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.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#97Leader marks (black ink)of 150

WROAK#84ACT

T.J. Houshmandzadeh

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time WRsIron ManTeam Carrier · #113

Height6'2"

Weight203 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

160 career value over replacement — #583 all-time of 4,695. 16/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 · +48 vs expected KV-H

69actual

21 expected · Δ+48

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #113 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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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

Depth

of 100

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

41% of the all-time Receptions leader41

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

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

-1%

vs reg season

Career Milestones7

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20041K career receiving yards
2004100 career receptions
20063K career receiving yards
2006250 career receptions
200725 career receiving TDs
20085K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Receiving

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

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.

Top Teammates

Chad JohnsonWR7y Justin SmithDE6y Carson PalmerQB6y Shayne GrahamK5y

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).

Charlie Joiner 1972–1975Isaac Curtis 1973–1984Billy Brooks 1976–1979Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Eddie Brown 1985–1991Tim McGee

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined OAK (from BAL)
2011final season
Last recorded season with OAK
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

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 2025 NFL — 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	428+200	25.1
2002	492	32.8	418-74	24.6
2004	978	65.2	1,011+33	59.5
2005	956	68.3	1,064+108	62.6
2006	1,081	77.2	1,206+125	70.9
2007	1,143	71.4	1,146+3	67.4
2008	904	64.6	1,000+96	58.8
2009	911	56.9	870-41	51.2
2010	398	24.9	300-98	17.6
2011	146	24.3	301+155	17.7

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.