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Russell Shepard

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Russell Shepard

Solid Contributor

Height6'0"

Weight195 lb

BornSep 17, 1990

Age35

CollegeLSU See College Stats

Rookie yr2013

Archetype Intelligence

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A wide receiver with a developmental — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 2 · #4128 · Role Player

Worth 2 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 90% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 replaced

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

1

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+2

Avg surplus

peak +2

1 seasons × ~2 surplus ≈ VORP 2

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								Defense													Snap Counts
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	—	TB	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	6.6%	—	0.0%	243	60.4%
2014	—	TB	4	—	8	4	63	0	50.0%	15.8	7.9	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	154	18.2%	—	0.0%	284	65.2%
2015	—	TB	7	—	9	3	28	1	33.3%	9.3	3.1	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	207	23.6%	—	0.0%	224	63.6%
2016	—	TB	12	—	40	23	341	2	57.5%	14.8	8.5	—	19	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	432	46.3%	—	0.0%	154	45.8%
2017	—	CAR	12	—	32	17	202	1	53.1%	11.9	6.3	—	10	2	19	0	9.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	479	47.4%	—	0.0%	143	35.5%
2018	—	NYG	7	—	19	10	188	2	52.6%	18.8	9.9	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	183	24.7%	—	0.0%	203	58.3%
2018	—	TEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	NYG	2	—	8	3	25	0	37.5%	8.3	3.1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73	37.0%	—	0.0%	36	41.3%
Career		—	60	—	116	60	847	6	51.7%	14.1	7.3	—	43	3	28	0	9.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,560	29.1%	—	0.0%	1,287	52.9%

Career EPA27.6·2 rushing · 26 receiving·4.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	26	TB	12	0*	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5.6
2017	27	CAR	12	0*	2	19	0	9.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	4.6
Career			24		3	28	0	9.3	—	1	—	0	16.6

* 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
2014	24	TB	4	0*	8	4	63	0	50.0%	15.8	7.9	—	3
2015	25	TB	7	0*	9	3	28	1	33.3%	9.3	3.1	—	3
2016	26	TB	12	0*	40	23	341	2	57.5%	14.8	8.5	—	19
2017	27	CAR	12	0*	32	17	202	1	53.1%	11.9	6.3	—	10
2018	28	NYG	7	0*	19	10	188	2	52.6%	18.8	9.9	—	7
2019	29	NYG	2	—	8	3	25	0	37.5%	8.3	3.1	—	1
Career			44		116	60	847	6	51.7%	14.1	7.3	—	43

* 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%
2013	23	TB	14	0*	32	6.6%	—	0.0%	243	60.4%
2014	24	TB	16	0*	154	18.2%	—	0.0%	284	65.2%
2015	25	TB	13	0*	207	23.6%	—	0.0%	224	63.6%
2016	26	TB	14	0*	432	46.3%	—	0.0%	154	45.8%
2017	27	CAR	15	0*	479	47.4%	—	0.0%	143	35.5%
2018	28	NYG	12	0*	183	24.7%	—	0.0%	203	58.3%
2019	29	NYG	3	—	73	37.0%	—	0.0%	36	41.3%
Career			87		1,560	—	—	—	1,287	—

* 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
2014	24	—	—	0*	—	—	2.9	0	127
2015	25	—	—	0*	—	—	0.5	0	135
2016	26	—	—	0*	—	0.7	15.1	0	548
2017	27	—	—	0*	—	1.2	3.9	0	266
2018	28	—	—	0*	—	—	6.8	0	333
2019	29	—	—	—	—	—	-3.3	0	72
Career					—	—	—	0	1,481

* 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	28	NYG	12	0*	16.8	17.2	1.6	0	1	0.1	7	82.7
2019	29	NYG	3	—	9.0	4.0	4.3	0	1	0.1	1	46.4
Career			15		—	—	—	0	2	—	8	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 41 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 41 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

39

Sustained

career value

×.6

44

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 41 × longevity 1 = KV-H 41· confidence 85%

What builds the career mark of 39

On-field 27.7

Availability 11.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 352018

All-Time Standing

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

8

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Receptions leader4

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

4.6 EPA/season over 6 seasons52

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+

34

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.573 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.573Touch rate0.078EPA/snap0.018Snap share32.9%Off snaps1,528VolatileCV 0.56

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

Tgt2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-0.7Rec AirYd44

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.

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

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Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2018team change
Joined NYG (from CAR)
2017team change
Joined CAR (from TB)
2013signing
Entered the NFL with TB

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 195 lb

Frame

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	NYG	3	W6Out· NeckW7Questionable· NeckW16Out· AnkleW17Out· Ankle
2017	CAR	0	W16Questionable· Shoulder
2016	TB	1	W9Doubtful· HipW10Out· HipW11Questionable· Hip
2015	TB	0	W5Doubtful· HamstringW7Questionable· Hamstring

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 →

41

peak 44

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

F2014

F2015

C+2016

C2017

D2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

78%

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
2014	63	15.8	142+79	8.3
2015	28	4	0-28	0
2016	341	28.4	370+29	21.8
2017	202	16.8	164-38	9.6
2018	188	26.9	324+136	19.1

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

Career Value · VORP

2 career value over replacement — #4128 all-time of 4,642. 0.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

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