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

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Mark Clayton

Top 24% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006Two-Way Profile

Height5'10"

Weight190 lb

BornJul 2, 1982

Age44

CollegeOklahoma See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 22 · BAL

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 54 · #1949 · Above Average

Worth 54 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 43% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.8

Avg surplus

peak +21

5 seasons × ~10.8 surplus ≈ VORP 54

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								Passing													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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2005	—	BAL	13	—	44	44	471	2	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	23	8	33	1	4.1	12.5	2	25.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CLE	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	BAL	16	—	67	67	939	5	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	43	7	-30	0	-4.3	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	BUF	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2007	—	BAL	15	—	48	48	531	0	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CLE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	BAL	16	—	41	41	695	3	100.0%	17.0	17.0	—	23	6	81	1	13.5	16.7	3	50.0	0	1	1	100.0%	32	1	0	100.0	0.0	32.0	52.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	WAS	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	BAL	13	—	74	34	480	2	45.9%	14.1	6.5	—	24	4	28	0	7.0	0.0	1	25.0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	79.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	GB	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	LA	5	—	42	23	306	2	54.8%	13.3	7.3	—	15	1	6	0	6.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	LA	1	—	4	3	26	0	75.0%	8.7	6.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	96	—	320	260	3,448	14	81.3%	13.3	10.8	—	159	26	118	2	4.5	7.7	6	23.1	0	2	5	40.0%	32	1	0	20.0	0.0	6.4	10.4	—	101.7	0	17	17	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0

Career EPA196.5·1 passing · -1 rushing · 196 receiving·28.1/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2005	23	BAL	13	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	6.8
2006	24	BAL	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	12.4
2007	25	BAL	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	6.3
2008	26	BAL	16	—	1	1	100.0%	32	1	100.0	32.0	52.0	—	158.3	9.1
2009	27	BAL	13	—	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	79.2	7.2
Career			73		2	5	40.0%	32	1	20.0	6.4	—	—	101.7	46.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2005	23	BAL	13	—	8	33	1	4.1	12.5	2	25.0
2006	24	BAL	16	—	7	-30	0	-4.3	0.0	0	0.0
2008	26	BAL	16	—	6	81	1	13.5	16.7	3	50.0
2009	27	BAL	13	—	4	28	0	7.0	0.0	1	25.0
2010	28	LA	5	—	1	6	0	6.0	0.0	0	0.0
Career			63		26	118	2	4.5	—	6	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2005	23	BAL	13	—	44	44	471	2	100.0%	10.7	10.7	—	23
2006	24	BAL	16	—	67	67	939	5	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	43
2007	25	BAL	15	—	48	48	531	0	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	30
2008	26	BAL	16	—	41	41	695	3	100.0%	17.0	17.0	—	23
2009	27	BAL	13	—	74	34	480	2	45.9%	14.1	6.5	—	24
2010	28	LA	5	—	42	23	306	2	54.8%	13.3	7.3	—	15
2011	29	LA	1	—	4	3	26	0	75.0%	8.7	6.5	—	1
Career			79		320	260	3,448	14	81.3%	13.3	10.8	—	159

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2005	23	CLE	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2006	24	BUF	5	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	1	—
2007	25	CLE	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	26	WAS	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	27	GB	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			17		17	17	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2005	23	—	—	—	-0.7	1.2	32.3	0	0
2006	24	—	—	—	-0.5	-9.4	72.2	14	584
2007	25	—	—	—	-0.4	—	36.6	14	416
2008	26	—	—	—	3.5	5.5	58.4	32	524
2009	27	—	—	—	-0.6	1.5	-6.1	0	1,171
2010	28	—	—	—	—	0.2	2.3	0	399
2011	29	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	0	28
Career					—	—	—	60	3,122

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 40.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 552010

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Receptions leader17

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

28.07 EPA/season over 7 seasons59

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: 91%.

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+).

Combine · 2005

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2005 class

4.41s

40-Yard

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 92thClass Pos 58thClass All 89th

36.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 77thClass Pos 42thClass All 69th

118"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 55thClass Pos 25thClass All 67th

6.95s

3-Cone

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 75thClass Pos 75thClass All 85th

4.07s

Shuttle

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 92thClass Pos 44thClass All 76th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 13.3 regular season → 13.0 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-2%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Rushing

Att2Yds24Y/A12.01D11D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt17Rec13Yds169Ctch%76.5%Y/R13.0Y/Tgt9.91D7

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.9Rec EPA8.9Rec AirYd215

College Stats

OklahomaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oklahoma), 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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #22

#12Shawne MerrimanDE #13Jammal BrownOT #14Thomas DavisOLB #15Derrick JohnsonLB #16Travis JohnsonDE #17David PollackLB #18Erasmus JamesDE #19Alex BarronOT #23Fabian WashingtonDB #24Aaron RodgersQB #25Jason CampbellQB #26Chris SpencerC #27Roddy WhiteWR #28Luis CastilloDE #29Marlin JacksonDB #30Heath MillerTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mark inherited the Baltimore Ravens WR room from Travis Taylor (2000–2004), and handed it to Derrick Mason (2005–2010).

Ray Butler 1980–1983Derrick Alexander 1996–1997Floyd Turner 1996–1998Michael Jackson 1996–1998Jermaine Lewis 1996–2001Pat Johnson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with LA
2010team change
Joined LA (from BAL)
2005draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 1, Pick 22

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 190 lb

Frame

193 lb at 4.41s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	BAL	0	W14Doubtful· KneeW15Doubtful· KneeW16Questionable· Knee

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 →

peak 62

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

C+2005

B2006

C+2007

B2008

C+2009

D2010

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

71%

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
2005	471	36.2	420-51	24.7
2006	939	58.7	872-67	51.3
2007	531	35.4	422-109	24.8
2008	695	43.4	605-90	35.6
2009	480	36.9	505+25	29.7
2010	306	61.2	957+651	56.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, 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

54 career value over replacement — #1949 all-time of 4,642. 9/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · BAL · 2005 · +2.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

56.5 expected · Δ+2.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #22

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator