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

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Patrick Crayton

Top 27% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -26% playoffsTwo-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight205 lb

BornApr 7, 1979

Age47

CollegeNorthwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JC See College Stats

Rookie yr2004

Draft2004 · Rd 7, Pick 216 · DAL

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 60 · #1833 · Above Average

Worth 60 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +15

6 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 60

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									Rushing								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2004	—	DAL	5	—	12	12	162	1	100.0%	13.5	13.5	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	DAL	8	—	22	22	341	2	100.0%	15.5	15.5	—	15	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	DAL	13	—	36	36	516	4	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	DAL	13	—	50	50	697	7	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CAR	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	DAL	14	—	39	39	550	4	100.0%	14.1	14.1	—	24	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	DAL	16	—	67	37	622	5	55.2%	16.8	9.3	—	27	4	28	0	7.0	0.0	2	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	LAC	8	—	42	28	514	1	66.7%	18.4	12.2	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	HOU	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	LAC	12	—	34	23	248	1	67.6%	10.8	7.3	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CHI	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	98	—	302	247	3,650	25	81.8%	14.8	12.1	—	175	6	39	0	6.5	0.0	3	50.0	0	0	3	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	33.3	0.0	-15.0	0.0	0.0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA274.9·-6 passing · -1 rushing · 281 receiving·34.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	Int	Int%	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2004	25	DAL	5	—	1	0.0%	1	100.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	2.4
2008	29	DAL	14	—	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	8.8
2010	31	LAC	8	—	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	5.4
Career			27		3	0.0%	1	33.3	—	—	0.0	56.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2005	26	DAL	8	—	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0
2008	29	DAL	14	—	1	11	11.0	0.0	1	100.0
2009	30	DAL	16	—	4	28	7.0	0.0	2	50.0
Career			38		6	39	6.5	—	3	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2004	25	DAL	5	—	12	12	162	1	100.0%	13.5	13.5	—	7
2005	26	DAL	8	—	22	22	341	2	100.0%	15.5	15.5	—	15
2006	27	DAL	13	—	36	36	516	4	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	28
2007	28	DAL	13	—	50	50	697	7	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	33
2008	29	DAL	14	—	39	39	550	4	100.0%	14.1	14.1	—	24
2009	30	DAL	16	—	67	37	622	5	55.2%	16.8	9.3	—	27
2010	31	LAC	8	—	42	28	514	1	66.7%	18.4	12.2	—	24
2011	32	LAC	12	—	34	23	248	1	67.6%	10.8	7.3	—	17
Career			89		302	247	3,650	25	81.8%	14.8	12.1	—	175

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2007	28	CAR	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2008	29	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2009	30	DAL	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
2010	31	HOU	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2011	32	CHI	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			10		8	8	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2004	25	—	—	—	-4.4	—	14.7	0	0
2005	26	—	—	—	—	-2.7	36.9	0	0
2006	27	—	—	—	—	—	51.3	0	340
2007	28	—	—	—	—	—	58.0	0	412
2008	29	—	—	—	-0.5	0.9	48.4	48	340
2009	30	—	—	—	—	1.0	33.0	0	629
2010	31	—	—	—	-0.7	—	38.9	29	537
2011	32	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	0	249
Career					—	—	—	77	2,507

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.8

Availability 15.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2004bestavg 532011

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Receptions leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

34.36 EPA/season over 8 seasons61

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: 91%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 14.8 regular season → 10.9 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-26%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt14Rec11Yds120TD1Ctch%78.6%Y/R10.9Y/Tgt8.61D8

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA6.8Rec AirYd95

College Stats

Northwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Northwestern Oklahoma State University; Tyler JC), 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.

2004 Draft Class· this player went #216

#204Ryon BinghamDT #205Nate JonesFS #206Mark JonesWR #208Adimchinobe EchemanduRB #209Shane OliveaOT #213Darrell McCloverLB #214Jonathan SmithWR #215Alfonso MarshallCB #217Cody PickettQB #219Quincy WilsonRB #220Jeff DuganTE #222Derrick PopeOLB #223Jacques ReevesCB #224Donnie JonesP #225Matt MauckQB #228Casey CramerRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Patrick inherited the Dallas Cowboys WR room from Keyshawn Johnson (2004–2005), and handed it to Terrell Owens (2006–2008).

Doug Donley 1981–1984Kelvin Martin 1987–1996Michael Irvin 1988–1999Alvin Harper 1991–1999Kevin R. Williams 1993–1996Raghib Ismail

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2010team change
Joined LAC (from DAL)
2004draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 7, Pick 216

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 205 lb

Frame

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	SD	0	W1Questionable· Ankle
2010	SD	4	W12Out· WristW13Out· WristW14Out· WristW15Out· WristW16Doubtful· WristW17Doubtful· Wrist

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

F2004

C+2005

C+2006

B2007

C+2008

B2009

B2010

C2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

75%

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
2004	162	32.4	370+208	21.8
2005	341	42.6	552+211	32.4
2006	516	39.7	487-29	28.6
2007	697	53.6	794+97	46.7
2008	550	39.3	526-24	31
2009	622	38.9	542-80	31.9
2010	514	64.3	1,012+498	59.5
2011	248	20.7	232-16	13.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

60 career value over replacement — #1833 all-time of 4,642. 7.5/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #216 (Rd 7) · DAL · 2004 · +33.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

23.9 expected · Δ+33.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2004 Draft Class· this player went #216

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator