Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2010 | 22–23 | ATL | 6 | — | 8 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 62.5% | 5.8 | 3.6 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 23–24 | ATL | 11 | — | 16 | 10 | 72 | 1 | 62.5% | 7.2 | 4.5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 24–25 | ATL | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 100.0% | 3.7 | 3.7 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 25–26 | PIT | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.0 | 8.0 | — | 0 | 47 | 4.3% | — | 0.0% | 238 | 50.2% |
| 2014 | 26–27 | PIT | 15 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 29 | 3.1% | — | 0.0% | 146 | 33.8% |
| Career | — | 54 | — | 33 | 23 | 132 | 4 | 69.7% | 5.7 | 4.0 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
0 career value over replacement — #4550 all-time of 4,695. 0/season above a replacement-level TE.
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5 seasons · peak 0.0 in 2010
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.
#561 of 698 all-time TEs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22–23 | ATL | 6 | — | 8 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 62.5% | 5.8 | 3.6 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 23–24 | ATL | 11 | — | 16 | 10 | 72 | 1 | 62.5% | 7.2 | 4.5 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 24–25 | ATL | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 100.0% | 3.7 | 3.7 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 25–26 | PIT | 1 | 0* | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.0 | 8.0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 26–27 | PIT | 2 | 0* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 26 | 33 | 23 | 132 | 4 | 69.7% | 5.7 | 4.0 | — | 9 | 0 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 25–26 | PIT | 16 | 0* | 47 | 4.3% | — | 0.0% | 238 | 50.2% |
| 2014 | 26–27 | PIT | 15 | 0* | 29 | 3.1% | — | 0.0% | 146 | 33.8% |
| 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+)
A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 27 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 31.8 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 27· confidence 83%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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