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

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Martellus Bennett

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 10 seasons · 2 titles Top 11% all-time TEsIron Man📉 Fades · -15% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2014 Team Carrier · #286

Career Value · VORP

159 career value over replacement — #593 all-time of 4,695. 15.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Boom-or-BustCV 0.57

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #61 (Rd 2) · DAL · 2008 · +22.9 vs expected KV-H

69actual

46.1 expected · Δ+22.9

💔+25.4 stolen VORP·1.6 szns lost

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Height6'6"

Weight275 lb

BornMar 10, 1987

Age39

CollegeTexas A&M See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 2, Pick 61 · DAL

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2008	21	DAL	12	—	20	20	283	4	100.0%	14.2	14.2	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	22	DAL	13	—	30	15	159	0	50.0%	10.6	5.3	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	23	DAL	15	—	48	33	260	0	68.8%	7.9	5.4	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	24	DAL	10	—	26	17	144	0	65.4%	8.5	5.5	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	25	NYG	16	—	90	55	626	5	61.1%	11.4	7.0	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	26	CHI	16	—	94	65	759	5	69.1%	11.7	8.1	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	953	89.9%	—	0.0%	10	2.4%
2014	27	CHI	16	—	128	90	916	6	70.3%	10.2	7.2	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	954	90.6%	—	0.0%	48	11.1%
2015	28	CHI	11	—	80	53	439	3	66.3%	8.3	5.5	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	726	94.9%	—	0.0%	23	6.9%
2016	29	NE	16	—	73	55	701	7	75.3%	12.7	9.6	—	31	2	10	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	867	76.9%	—	0.0%	36	8.1%
2017	30	GB / NE	9	—	44	30	286	0	68.2%	9.5	6.5	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	412	—	—	—	1	—
Career		—	134	—	633	433	4,573	30	68.4%	10.6	7.2	—	223	2	10	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

10 seasons · peak 9.3 in 2014

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.7 career wins over 10 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2014 · +0.7 wins

Receiving+0.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	29	NE	16	12*	2	10	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.1
Career			16	12*	2	10	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	35.9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2008	21	DAL	12	—	20	20	283	4	100.0%	14.2	14.2	—	12
2009	22	DAL	13	—	30	15	159	0	50.0%	10.6	5.3	—	8
2010	23	DAL	15	—	48	33	260	0	68.8%	7.9	5.4	—	12
2011	24	DAL	10	—	26	17	144	0	65.4%	8.5	5.5	—	7
2012	25	NYG	16	—	90	55	626	5	61.1%	11.4	7.0	—	35
2013	26	CHI	16	14*	94	65	759	5	69.1%	11.7	8.1	—	40
2014	27	CHI	16	14*	128	90	916	6	70.3%	10.2	7.2	—	43
2015	28	CHI	11	10*	80	53	439	3	66.3%	8.3	5.5	—	24
2016	29	NE	16	12*	73	55	701	7	75.3%	12.7	9.6	—	31
2017	30	All teams	9	—	44	30	286	0	68.2%	9.5	6.5	—	11
Career			134		633	433	4,573	30	68.4%	10.6	7.2	—	223

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	26	CHI	16	14*	953	89.9%	—	0.0%	10	2.4%
2014	27	CHI	16	14*	954	90.6%	—	0.0%	48	11.1%
2015	28	CHI	11	10*	726	94.9%	—	0.0%	23	6.9%
2016	29	NE	16	12*	867	76.9%	—	0.0%	36	8.1%
2017	30	All teams	9	—	412	—	—	—	1	—
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	SEA	6	3	43	—	—	4.3
W2	ATL	11	5	47	—	—	4.7
W3	CIN	4	3	12	—	—	1.2
W4	CHI	7	6	39	—	—	3.9
W5	DAL	3	3	53	—	—	5.3
W6	MIN	4	2	22	—	—	2.2
W7	NO	3	2	17	—	—	1.7
W10	DEN	3	3	38	—	—	3.8
W11	LV	3	3	15	—	—	1.5

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 9 games

Splits

28 games · 2016–2017

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	14	1	6	66	52	623	3	80.9
Away	14	1	4	66	44

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 45.7

Availability 17.3

Latest season · 2017 · +0.1 wins

Receiving+0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · TE

#76 of 698 all-time TEs by KV-H

089th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/martellus-bennettJSON

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	23	2	10	101	75	788	7	121.8
Losses	5	—	—	31	21	297	—	29.7

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	25	2	10	117	85	987	7	141.7
Postseason	3	—	—	15	11	98	—	9.8

By opponent19 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	1	—	—	5	3	14	—	1.4
vs ATL	2	—	—	17	10	109	—	10.9
vs BAL	1	—	—	4	4	70	1	13
vs BUF	2	—	—	11	9	144	—	14.4
vs CHI	1	—	—	7	6	39	—	3.9
vs CIN	2	—	—	9	8	60	—	6
vs CLE	1	—	—	8	6	67	3	24.7
vs DAL	1	—	—	3	3	53	—	5.3
vs DEN	2	—	—	7	5	73	—	7.3
vs HOU	2	1	6	7	3	14	—	2
vs LA	1	—	—	4	2	4	—	0.4
vs LV	1	—	—	3	3	15	—	1.5
vs MIA	2	—	—	11	8	147	2	26.7
vs MIN	1	—	—	4	2	22	—	2.2
vs NO	1	—	—	3	2	17	—	1.7
vs NYJ	2	1	4	7	5	41	1	10.5
vs PIT	2	—	—	7	6	37	—	3.7
vs SEA	2	—	—	13	10	145	—	14.5
vs SF	1	—	—	2	1	14	—	1.4

By month6 rows

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	3	—	—	14	9	69	1	12.9
February	1	—	—	6	5	62	—	6.2
September	7	1	6	42	27	279	1	34.5
October	8	—	—	36	28	356	3	53.6
November	5	1	4	20	17	191	—	19.5
December	4	—	—	14	10	128	2	24.8

Division games2 rows

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	8	1	4	40	30	393	3	57.7
Non-division	20	1	6	92	66	692	4	93.8

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

2008bestavg 62elite 702017

Rec Yds career shape vs similar tight ends

2008-2017

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rec Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	SEA	6	3	43	—	—	4.3
W2	ATL	11	5	47	—	—	4.7
W3	CIN	4	3	12	—	—	1.2
W4	CHI	7	6	39	—	—	3.9
W5	DAL	3	3	53	—	—	5.3
W6	MIN	4	2	22	—	—	2.2
W7	NO	3	2	17	—	—	1.7
W10	DEN	3	3	38	—	—	3.8
W11	LV	3	3	15	—	—	1.5

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	SEA	6	3	43	—	—	4.3
W2	ATL	11	5	47	—	—	4.7
W3	CIN	4	3	12	—	—	1.2
W4	CHI	7	6	39	—	—	3.9
W5	DAL	3	3	53	—	—	5.3
W6	MIN	4	2	22	—	—	2.2
W7	NO	3	2	17	—	—	1.7
W10	DEN	3	3	38	—	—	3.8
W11	LV	3	3	15	—	—	1.5

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	SEA	6	3	43	—	—	4.3
W2	ATL	11	5	47	—	—	4.7
W3	CIN	4	3	12	—	—	1.2
W4	CHI	7	6	39	—	—	3.9
W5	DAL	3	3	53	—	—	5.3
W6	MIN	4	2	22	—	—	2.2
W7	NO	3	2	17	—	—	1.7
W10	DEN	3	3	38	—	—	3.8
W11	LV	3	3	15	—	—	1.5