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

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Reidel Anthony

Top 33% all-time WRsReliable Starter

Height5'11"

Weight180 lb

BornOct 20, 1976

Age49

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A wide receiver with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 27 · #2803 · Role Player

Worth 27 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 61% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.8

Avg surplus

peak +15

4 seasons × ~6.8 surplus ≈ VORP 27

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1997	—	TB	16	—	—	35	448	4	—	12.8	—	—	—	5	84	0	16.8	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	TB	15	—	—	51	708	7	—	13.9	—	—	—	4	43	0	10.8	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	TB	13	—	60	30	296	1	50.0%	9.9	4.9	—	18	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0	-4.8	0	0
2000	—	TB	15	—	33	15	232	4	45.5%	15.5	7.0	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.8	0	0
2001	—	TB	10	—	34	13	162	0	38.2%	12.5	4.8	—	8	3	22	0	7.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	-1.3	0	0
Career		—	69	—	127	144	1,846	16	113.4%	12.8	14.5	—	39	13	151	0	11.6	0.0	1	7.7	0	—	-0.4	3.8	0	0

Career EPA3.3·-0 rushing · 4 receiving·1.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1997	21	TB	16	—	5	84	16.8	0.0	—	—	—	9.1
1998	22	TB	15	—	4	43	10.8	0.0	—	—	—	11.9
1999	23	TB	13	—	1	2	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5.7
2001	25	TB	10	—	3	22	7.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	3.4
Career			54		13	151	11.6	—	1	—	0	37

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	21	TB	16	—	—	35	448	4	—	12.8	—	—	—
1998	22	TB	15	—	—	51	708	7	—	13.9	—	—	—
1999	23	TB	13	—	60	30	296	1	50.0%	9.9	4.9	—	18
2000	24	TB	15	—	33	15	232	4	45.5%	15.5	7.0	—	13
2001	25	TB	10	—	34	13	162	0	38.2%	12.5	4.8	—	8
Career			69		127	144	1,846	16	113.4%	12.8	14.5	—	39

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-1.0	-4.8
2000	24	—	—	—	—	—	9.8
2001	25	—	—	—	—	0.6	-1.3
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 35.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 522001

All-Time Standing

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

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

1.11 EPA/season over 3 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: 92%.

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt3Rec1Yds6Ctch%33.3%Y/R6.0Y/Tgt2.0

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-1.9

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

1997 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8James FarriorILB #9Tom KnightDB #10Chris NaeoleG #11Michael BookerDB #12Warrick DunnRB #13Tony GonzalezTE #14Reinard WilsonLB #15Yatil GreenWR #17Kenard LangDE #18Kenny HolmesDE #19Tarik GlennOT #20Dwayne RuddLB #21Renaldo WynnDE #22David LaFleurTE #23Antowain SmithRB #24Chad ScottCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Reidel inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR room from Horace Copeland (1993–1997), and handed it to Jacquez Green (1998–2001).

Gerald Carter 1981–1987Bruce Hill 1987–1991Mark Carrier 1987–1992Willie Drewrey 1989–1992Lawrence Dawsey 1991–1995Courtney Hawkins

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with TB
1997draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 180 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

C+1997

B1998

C+1999

C2000

C2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

86%

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
1997	448	28	436-12	25.6
1998	708	47.2	683-25	40.2
1999	296	22.8	333+37	19.6
2000	232	15.5	189-43	11.1
2001	162	16.2	125-37	7.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

27 career value over replacement — #2803 all-time of 4,642. 5.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · TB · 1997 · -3.5 vs expected KV-H

54actual

57.5 expected · Δ−3.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1997 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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