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

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Robert Tonyan

Top 27% all-time TEsHigh-End Starter

Height6'5"

Weight240 lb

BornApr 30, 1994

Age32

College

Career Value · VORP

49 career value over replacement — #2121 all-time of 4,695. 8.2/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Snap Counts						Defense													Advanced Receiving (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	24	GB	16	—	6	4	77	1	66.7%	19.3	12.8	—	3	67	6.3%	—	0.0%	191	39.9%	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	13.8	16.8	2.5	0	1	0.2	3	149.3
2019	25	GB	11	—	15	10	100	1	66.7%	10.0	6.7	—	4	193	25.4%	—	0.0%	135	45.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.5	7.4	2.6	0	0	0.0	4	107.6
2020	26	GB	16	—	59	52	586	11	88.1%	11.3	9.9	—	33	638	61.5%	—	0.0%	49	11.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.7	7.0	4.3	0	0	0.0	33	147.6
2021	27	GB	8	—	29	18	204	2	62.1%	11.3	7.0	—	10	306	60.1%	—	0.0%	17	8.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.8	5.2	6.1	0	0	0.0	10	106.1
2022	28	GB	17	—	67	53	470	2	79.1%	8.9	7.0	—	19	591	54.2%	—	0.0%	3	0.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.8	4.6	4.3	2	1	0.0	20	93.4
2023	29	CHI	17	—	17	11	112	0	64.7%	10.2	6.6	—	6	323	28.2%	—	0.0%	203	45.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.5	5.0	5.2	1	2	0.1	6	83.5
2024	30	MIN	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	4.6%	—	0.0%	37	26.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	31	KC	17	—	1	1	1	0	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	0	133	11.1%	—	0.0%	108	25.9%	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2026	32	PIT	5	—	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	14	4.2%	—	0.0%	28	19.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	112	—	195	150	1,552	17	76.9%	10.3	8.0	—	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	3	4	—	76	—

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 49 · #2121 · Above Average

Worth 49 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 46% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.3

Avg surplus

peak +26

3 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈