Matthew Mulligan
Height6'4"
Weight267 lb
BornJan 18, 1985
Age41
Rookie yr2008
A tight end who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
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 | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced (EPA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | |||||
| 2009 | — | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | — | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | NYJ | 6 | — | 9 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 55.6% | 11.6 | 6.4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.6 | 0 | 32 |
| 2012 | — | LA | 8 | — | 12 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 66.7% | 10.5 | 7.0 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | — | NYJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2 | 0 | 54 |
| 2013 | — | NE | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 66.7% | 8.0 | 5.3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 289 | 26.0% | — | 0.0% | 87 | 19.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | 0 | 14 |
| 2014 | — | CHI | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | 22.5% | — | 0.0% | 33 | 30.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | — | BUF | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 202 | 26.4% | — | 0.0% | 97 | 28.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 | 0 | -1 |
| 2016 | — | DET | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.0 | 8.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 169 | 32.0% | — | 0.0% | 71 | 33.6% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | — | 26 | — | 28 | 18 | 170 | 2 | 64.3% | 9.4 | 6.1 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 718 | 26.7% | — | 0.0% | 288 | 27.7% | — | — | 2.2 | 0 | 108 | |
Career EPA2.2·2 receiving·0.3/season
Receiving
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 25 | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 26 | NYJ | 6 | — | 9 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 55.6% | 11.6 | 6.4 | — | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 27 | LA | 8 | — | 12 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 66.7% | 10.5 | 7.0 | — | 6 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 28 | NE | 3 | 0* | 3 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 66.7% | 8.0 | 5.3 | — | 1 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | BUF | 1 | 0* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 31 | DET | 1 | 0* | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.0 | 8.0 | — | 0 | — |
| Career | 21 | 28 | 18 | 170 | 2 | 64.3% | 9.4 | 6.1 | — | 8 | 5.4 |
* 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 | 28 | NE | 15 | 0* | 289 | 26.0% | — | 0.0% | 87 | 19.3% |
| 2014 | 29 | CHI | 4 | 0* | 58 | 22.5% | — | 0.0% | 33 | 30.0% |
| 2015 | 30 | BUF | 12 | 0* | 202 | 26.4% | — | 0.0% | 97 | 28.0% |
| 2016 | 31 | DET | 8 | 0* | 169 | 32.0% | — | 0.0% | 71 | 33.6% |
| Career | 39 | 718 | — | — | — | 288 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced (EPA)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | -2.6 | 0 | 32 |
| 2012 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2 | 0 | 54 |
| 2013 | 28 | — | — | 0* | — | — | 0.6 | 0 | 14 |
| 2015 | 30 | — | — | 0* | — | — | -0.3 | 0 | -1 |
| 2016 | 31 | — | — | 0* | — | — | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 108 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Passing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 28 | — | — | 0* | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 | 30 | — | — | 0* | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 | 31 | — | — | 0* | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 27 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 27 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 2 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
35
Sustained
career value
×.6
34
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.79
Longevity
career length
Blend 34.6 × longevity 0.79 = KV-H 27· confidence 88%
What builds the career mark of 35
On-field 26.8
Availability 8.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
2011bestavg 342012
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position6
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Receptions leader1
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
0.31 EPA/season over 7 seasons50
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: 90%.
Per-Snap Impact
Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+30
Rotational
SIS
Yards/snap0.039Touch rate0.008EPA/snap0.001Snap share28.1%Off snaps660VolatileCV 0.53
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Playoff vs Regular Season
📉 Regular Season Player
Yards / Reception: 9.4 regular season → 2.0 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)
-79%
vs reg season
Postseason Career
3 playoff gamesReceiving
Tgt3Rec2Yds4Ctch%66.7%Y/R2.0Y/Tgt1.3
Advanced (EPA)
Rec EPA-3.5Rec AirYd-4
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Maine; Husson College), 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
Marquice ColeDB4yCalvin PaceOLB3yDavid HarrisOLB3yDarrelle RevisDB3yBart ScottILB3yBryan ThomasOLB3ySantonio HolmesWR3yJim LeonhardFS3yMike DeVitoDE3ySione Po'uhaNT3yShonn GreeneRB3yMark SanchezQB3yEric SmithFS3yDustin KellerTE3yKellen ClemensQB3yJamaal WestermanLB3yNick FolkK2yMark BrunellQB2yLaDainian TomlinsonRB2yShaun EllisDE2yTony RichardsonFB2yDanny AmendolaWR2yJerricho CotcheryWR2yJay FeelyK2y
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2016team change
Joined DET (from BUF)
- 2016final season
Last recorded season with DET
- 2015team change
Joined BUF (from CHI)
- 2014team change
Joined CHI (from NE)
- 2013team change
Joined NE (from LA)
- 2012team change
Joined LA (from NYJ)
- 2009signing
Entered the NFL with NYJ
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'4" / 267 lb
Frame
Injury History
No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).
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 2-season peers. See all →
27
peak 34
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F2011
C2012
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.
59%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 9.7 | 166+108 | 9.8 |
| 2012 | 84 | 10.5 | 175+91 | 10.3 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
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