Terance Mathis ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Mathis in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mathis a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRPIT#88ACT

Terance Mathis

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time WRsIron ManTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #236

Height5'10"

Weight185 lb

BornJun 7, 1967

Age59

CollegeNew Mexico See College Stats

Rookie yr1990

Draft1990 · Rd 6, Pick 140 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

75thReceptions·688 76thReceiving Touchdowns·63 79thReceiving Yards·8,795 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 185 · #440 · Elite

Worth 185 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 10% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.4

Avg surplus

peak +31

12 seasons × ~15.4 surplus ≈ VORP 185

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
1990	—	NYJ	16	—	—	19	245	0	—	12.9	—	—	—	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	NYJ	16	—	—	28	329	1	—	11.8	—	—	—	1	19	0	19.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	NYJ	16	—	—	22	316	3	—	14.4	—	—	—	3	25	1	8.3	33.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	NYJ	16	—	—	24	352	0	—	14.7	—	—	—	2	20	1	10.0	50.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	ATL	16	—	—	111	1,342	11	—	12.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	ATL	14	—	—	78	1,039	9	—	13.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	ATL	16	—	—	69	771	7	—	11.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	ATL	16	—	—	62	802	6	—	12.9	—	—	—	3	35	0	11.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	ATL	16	—	—	64	1,136	11	—	17.8	—	—	—	1	-6	0	-6.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	ATL	16	—	153	81	1,016	6	52.9%	12.5	6.6	—	57	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NO	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	25.2	0	0
2000	—	ATL	16	—	124	56	665	5	45.2%	11.9	5.4	—	42	1	-5	0	-5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	LV	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0	-11.1	0	0
2001	—	ATL	16	—	105	51	564	2	48.6%	11.1	5.4	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1	0	0
2002	—	PIT	11	—	40	23	218	2	57.5%	9.5	5.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CLE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	0	0
Career		—	210	—	422	688	8,795	63	163.0%	12.8	20.8	—	147	14	97	2	6.9	14.3	0	0.0	0	9	8	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-1.4	7.6	0	0

Career EPA6.2·-1 rushing · 8 receiving·1.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1990	23	NYJ	16	—	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	—	—	—	5.8
1991	24	NYJ	16	—	1	19	0	19.0	0.0	—	—	—	6.5
1992	25	NYJ	16	—	3	25	1	8.3	33.3	—	—	—	8.1
1993	26	NYJ	16	—	2	20	1	10.0	50.0	—	—	—	6.1
1997	30	ATL	16	—	3	35	0	11.7	0.0	—	—	—	12.2
1998	31	ATL	16	—	1	-6	0	-6.0	0.0	—	—	—	16.1
1999	32	ATL	16	—	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	14.4
2000	33	ATL	16	—	1	-5	0	-5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	11.4
Career			128		14	97	2	6.9	—	0	—	0	143.1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1990	23	NYJ	16	—	—	19	245	0	—	12.9	—	—	—
1991	24	NYJ	16	—	—	28	329	1	—	11.8	—	—	—
1992	25	NYJ	16	—	—	22	316	3	—	14.4	—	—	—
1993	26	NYJ	16	—	—	24	352	0	—	14.7	—	—	—
1994	27	ATL	16	—	—	111	1,342	11	—	12.1	—	—	—
1995	28	ATL	14	—	—	78	1,039	9	—	13.3	—	—	—
1996	29	ATL	16	—	—	69	771	7	—	11.2	—	—	—
1997	30	ATL	16	—	—	62	802	6	—	12.9	—	—	—
1998	31	ATL	16	—	—	64	1,136	11	—	17.8	—	—	—
1999	32	ATL	16	—	153	81	1,016	6	52.9%	12.5	6.6	—	57
2000	33	ATL	16	—	124	56	665	5	45.2%	11.9	5.4	—	42
2001	34	ATL	16	—	105	51	564	2	48.6%	11.1	5.4	—	34
2002	35	PIT	11	—	40	23	218	2	57.5%	9.5	5.5	—	14
Career			201		422	688	8,795	63	163.0%	12.8	20.8	—	147

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	32	NO	4	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
2000	33	LV	3	—	3	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	35	CLE	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9		9	8	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	32	—	—	—	—	-0.4	25.2
2000	33	—	—	—	—	-1.0	-11.1
2001	34	—	—	—	—	—	-6.1
2002	35	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
Career					—	—	—

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 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 42.6

Availability 19.4

On-field production Staying available

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

1990bestavg 62elite 702002

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #236 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

1999 ATL·5 team wins#10

Receptions · 81 · score 32

1999 ATL·5 team wins#21

Receiving Yards · 1,016 · score 10

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 44% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

44% of the all-time Receptions leader44

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

1.56 EPA/season over 4 seasons51

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt12Rec6Yds80Ctch%50.0%Y/R13.3Y/Tgt6.71D5

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA4.5

College Stats

New MexicoCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (New Mexico), 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.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #140

#125Charles ArbuckleTE #128Barry FosterRB #129Rob BurnettDE #130Brian MitchellRB #131Cedric SmithFB #132Charles WilsonWR #133Calvin WilliamsWR #138John FrieszQB #149Marcus WilsonRB #156Mike BuckQB #159Bryce PaupLB #163Derrick WalkerTE #169Johnny JohnsonRB #178Scott GalbraithTE #186Lester ArchambeauDE #187Nate LewisWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Terance inherited the Atlanta Falcons WR room from Bert Emanuel (1994–1997), and handed it to Eric Metcalf (1995–1996).

Stacey Bailey 1982–1990Charlie Brown 1985–1987Floyd Dixon 1986–1991Michael Haynes 1988–1997Shawn Collins 1989–1991George Thomas

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2002team change
Joined PIT (from ATL)
2002final season
Last recorded season with PIT
1994team change
Joined ATL (from NYJ)
1990draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 6, Pick 140

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 185 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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 75

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

C+1990

C+1991

C+1992

C+1993

B+1994

B+1995

B1996

B1997

B+1998

B+1999

B2000

C+2001

C2002

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
1990	245	15.3	276+31	16.3
1991	329	20.6	360+31	21.2
1992	316	19.8	339+23	20
1993	352	22	365+13	21.5
1994	1,342	83.9	1,240-102	73
1995	1,039	74.2	1,062+23	62.5
1996	771	48.2	710-61	41.8
1997	802	50.1	726-76	42.7
1998	1,136	71	1,012-124	59.5
1999	1,016	63.5	935-81	55
2000	665	41.6	607-58	35.7
2001	564	35.3	474-90	27.9
2002	218	19.8	167-51	9.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

185 career value over replacement — #440 all-time of 4,642. 14.2/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #140 (Rd 6) · NYJ · 1990 · +36 vs expected KV-H

69actual

33 expected · Δ+36

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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

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #140

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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