Rico Gathers
Role Player
Height6'6"
Weight280 lb
BornJan 7, 1994
Age32
CollegeBaylorSee College Stats
Rookie yr2016
Draft2016 · Rd 6, Pick 217 · DAL
A tight end who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
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 | Snap Counts | Advanced (EPA) | Advanced Receiving (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate | |||||
| 2018 | — | DAL | 6 | — | 7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 42.9% | 15.0 | 6.4 | — | 2 | 146 | 14.3% | — | 0.0% | 8 | 10.0% | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 64.6 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 | 0 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 6 | — | 7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 42.9% | 15.0 | 6.4 | — | 2 | 146 | 14.3% | — | 0.0% | 8 | 10.0% | — | — | -0.7 | 0 | 70 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | |
Career EPA-0.7··-0.7/season
Receiving
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 24 | DAL | 6 | 0* | 7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 42.9% | 15.0 | 6.4 | — | 2 | 1.4 |
| Career | 6 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 42.9% | 15.0 | 6.4 | — | 2 | 1.4 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Snap Counts
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 24 | — | — | 0* | — | — | -0.7 | 0 | 70 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 70 |
* 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 | 24 | DAL | 15 | 0* | 10.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 64.6 |
| Career | 15 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Passing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 24 | — | — | 0* | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 19 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 19 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 1 scored season, with a short career trimming the score.
26
Sustained
career value
×.6
26
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.72
Longevity
career length
Blend 26 × longevity 0.72 = KV-H 19· confidence 75%
What builds the career mark of 26
On-field 20.3
Availability 5.7
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
2018bestavg 262018
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position5
Depth
of 100
Reached 0% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
0% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader0
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-0.68 EPA/season over 1 season50
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: 83%.
Per-Snap Impact
Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+—
below snap floor
Yards/snap0.308Touch rate0.048EPA/snap-0.005Snap share14.3%Off snaps146Emerging
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameReceiving
Tgt1
Advanced (EPA)
Rec EPA-0.5Rec AirYd2
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Baylor), 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.
Top Teammates
Amari CooperWR1yZack MartinG1yCole BeasleyWR1yDeMarcus LawrenceLB1yJamize OlawaleRB1yMaliek CollinsDT1yTyron SmithOT1yDak PrescottQB1yEzekiel ElliottRB1yXavier WoodsFS1yL.P. LaDouceurLS1yJourdan LewisCB1yDalton SchultzTE1yCameron FlemingOT1yDorance ArmstrongDE1ySean LeeOLB1yTavon AustinWR1yC.J. GoodwinCB1yDamien WilsonOLB1yByron JonesCB1yJeff HeathS1yChidobe AwuzieCB1yJoe LooneyC1yTyrone CrawfordDT1y
2016 Draft Class· this player went #217
#207Jeff DriskelQB#208Kamu Grugier-HillOLB#209Maurice CanadyCB#212Kavon FrazierFS#213Aaron BurbridgeWR#214Elandon RobertsOLB#215Joey HuntC#216Darius JacksonRB#218Kevon SeymourCB#219Will ParksS#221Ted KarrasG#222Aaron WallaceLB#226Jonathan WoodardDE#227Stephen WeatherlyDE#228Riley DixonP#229DeMarcus AyersWR
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Movementderived from season history
- 2018final season
Last recorded season with DAL
- 2016draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 6, Pick 217
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'6" / 280 lb
Frame
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 1-season peers. See all →
19
peak 26
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 1 season.
94%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 45 | 7.5 | 98+53 | 5.8 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #217 (Rd 6) · DAL · 2016 · -4.9 vs expected KV-H
19actual
23.9 expected · Δ−4.9
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