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

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Steve Breaston

Top 17% all-time WRsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight189 lb

BornAug 20, 1983

Age42

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 5, Pick 142 · ARI

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 76 · #1502 · Above Average

Worth 76 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 33% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19

Avg surplus

peak +25

4 seasons × ~19 surplus ≈ VORP 76

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	—	ARI	5	—	8	8	92	0	100.0%	11.5	11.5	—	3	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	ARI	15	—	77	77	1,003	3	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	44	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	ARI	14	—	82	55	712	3	67.1%	12.9	8.7	—	33	2	44	0	22.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	ARI	12	—	87	47	718	1	54.0%	15.3	8.3	—	32	3	35	0	11.7	0.0	2	66.7	0	1	2	50.0%	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	8.5	8.5	—	79.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2011	—	KC	16	—	98	61	785	2	62.2%	12.9	8.0	—	39	1	25	0	25.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NYJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	KC	7	—	15	7	74	0	46.7%	10.6	4.9	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	74	—	367	255	3,384	9	69.5%	13.3	9.2	—	156	10	120	0	12.0	0.0	6	60.0	0	1	2	50.0%	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	8.5	8.5	—	79.2	0	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0

Career EPA130.3·1 passing · 5 rushing · 125 receiving·21.7/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2010	27	ARI	12	—	1	2	50.0%	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	8.5	8.5	—	79.2	0	7.8
Career			12		1	2	50.0%	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	8.5	—	—	79.2	0	43.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
2007	24	ARI	5	—	2	8	4.0	0.0	1	50.0
2008	25	ARI	15	—	2	8	4.0	0.0	0	0.0
2009	26	ARI	14	—	2	44	22.0	0.0	2	100.0
2010	27	ARI	12	—	3	35	11.7	0.0	2	66.7
2011	28	KC	16	—	1	25	25.0	0.0	1	100.0
Career			62		10	120	12.0	—	6	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2007	24	ARI	5	—	8	8	92	0	100.0%	11.5	11.5	—	3
2008	25	ARI	15	—	77	77	1,003	3	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	44
2009	26	ARI	14	—	82	55	712	3	67.1%	12.9	8.7	—	33
2010	27	ARI	12	—	87	47	718	1	54.0%	15.3	8.3	—	32
2011	28	KC	16	—	98	61	785	2	62.2%	12.9	8.0	—	39
2012	29	KC	7	—	15	7	74	0	46.7%	10.6	4.9	—	5
Career			69		367	255	3,384	9	69.5%	13.3	9.2	—	156

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2007	24	ARI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	25	NYG	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	26	CAR	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2010	27	LA	1	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	—
2011	28	NYJ	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			6		7	7	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2007	24	—	—	—	—	-0.9	7.1	0	55
2008	25	—	—	—	—	-0.2	76.1	0	754
2009	26	—	—	—	—	2.9	19.8	0	918
2010	27	—	—	—	0.6	1.9	13.1	50	1,171
2011	28	—	—	—	—	1.6	13.8	0	994
2012	29	—	—	—	—	—	-5.3	0	169
Career					—	—	—	50	4,061

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 44

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 53elite 702012

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

21.72 EPA/season over 6 seasons57

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: 88%.

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

4.46s

40-Yard

Above avg · 59th pct

Pos 59thAll 84thClass Pos 52thClass All 82th

33"

Vertical

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 11thClass All 40th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 82thClass Pos 70thClass All 88th

6.90s

3-Cone

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 81thClass Pos 57thClass All 77th

4.29s

Shuttle

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 58thClass Pos 38thClass All 66th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 13.3 regular season → 13.5 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+2%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Rushing

Att2Yds20Y/A10.01D11D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt29Rec24Yds325TD1Ctch%82.8%Y/R13.5Y/Tgt11.21D15

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.3Rec EPA17.7Rec AirYd286

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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 #142

#133Martrez MilnerTE #134Antwan BarnesLB #135Joe CohenDT #136Clint SessionLB #137Le'Ron McClainFB #138Jay RichardsonLB #140Brandon McDonaldDB #141Greg PetersonDT #145David JonesDB #146Aundrae AllisonWR #147Tarell BrownCB #148Kolby SmithRB #149Uche NwaneriG #150Josh GattisSAF #152Antonio JohnsonDT #153Kevin BossTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Steve inherited the Arizona Cardinals WR room from Larry Fitzgerald (2004–2020), and handed it to Andre Roberts (2010–2013).

Ernie Jones 1988–1992Ricky Proehl 1990–1994Randal Hill 1991–1994Rob Moore 1995–1999Frank Sanders 1995–2002David Boston

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012final season
Last recorded season with KC
2011team change
Joined KC (from ARI)
2007draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 5, Pick 142

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 189 lb

Frame

193 lb at 4.46s

Size-speed

33" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	KC	0	W4Questionable· Knee
2010	ARI	2	W3Questionable· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW12Questionable· Knee
2009	ARI	0	W2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

F2007

B+2008

B2009

B2010

B2011

D2012

Availability

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

80%

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	92	18.4	75-17	4.4
2008	1,003	66.9	1,047+44	61.6
2009	712	50.9	766+54	45
2010	718	59.8	932+214	54.8
2011	785	49.1	740-45	43.5
2012	74	10.6	49-25	2.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

76 career value over replacement — #1502 all-time of 4,642. 12.7/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #142 (Rd 5) · ARI · 2007 · +30 vs expected KV-H

63actual

33 expected · Δ+30

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #142

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator