Tony McGee is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places McGee in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McGee's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Tony McGee
Top 29% all-time TEsReliable Starter
Height6'4"
Weight241 lb
BornApr 21, 1971
Age55
CollegeMichiganSee College Stats
Rookie yr1993
Draft1993 · Rd 2, Pick 37 · CIN
A tight end with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 51 · #2014 · Above AverageWorth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 45% of all 4,612 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
46
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
4
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+12.8
Avg surplus
peak +19
4 seasons × ~12.8 surplus ≈ VORP 51
Combined Season Grid
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1999 | — | CIN | 16 | — | 49 | 26 | 344 | 2 | 53.1% | 13.2 | 7.0 | — | 17 |
| 2000 | — | CIN | 12 | — | 49 | 26 | 309 | 1 | 53.1% | 11.9 | 6.3 | — | 13 |
| 2001 | — | CIN | 11 | — | 30 | 14 | 148 | 1 | 46.7% | 10.6 | 4.9 | — | 7 |
| 2002 | — | DAL | 12 | — | 30 | 23 | 294 | 1 | 76.7% | 12.8 | 9.8 | — | 15 |
| Career | — | 51 | — | 158 | 89 | 1,095 | 5 | 56.3% | 12.3 | 6.9 | — | 52 | |
Receiving
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 56 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
59
Sustained
career value
×.6
62
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.93
Longevity
career length
Blend 60.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 59
On-field 42.8
Availability 16.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
1999bestavg 592002
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position5
Depth
of 100
Reached 6% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
6% of the all-time Receptions leader6
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
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 basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
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.
Top Teammates
Takeo SpikesILB3yCorey DillonRB3yOliver GibsonDT3yBrian SimmonsLB3yDarnay ScottWR3yArtrell HawkinsFS3yCory HallFS3yMarco BattagliaTE3yReinard WilsonLB3ySteve FoleyLB3yJevon LangfordDE3yGlen SteeleDT3yAdrian RossOLB3yNicolas LucheyRB3yCanute CurtisOLB3yRodney HeathDB3yAkili SmithQB3yDarryl WilliamsDB2yMichael BankstonDE2yMark RomanS2yTom CarterDB2yVaughn BookerDE2yJohn CopelandNT2yScott MitchellQB2y
1993 Draft Class· this player went #37
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2002team change
Joined DAL (from CIN)
- 2002final season
Last recorded season with DAL
- 1993draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 37
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'4" / 241 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 4-season peers. See all →
56
peak 62
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B1999
B2000
C2001
C+2002
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 344 | 21.5 | 539+195 | 31.7 |
| 2000 | 309 | 25.8 | 604+295 | 35.5 |
| 2001 | 148 | 13.5 | 274+126 | 16.1 |
| 2002 | 294 | 24.5 | 501+207 | 29.5 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
Career Value · VORP
51 career value over replacement — #2014 all-time of 4,612. 12.8/season above a replacement-level TE.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #37 (Rd 2) · CIN · 1993 · +5.5 vs expected KV-H
56actual
50.5 expected · Δ+5.5
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