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

Paul Richardson

WRWAS#10RES

Paul Richardson

Top 36% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +50% playoffsTwo-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight180 lb

BornApr 13, 1992

Age34

CollegeColorado; UCLA See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 2, Pick 45 · SEA

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A quality wide receiver with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 15 · #3361 · Role Player

Worth 15 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 73% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 replaced

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

1

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+15

Avg surplus

peak +15

1 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 15

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								Defense													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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2014	—	SEA	11	—	44	29	271	1	65.9%	9.3	6.2	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	498	48.9%	—	0.0%	29	11.7%
2014	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SEA	1	—	1	1	40	0	100.0%	40.0	40.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	10.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	SEA	11	—	36	21	288	1	58.3%	13.7	8.0	—	17	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	338	33.8%	—	0.0%	21	9.8%
2016	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SEA	16	—	80	44	703	6	55.0%	16.0	8.8	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	817	77.3%	—	0.0%	6	7.0%
2017	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	WAS	7	—	35	20	262	2	57.1%	13.1	7.5	—	12	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	368	76.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	WAS	10	—	42	28	245	2	66.7%	8.8	5.8	—	13	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	399	71.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	62	—	238	143	1,809	12	60.1%	12.7	7.6	—	91	4	14	0	3.5	0.0	1	25.0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,426	52.8%	—	0.0%	56	9.5%

Career EPA52.6·0 rushing · 53 receiving·8.8/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	24	SEA	11	0*	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	4.3
2018	26	WAS	7	5*	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	4.1
2019	27	WAS	10	7*	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5.3
Career			28	12*	4	14	0	3.5	—	1	—	0	31.3

* 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
2014	22	SEA	11	0*	44	29	271	1	65.9%	9.3	6.2	—	15
2015	23	SEA	1	—	1	1	40	0	100.0%	40.0	40.0	—	1
2016	24	SEA	11	0*	36	21	288	1	58.3%	13.7	8.0	—	17
2017	25	SEA	16	12*	80	44	703	6	55.0%	16.0	8.8	—	33
2018	26	WAS	7	5*	35	20	262	2	57.1%	13.1	7.5	—	12
2019	27	WAS	10	7*	42	28	245	2	66.7%	8.8	5.8	—	13
Career			56	24*	238	143	1,809	12	60.1%	12.7	7.6	—	91

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2014	22	NYG	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2016	24	GB	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2017	25	HOU	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	27	NE	3	3*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			6	4*	6	6	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* 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%
2014	22	SEA	15	0*	498	48.9%	—	0.0%	29	11.7%
2015	23	SEA	1	—	6	10.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	24	SEA	15	0*	338	33.8%	—	0.0%	21	9.8%
2017	25	SEA	16	12*	817	77.3%	—	0.0%	6	7.0%
2018	26	WAS	7	5*	368	76.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	27	WAS	10	7*	399	71.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			64	24*	2,426	—	—	—	56	—

* 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
2014	22	—	—	0*	—	—	-3.7	0	481
2015	23	—	—	—	—	—	2.6	0	28
2016	24	—	—	0*	—	0.6	12.1	0	453
2017	25	—	—	12*	—	—	28.7	0	1,210
2018	26	—	—	5*	—	0.1	7.8	0	432
2019	27	—	—	7*	—	-0.6	5.0	0	403
Career				24*	—	—	—	0	3,007

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	26	WAS	7	5*	7	3.5	2	1.0	0	—	0
2019	27	WAS	10	7*	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
Career			17	12*	7	—	2	—	0	—	0

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

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	26	WAS	7	5*	12.3	10.8	2.3	1	0	0.0	12	99.9
2019	27	WAS	10	7*	9.6	7.0	1.8	0	2	0.0	13	78.0
Career			17	12*	—	—	—	1	2	—	25	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

51

Sustained

career value

×.6

53

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 51.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 52· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 36.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 492019

All-Time Standing

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

13

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receptions leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

8.76 EPA/season over 6 seasons53

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

43

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.751 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.751Touch rate0.1EPA/snap0.022Snap share52.8%Off snaps2,426ConsistentCV 0.18

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2014

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2014 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 93thClass Pos 86thClass All 95th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 87thClass Pos 76thClass All 88th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 82thClass Pos 75thClass All 86th

7.09s

3-Cone

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 57thClass Pos 26thClass All 61th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 12.7 regular season → 19.0 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+50%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt11Rec8Yds152TD1Ctch%72.7%Y/R19.0Y/Tgt13.81D6

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA15.2Rec AirYd234

College Stats

Colorado; UCLACollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Colorado; UCLA), 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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #45

#37Ra'Shede HagemanDT #38Austin Seferian-JenkinsTE #39Marqise LeeWR #40Kyle Van NoyMLB #41Lamarcus JoynerS #42Jordan MatthewsTE #43Weston RichburgC #44Cyrus KouandjioOT #46Stephon TuittDE #47Trent MurphyDE #48Timmy JerniganDT #49Jace AmaroTE #50Jeremiah AttaochuLB #51Ego FergusonDE #52Troy NiklasTE #53Davante AdamsWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Paul inherited the Seattle Seahawks WR room from Jermaine Kearse (2012–2016), and handed it to Tyler Lockett (2015–2024).

Daryl Turner 1984–1987Paul Skansi 1984–1991Byron Franklin 1985–1987Ray Butler 1985–1988Louis Clark 1988–1992Tommy Kane

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Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2018team change
Joined WAS (from SEA)
2014draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 2, Pick 45

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 180 lb

Frame

175 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

38" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	WAS	4	W11Out· HamstringW13Out· HamstringW14Out· HamstringW15Out· Hamstring
2018	WAS	0	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· Shoulder / KneeW6Questionable· Shoulder / KneeW7Doubtful· Shoulder / KneeW8Questionable· Shoulder / KneeW9Questionable· Shoulder / Knee
2017	SEA	0	W10Questionable· Groin
2016	SEA	1	W13Out· Hamstring
2015	SEA	3	W11Out· HamstringW12Out· HamstringW13Out· Hamstring

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 5-season peers. See all →

52

peak 53

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

C2014

C2016

B2017

C2018

C2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

67%

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
2014	271	24.6	294+23	17.3
2016	288	26.2	330+42	19.4
2017	703	43.9	655-48	38.5
2018	262	37.4	516+254	30.3
2019	245	24.5	299+54	17.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, 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

15 career value over replacement — #3361 all-time of 4,642. 3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #45 (Rd 2) · SEA · 2014 · +2.2 vs expected KV-H

52actual

49.8 expected · Δ+2.2

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