	40.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1981	23	LV	16	—	—	9	190	1	—	21.1	—	—	—
1982	24	LV	9	—	—	23	387	0	—	16.8	—	—	—
1983	25	LV	16	—	—	35	513	1	—	14.7	—	—	—
1984	26	LV	16	—	—	45	851	2	—	18.9	—	—	—
1985	27	WAS	7	—	—	3	28	0	—	9.3	—	—	—
Career			64		0	115	1,969	4	—	17.1	—	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1981	23	LV	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	—	—	—
1982	24	LV	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	—	—	—
1983	25	LV	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	—	—	—
1984	26	LV	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	1	—	—	—
Career					6	6	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 40.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1981bestavg 57elite 701985

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 89%.

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+).

College Stats

Virginia UnionCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia Union), 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

Frank HawkinsRB4y Chester WillisRB4y Calvin MuhammadWR3y Darrell GreenCB1y Art MonkWR1y John RigginsRB1y Jay SchroederQB1y Clint DidierTE1y George RogersRB1y Steve CoxP1y Otis WonsleyRB1y Keith GriffinRB1y Raphel CherryDB1y

1980 Draft Class· this player went #173

#125Kenny LewisRB #133Gary HogeboomQB #143Karl SwankeC #145Scott BrunnerQB #154Mike GumanRB #160Preston BrownWR #162Timmy NewsomeFB #164Larry HeaterRB #178Bobby BattonRB #185Joe RoseTE #192Gerry EllisRB #214David WoodleyQB #217Harold BaileyWR #229Otis WonsleyRB #240Gerald CarterWR #242Turk SchonertQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Malcolm opened the Las Vegas Raiders WR lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Dokie Williams (1983–1987).

Malcolm Barnwell 1981–1984Dokie Williams 1983–1987Jessie Hester 1985–1987Mervyn Fernandez 1987–1992Willie Gault 1988–1993Tim Brown 1988–2003

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1985team change
Joined WAS (from LV)
1985final season
Last recorded season with WAS
1981team change
Joined LV (from OAK)
1980draft
Drafted by OAK — Round 7, Pick 173

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 184 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+1981

B1982

B1983

B+1984

D1985

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 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
1981	190	11.9	318+128	18.7
1982	387	43	761+374	44.7
1983	513	32.1	622+109	36.6
1984	851	53.2	917+66	54
1985	28	4	154+126	9

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

60 career value over replacement — #1831 all-time of 4,642. 12/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #173 (Rd 7) · OAK · 1980 · +34.8 vs expected KV-H

62actual

27.2 expected · Δ+34.8

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