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

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Rod Gardner

Top 17% all-time WRsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002Two-Way Profile

Height6'2"

Weight215 lb

BornOct 26, 1977

Age48

CollegeClemson See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 1, Pick 15 · WAS

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time wide receiver who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 63 · #1765 · Above Average

Worth 63 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.8 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

+15.8

Avg surplus

peak +24

4 seasons × ~15.8 surplus ≈ VORP 63

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								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2001	—	WAS	16	—	101	46	741	4	45.5%	16.1	7.3	—	28	1	16	0	16.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	WAS	16	—	141	71	1,006	8	50.4%	14.2	7.1	—	51	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	DAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	WAS	16	—	59	59	600	5	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	66.7%	46	2	0	66.7	0.0	15.3	28.7	—	149.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	WAS	16	—	51	51	650	5	100.0%	12.7	12.7	—	30	3	7	0	2.3	0.0	2	66.7	0	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	GB	6	—	13	13	151	1	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	SEA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	KC	1	—	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	78	—	367	242	3,165	23	65.9%	13.1	8.6	—	148	5	24	0	4.8	0.0	3	60.0	0	2	7	28.6%	46	2	0	28.6	0.0	6.6	12.3	—	94.0	1	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA145.2·3 passing · 0 rushing · 142 receiving·24.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2002	25	WAS	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	15.4
2003	26	WAS	16	—	2	3	66.7%	46	2	66.7	15.3	28.7	—	149.3	0	10.1
2004	27	WAS	16	—	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	10.3
Career			48		2	7	28.6%	46	2	28.6	6.6	—	—	94.0	1	49.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2001	24	WAS	16	—	1	16	16.0	0.0	1	100.0
2002	25	WAS	16	—	1	1	1.0	0.0	0	0.0
2004	27	WAS	16	—	3	7	2.3	0.0	2	66.7
Career			48		5	24	4.8	—	3	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	24	WAS	16	—	101	46	741	4	45.5%	16.1	7.3	—	28
2002	25	WAS	16	—	141	71	1,006	8	50.4%	14.2	7.1	—	51
2003	26	WAS	16	—	59	59	600	5	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	30
2004	27	WAS	16	—	51	51	650	5	100.0%	12.7	12.7	—	30
2005	28	GB	6	—	13	13	151	1	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	8
2006	29	KC	1	—	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1
Career			71		367	242	3,165	23	65.9%	13.1	8.6	—	148

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2002	25	DAL	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2003	26	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	27	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	28	SEA	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2006	29	KC	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			8		8	8	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2001	24	—	—	—	—	1.1	-2.2	0
2002	25	—	—	—	-0.7	-0.4	24.7	0
2003	26	—	—	—	6.7	—	49.7	0
2004	27	—	—	—	-3.1	-0.6	55.8	0
2005	28	—	—	—	—	—	12.8	0
2006	29	—	—	—	—	—	1.4	8
Career					—	—	—	8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 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 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 42.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 57elite 702005

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Receptions leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

24.2 EPA/season over 6 seasons58

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%.

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 · 2001

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

WR · 2001 class

4.48s

40-Yard

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 81thClass Pos 46thClass All 84th

College Stats

ClemsonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Clemson), 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.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #15

#7Andre CarterDE #8David TerrellWR #9Koren RobinsonWR #10Jamal ReynoldsDE #11Dan MorganMLB #12Damione LewisDT #13Marcus StroudDE #14Kenyatta WalkerOT #16Santana MossWR #17Steve HutchinsonG #18Jeff BackusOT #19Casey HamptonNT #20Adam ArchuletaS #21Nate ClementsS #23Deuce McAllisterRB #24Willie MiddlebrooksDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rod inherited the Washington Commanders WR room from James Thrash (1997–2008), and handed it to Laveranues Coles (2003–2004).

Art Monk 1980–1993Virgil Seay 1981–1984Charlie Brown 1982–1984Henry Ellard 1994–1998Leslie Shepherd 1994–1998Michael Westbrook

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2006team change
Joined KC (from GB)
2006final season
Last recorded season with KC
2005team change
Joined GB (from WAS)
2001draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 215 lb

Frame

219 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

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

peak 65

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

B2001

B+2002

C+2003

B2004

F2005

Availability

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

74%

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
2001	741	46.3	677-64	39.8
2002	1,006	62.9	986-20	58
2003	600	37.5	495-105	29.1
2004	650	40.6	535-115	31.5
2005	151	25.2	192+41	11.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

63 career value over replacement — #1765 all-time of 4,642. 12.6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · WAS · 2001 · +5.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

57.5 expected · Δ+5.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #15

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography