T.J. Houshmandzadeh is one of the most consistent receivers of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Houshmandzadeh delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

WRLV#84ACT

T.J. Houshmandzadeh

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time WRsIron ManTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #123

Height6'2"

Weight203 lb

BornSep 26, 1977

Age48

CollegeOregon State; Cerritos College See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 7, Pick 204 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

94thReceptions·627

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2007·Rec112

Archetype Intelligence

Iron ManExplore archetypes →

A high-end wide receiver defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 161 · #562 · High-Value

Worth 161 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.1

Avg surplus

peak +29

8 seasons × ~20.1 surplus ≈ VORP 161

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													Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2001	—	CIN	7	—	42	21	228	0	50.0%	10.9	5.4	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	0	0
2002	—	CIN	15	—	69	41	492	1	59.4%	12.0	7.1	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NO	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2	0	0
2004	—	CIN	15	—	73	73	978	4	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	49	6	51	0	8.5	0.0	2	33.3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1	89.7	0	0
2005	—	CIN	14	—	78	78	956	7	100.0%	12.3	12.3	—	52	8	62	1	7.8	12.5	3	37.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	BUF	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7	87.3	0	0
2006	—	CIN	14	—	90	90	1,081	9	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	58	3	6	0	2.0	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.4	95.6	0	745
2007	—	CIN	16	—	112	112	1,143	12	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	70	5	14	0	2.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CLE	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9	99.2	0	728
2008	—	CIN	14	—	92	92	904	4	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	51	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	JAX	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8	84.2	0	545
2009	—	SEA	16	—	135	79	911	3	58.5%	11.5	6.7	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13.5	0	1,320
2010	—	BAL	16	—	57	30	398	3	52.6%	13.3	7.0	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	ATL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.8	0	750
2011	—	LV	6	—	19	11	146	1	57.9%	13.3	7.7	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	0	226
Career		—	157	—	767	627	7,237	44	81.7%	11.5	9.4	—	396	23	142	1	6.2	4.3	6	26.1	0	26	26	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	5.3	484.0	0	4,314

Career EPA489.2·5 rushing · 484 receiving·48.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2004	27	CIN	15	—	6	51	0	8.5	0.0	2	33.3	12.2
2005	28	CIN	14	—	8	62	1	7.8	12.5	3	37.5	15.4
2006	29	CIN	14	—	3	6	0	2.0	0.0	1	33.3	17.1
2007	30	CIN	16	—	5	14	0	2.8	0.0	0	0.0	23.5
2008	31	CIN	14	—	1	9	0	9.0	0.0	0	0.0	13
Career			73		23	142	1	6.2	—	6	—	113.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	24	CIN	7	—	42	21	228	0	50.0%	10.9	5.4	—	14
2002	25	CIN	15	—	69	41	492	1	59.4%	12.0	7.1	—	26
2004	27	CIN	15	—	73	73	978	4	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	49
2005	28	CIN	14	—	78	78	956	7	100.0%	12.3	12.3	—	52
2006	29	CIN	14	—	90	90	1,081	9	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	58
2007	30	CIN	16	—	112	112	1,143	12	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	70
2008	31	CIN	14	—	92	92	904	4	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	51
2009	32	SEA	16	—	135	79	911	3	58.5%	11.5	6.7	—	52
2010	33	BAL	16	—	57	30	398	3	52.6%	13.3	7.0	—	19
2011	34	LV	6	—	19	11	146	1	57.9%	13.3	7.7	—	5
Career			133		767	627	7,237	44	81.7%	11.5	9.4	—	396

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2001	24	PIT	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2002	25	NO	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	—
2004	27	CIN	4	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
2005	28	BUF	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2006	29	LV	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	30	CLE	7	—	8	8	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	31	JAX	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	32	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2010	33	ATL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			28		26	26	—	—	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2001	24	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	0
2002	25	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2	0
2004	27	—	—	—	—	3.1	89.7	0
2005	28	—	—	—	—	3.7	87.3	0
2006	29	—	—	—	—	-1.4	95.6	745
2007	30	—	—	—	—	-0.9	99.2	728
2008	31	—	—	—	—	0.8	84.2	545
2009	32	—	—	—	—	—	13.5	1,320
2010	33	—	—	—	—	—	9.8	750
2011	34	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	226
Career					—	—	—	4,314

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 62elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #123 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2008 CIN·4 team wins#6

Receptions · 92 · score 60

2009 SEA·5 team wins#18

Receptions · 79 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 41% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

41% of the all-time Receptions leader41

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

48.92 EPA/season over 10 seasons66

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%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 11.5 regular season → 11.4 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-1%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt10Rec8Yds91TD1Ctch%80.0%Y/R11.4Y/Tgt9.11D6

Defense

Tkl2Solo2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA7.6Rec AirYd55

College Stats

Oregon State; Cerritos CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon State; Cerritos College), 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.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #204

#190Kevin KasperWR #193Jason DoeringDB #196Jimmy WilliamsDB #198David MartinTE #200Leonard MyersDB #201Brandon GorinOT #202Renaldo HillS #203Paul ZukauskasG #206James ReedDT #207Colston WeatheringtonDE #210Harold BlackmonDB #212Shaunard HartsFS #213Anthony DenmanLB #214Reggie GermanyWR #217Tupe PekoG #219Kynan ForneyG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

T.J. inherited the Cincinnati Bengals WR room from Peter Warrick (2000–2004), and handed it to Chad Johnson (2001–2010).

David Verser 1981–1984Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Tim McGee 1986–1994Jeff Query 1992–1994Carl Pickens 1992–1999Darnay Scott

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined LV (from BAL)
2011final season
Last recorded season with LV
2010team change
Joined BAL (from SEA)
2009team change
Joined SEA (from CIN)
2001draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 7, Pick 204

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 203 lb

Frame

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 75

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

C2001

C+2002

B+2004

B+2005

B+2006

B+2007

B+2008

B2009

C+2010

D2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

88%

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
2001	228	32.6	425+197	25
2002	492	32.8	414-78	24.3
2004	978	65.2	1,026+48	60.4
2005	956	68.3	1,079+123	63.5
2006	1,081	77.2	1,247+166	73.4
2007	1,143	71.4	1,158+15	68.1
2008	904	64.6	1,004+100	59
2009	911	56.9	879-32	51.7
2010	398	24.9	298-100	17.5
2011	146	24.3	298+152	17.5

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

161 career value over replacement — #562 all-time of 4,642. 16.1/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×5 top-10 Mr. ReliableCV 0.29

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #204 (Rd 7) · CIN · 2001 · +44.6 vs expected KV-H

69actual

24.4 expected · Δ+44.6

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #204

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography