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

Russell Gage

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Russell Gage

Top 24% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter

Height6'0"

Weight184 lb

BornJan 22, 1996

Age30

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 6, Pick 194 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 48 · #2118 · Above Average

Worth 48 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+12

Avg surplus

peak +18

4 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈ VORP 48

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
2018	—	ATL	5	—	10	6	63	0	60.0%	10.5	6.3	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	—	ATL	14	—	74	49	446	1	66.2%	9.1	6.0	—	25	4	12	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	—	ATL	16	—	109	72	786	4	66.1%	10.9	7.2	—	50	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	1	2	50.0%	39	1	0	50.0	0.0	19.5	29.5	—	135.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	ATL	13	—	94	66	770	4	70.2%	11.7	8.2	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2022	—	TB	13	—	70	51	426	5	72.9%	8.4	6.1	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	63	—	357	244	2,491	14	68.3%	10.2	7.0	—	144	6	21	0	3.5	0.0	1	16.7	0	1	2	50.0%	39	1	0	50.0	0.0	19.5	29.5	—	135.4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA72.9·2 passing · -1 rushing · 72 receiving·14.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	1	2	50.0%	39	1	0	50.0	0.0	19.5	29.5	—	135.4	0	11.3
Career			16	11*	1	2	50.0%	39	1	0	50.0	0.0	19.5	—	—	135.4	0	39.8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2019	23	ATL	14	0*	4	12	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
Career			30	11*	6	21	0	3.5	—	1	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2018	22	ATL	5	0*	10	6	63	0	60.0%	10.5	6.3	—	2
2019	23	ATL	14	0*	74	49	446	1	66.2%	9.1	6.0	—	25
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	109	72	786	4	66.1%	10.9	7.2	—	50
2021	25	ATL	13	10*	94	66	770	4	70.2%	11.7	8.2	—	37
2022	26	TB	13	8*	70	51	426	5	72.9%	8.4	6.1	—	30
Career			61	29*	357	244	2,491	14	68.3%	10.2	7.0	—	144

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	22	ATL	15	0*	60	9.1%	—	0.0%	280	67.7%
2019	23	ATL	16	0*	516	42.6%	2	1.5%	167	49.4%
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	762	68.1%	—	0.0%	2	6.0%
2021	25	ATL	14	10*	612	73.9%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2022	26	TB	13	8*	529	57.9%	—	0.0%	2	4.5%
2025	29	SF	1	—	28	37.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			75	29*	2,507	—	2	—	452	—

* 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	22	—	—	0*	—	—	3.9	0	105
2019	23	—	—	0*	—	-1.1	6.8	0	525
2020	24	—	—	11*	2.1	-0.2	31.4	75	927
2021	25	—	—	10*	—	—	9.5	0	882
2022	26	—	—	8*	—	—	20.4	0	383
Career				29*	—	—	—	75	2,822

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2020	24	ATL	—	11*	100.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	1	2	2.6	0	0	—
Career				11*	—	—	1	—	0	1	2	—	0	0	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2019	23	ATL	16	0*	3	0.8	9	2.3	1	4.0	0
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	6	3.0	3	1.5	0	—	1
Career			32	11*	9	—	12	—	1	—	1

* 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	22	ATL	15	0*	10.5	7.3	3.2	0	2	0.2	2	78.3
2019	23	ATL	16	0*	7.1	6.0	3.1	0	0	0.0	25	81.2
2020	24	ATL	16	11*	8.5	7.0	3.9	4	7	0.1	50	95.6
2021	25	ATL	14	10*	9.3	7.8	3.8	5	5	0.1	37	86.7
2022	26	TB	13	8*	5.5	5.0	3.4	2	3	0.0	31	112.0
Career			74	29*	—	—	—	11	17	—	145	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

57

Sustained

career value

×.6

62

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.9

Availability 16.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 522022

All-Time Standing

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

18

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

14.57 EPA/season over 5 seasons55

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

58

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.013 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.013Touch rate0.146EPA/snap0.029Snap share50.3%Off snaps2,479ConsistentCV 0.18

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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

Tgt8Rec2Yds10Ctch%25.0%Y/R5.0Y/Tgt1.3

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-10.1Rec AirYd39

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #194

#185Deon CainWR #186Jacob MartinDE #187Ray-Ray McCloudWR #188Simeon ThomasDB #189Kam MooreCB #190DeShon ElliottSAF #192Jamil DembyG #193Chris CovingtonLB #195Sebastian Joseph-DayDT #196Tremon SmithCB #197Shaun Dion HamiltonLB #198Kahlil McKenzieG #199Luke FalkQB #200Foye OluokunLB #201Boston ScottRB #202Jack CichyLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Russell inherited the Atlanta Falcons WR room from Calvin Ridley (2018–2021), and handed it to Olamide Zaccheaus (2019–2022).

Stacey Bailey 1982–1990Charlie Brown 1985–1987Floyd Dixon 1986–1991Michael Haynes 1988–1997Shawn Collins 1989–1991George Thomas

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined SF (from TB)
2025final season
Last recorded season with SF
2022team change
Joined TB (from ATL)
2018draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 6, Pick 194

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 184 lb

Frame

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	TB	4	W1Questionable· HamstringW2Questionable· HamstringW3Questionable· HamstringW4Questionable· Hamstring / Not injury related - resting playerW5Questionable· BackW8Out· HamstringW9Out· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW12Out· HamstringW13Questionable· Hamstring
2021	ATL	3	W3Out· AnkleW4Out· AnkleW5Out· Ankle
2019	ATL	0	W2Questionable· Head / Hamstring
2018	ATL	1	W2Out· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

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

59

peak 62

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

F2018

C+2019

B2020

B2021

C+2022

Availability

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

76%

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	63	12.6	67+4	3.9
2019	446	31.9	435-11	25.6
2020	786	49.1	746-40	43.9
2021	770	59.2	941+171	55.3
2022	426	32.8	484+58	28.5

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

Career Value · VORP

48 career value over replacement — #2118 all-time of 4,642. 9.6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #194 (Rd 6) · ATL · 2018 · +33.1 vs expected KV-H

59actual

25.9 expected · Δ+33.1

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