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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 1984 | — | IND | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | -10 | 0 | -5.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | — | PHI | 3 | — | — | 6 | 94 | 0 | — | 15.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | — | LAR | 2 | — | — | 3 | 95 | 0 | — | 31.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 21 | — | 0 | 9 | 189 | 0 | — | 21.0 | — | — | — | 2 | -10 | 0 | -5.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |
Reached 1% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
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: 85%.
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StatVault has the verified college attribution (San Diego State), 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.
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Joined LAR (from PHI)
Last recorded season with LAR
Joined PHI (from IND)
Joined IND (from BAL)
Drafted by BAL — Round 4, Pick 85
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Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.
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Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
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