Marques Colston NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault
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Marques Colston is one of the most consistent receivers of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Colston delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position
51
Solid
of 100
Reached 46% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.
46% of the all-time Receptions leader46
3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 93%.
Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers▼
StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.
Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.
Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.
Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player
Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.
Defensive StatsNot available for this player
College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.
Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.
Where this data comes from
Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basis
Combine · 2006
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Hofstra), 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.
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts
6'4" / 225 lb
Frame
224 lb at 4.50s
Size-speed
37" vert / 123" broad
Explosion
16 reps
Bench power
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 10-season peers. See all →
75
peak 79
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B+2006
B+2007
B+2008
B+2009
B+2010
A2011
B+2012
B+2013
B2014
C+2015
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.
89%
Era Translator
Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2006
1,038
86.5
1,386+348
81.5
2007
1,202
75.1
1,221+19
71.8
2008
760
76
1,220+460
71.8
2009
1,074
67.1
1,058-16
62.2
2010
1,023
68.2
1,072+49
63.1
2011
1,164
83.1
1,341+177
78.9
2012
1,154
72.1
1,122-32
66
2013
943
62.9
968+25
56.9
2014
902
60.1
894-8
52.6
2015
520
40
562+42
33
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026
Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.
Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Above avg · 59th pct
Pos 59thAll 80thClass Pos 79thClass All 82th
16 reps
Bench
Above avg · 63th pct
Pos 63thAll 22thClass Pos 33thClass All 15th
6.94s
3-Cone
Above avg · 54th pct
Pos 54thAll 79thClass Pos 48thClass All 79th
4.43s
Shuttle
Low · 9th pct
Pos 9thAll 39thClass Pos 2thClass All 31th
2012
500 career receptions
201250 career receiving TDs
20138K career receiving yards
TD — Receiving touchdowns.
Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.
Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.
Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.
AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.
1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.
Snap Counts (2012–present)
Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.
Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.
ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.
Proprietary StatVault Metrics
KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.
SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.
VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.
Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
