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

WRSEA#18RES

Sidney Rice

1× Pro BowlTop 19% all-time WRsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +19% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009

Height6'4"

Weight202 lb

BornSep 1, 1986

Age39

CollegeSouth Carolina See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 2, Pick 44 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

82ndPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 64 · #1744 · Above Average

Worth 64 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16

Avg surplus

peak +34

4 seasons × ~16 surplus ≈ VORP 64

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
2007	—	MIN	11	—	31	31	396	4	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	100.0%	94	0	0	0.0	0.0	47.0	47.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	MIN	10	—	15	15	141	4	100.0%	9.4	9.4	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	MIN	16	—	122	84	1,312	8	68.9%	15.6	10.8	—	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	MIN	6	—	42	17	280	2	40.5%	16.5	6.7	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	SEA	9	—	57	32	484	2	56.1%	15.1	8.5	—	19	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	1	100.0%	55	0	0	0.0	0.0	55.0	55.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	SEA	16	—	82	50	748	7	61.0%	15.0	9.1	—	37	2	6	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	2	50.0%	25	0	0	0.0	0.0	12.5	12.5	—	95.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SEA	8	—	35	15	231	3	42.9%	15.4	6.6	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	79	—	384	244	3,592	30	63.5%	14.7	9.4	—	177	4	9	0	2.3	0.0	0	0.0	0	4	7	57.1%	174	0	0	0.0	0.0	24.9	24.9	—	101.8	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA224.5·10 passing · -1 rushing · 216 receiving·32.1/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2007	21	MIN	11	—	2	2	100.0%	94	47.0	47.0	—	118.8	7.2
2008	22	MIN	10	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	5.3
2009	23	MIN	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	18.8
2011	25	SEA	9	—	1	1	100.0%	55	55.0	55.0	—	118.8	6.7
2012	26	SEA	16	—	1	2	50.0%	25	12.5	12.5	—	95.8	13.1
Career			62		4	7	57.1%	174	24.9	—	—	101.8	60.2

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D%
2011	25	SEA	9	—	2	3	1.5	0.0	0.0
2012	26	SEA	16	—	2	6	3.0	0.0	0.0
Career			25		4	9	2.3	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2007	21	MIN	11	—	31	31	396	4	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	25
2008	22	MIN	10	—	15	15	141	4	100.0%	9.4	9.4	—	12
2009	23	MIN	16	—	122	84	1,312	8	68.9%	15.6	10.8	—	59
2010	24	MIN	6	—	42	17	280	2	40.5%	16.5	6.7	—	14
2011	25	SEA	9	—	57	32	484	2	56.1%	15.1	8.5	—	19
2012	26	SEA	16	—	82	50	748	7	61.0%	15.0	9.1	—	37
2013	27	SEA	8	5*	35	15	231	3	42.9%	15.4	6.6	—	11
Career			76	5*	384	244	3,592	30	63.5%	14.7	9.4	—	177

* 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	27	SEA	8	5*	330	62.5%	—	0.0%	3	3.3%
Career			8	5*	330	—	—	—	3	—

* 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
2007	21	—	—	—	5.2	—	43.6	62	277
2008	22	—	—	—	-0.5	—	25.5	37	108
2009	23	—	—	—	-0.5	—	89.8	8	1,557
2010	24	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0	734
2011	25	—	—	—	4.0	-0.8	14.8	45	915
2012	26	—	—	—	1.4	-0.7	40.7	56	1,104
2013	27	—	—	5*	—	—	1.9	0	507
Career				5*	—	—	—	208	5,202

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43.1

Availability 14.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 54elite 702013

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

32.08 EPA/season over 7 seasons61

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

—

below snap floor

Yards / snap:0.7 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.7Touch rate0.106EPA/snap0.006Snap share62.5%Off snaps330Emerging

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+).

Combine · 2007

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

WR · 2007 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 75thClass Pos 29thClass All 72th

39.5"

Vertical

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 93thClass Pos 93thClass All 96th

119"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 60thClass Pos 11thClass All 61th

7.09s

3-Cone

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 57thClass Pos 13thClass All 48th

4.34s

Shuttle

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 49thClass Pos 18thClass All 50th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 14.7 regular season → 17.5 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+19%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt33Rec17Yds298TD4Ctch%51.5%Y/R17.5Y/Tgt9.01D15

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA10.3Rec AirYd469

College Stats

South CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #44

#34Paul PoslusznyMLB #35Arron SearsOT #36Kevin KolbQB #37Eric WeddleFS #39Justin BlalockG #40John BeckQB #41Chris HoustonCB #43Drew StantonQB #45Dwayne JarrettWR #46LaMarr WoodleyOLB #47David HarrisOLB #48Justin DurantOLB #50Chris HenryRB #51Steve SmithWR #52Brian LeonardRB #53Eric WrightDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Sidney inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Marcus Robinson (2004–2006), and handed it to Bernard Berrian (2008–2011).

Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed 1991–2001Qadry Ismail 1993–1996Chris Walsh

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2011team change
Joined SEA (from MIN)
2007draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 2, Pick 44

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 202 lb

Frame

200 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	SEA	0	W13Questionable· CalfW16Questionable· Knee
2011	SEA	1	W1Doubtful· ShoulderW2Out· Shoulder
2010	MIN	0	W12Questionable· HipW17Doubtful· Concussion
2009	MIN	0	W15Questionable· Illness

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

C+2007

D2008

A2009

D2010

C+2011

B2012

C2013

Availability

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

68%

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
2007	396	36	435+39	25.6
2008	141	14.1	51-90	3
2009	1,312	82	1,347+35	79.2
2010	280	46.7	693+413	40.8
2011	484	53.8	824+340	48.5
2012	748	46.8	686-62	40.3
2013	231	28.9	372+141	21.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, 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

64 career value over replacement — #1744 all-time of 4,642. 9.1/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #44 (Rd 2) · MIN · 2007 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

62actual

49.8 expected · Δ+12.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #44

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator