Ryan Wetnight is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Wetnight in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Wetnight's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1993 | 22–23 | CHI | 10 | — | — | 9 | 93 | 1 | — | 10.3 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 23–24 | CHI | 11 | — | — | 11 | 104 | 1 | — | 9.5 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 24–25 | CHI | 12 | — | — | 24 | 193 | 2 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 25–26 | CHI | 11 | — | — | 21 | 223 | 1 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 26–27 | CHI | 16 | — | — | 46 | 464 | 1 | — | 10.1 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 27–28 | CHI | 15 | — | — | 23 | 168 | 2 | — | 7.3 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 28–29 | CHI | 16 | — | 59 | 38 | 277 | 1 | 64.4% | 7.3 | 4.7 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | 29–30 | GB | 4 | — | 9 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 33.3% | 6.7 | 2.2 | — | 0 |
| Career | — | 95 | — | 68 | 175 | 1,542 | 9 | 257.4% | 8.8 | 22.7 | — | 15 | |
Career Value · VORP
92 career value over replacement — #1289 all-time of 4,695. 11.5/season above a replacement-level TE.
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8 seasons · peak 5.6 in 1997
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
1.1 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1997 · +0.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#158 of 698 all-time TEs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 22–23 | CHI | 10 | — | — | 9 | 93 | 1 | — | 10.3 | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 1994 | 23–24 | CHI | 11 | — | — | 11 | 104 | 1 | — | 9.5 | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 1995 | 24–25 | CHI | 12 | — | — | 24 | 193 | 2 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1996 | 25–26 | CHI | 11 | — | — | 21 | 223 | 1 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — | 2.7 |
| 1997 | 26–27 | CHI | 16 | — | — | 46 | 464 | 1 | — | 10.1 | — | — | — | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 27–28 | CHI | 15 | — | — | 23 | 168 | 2 | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 28–29 | CHI | 16 | — | 59 | 38 | 277 | 1 | 64.4% | 7.3 | 4.7 | — | 15 | 1.1 |
| 2000 | 29–30 | GB | 4 | — | 9 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 33.3% | 6.7 | 2.2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 95 | 68 | 175 | 1,542 | 9 | 257.4% | 8.8 | 22.7 | — | 15 | 14.4 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
Blend 60.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 94%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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