Marv Cook ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Cook in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Cook a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Marv Cook

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time TEsIron Man💭 What If? · 3+ seasons left 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1991

Height6'4"

Career Value · VORP

158 career value over replacement — #601 all-time of 4,695. 22.6/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #63 (Rd 3) · NWE · 1989 · +29.9 vs expected KV-H

76actual

46.1 expected · Δ+29.9

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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

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: 90%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

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.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

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Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Career Milestones3

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19911K career receiving yards
1991100 career receptions
1995250 career receptions

Understanding These Stats

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — 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.

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.

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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

Michael TimpsonWR5y Greg McMurtryWR5y Irving FryarWR4y John StephensRB4y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Marv inherited the New England Patriots TE room from Derrick Ramsey (1983–1985), and handed it to Ben Coates (1991–1999).

Don Hasselbeck 1977–1983Derrick Ramsey 1983–1985Marv Cook 1989–1993Ben Coates 1991–1999Benjamin Watson 2004–2019Aaron Hernandez

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1995team change
Joined STL (from CHI)
1995final season
Last recorded season with STL
1994team change
Joined CHI (from NE)
1989draft
Drafted by NWE — Round 3, Pick 63
1989team change
Joined NE (from NWE)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 234 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

C+1989

B+1990

A+1991

B+1992

C+1993

B1994

C+1995

Availability

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

100%

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
1989	13	0.8	197+184	11.6
1990	455	28.4	823+368	48.4
1991	808	50.5	1,379+571	81.1
1992	413	25.8	769+356	45.3
1993	154	9.6	359+205	21.1
1994	212	13.3	453+241	26.6
1995	135	8.4	355+220	20.9

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026