Tyrell Williams is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Williams in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Williams's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Tyrell Williams
Height6'4"
Weight210 lb
BornFeb 12, 1992
Age34
ConferenceGreat Northwest Athletic
Rookie yr2015
A quality wide receiver with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 69 · #1660 · Above AverageWorth 69 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 37% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
4
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+17.3
Avg surplus
peak +26
4 seasons × ~17.3 surplus ≈ VORP 69
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 | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2015 | — | LAC | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 33.3% | 45.0 | 15.0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | — | SD | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 14.3% | — | 0.0% | 74 | 35.6% |
| 2016 | — | LAC | 16 | — | 119 | 69 | 1,059 | 7 | 58.0% | 15.3 | 8.9 | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | KC | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | SD | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 891 | 83.9% | — | 0.0% | 4 | 4.7% |
| 2017 | — | LAC | 16 | — | 69 | 43 | 728 | 4 | 62.3% | 16.9 | 10.6 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 851 | 80.3% | — | 0.0% | 11 | 8.8% |
| 2017 | — | PHI | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | LAC | 15 | — | 65 | 41 | 653 | 5 | 63.1% | 15.9 | 10.0 | — | 30 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 761 | 76.9% | — | 0.0% | 5 | 17.0% |
| 2018 | — | KC | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | LV | 13 | — | 64 | 42 | 651 | 6 | 65.6% | 15.5 | 10.2 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | OAK | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 727 | 83.3% | — | 0.0% | 3 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | — | DET | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 66.7% | 7.0 | 4.7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | 42.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | — | 109 | — | 326 | 199 | 3,195 | 23 | 61.0% | 16.1 | 9.8 | — | 142 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3,299 | 63.5% | — | 0.0% | 97 | 13.9% | |
Career EPA99.3·-0 rushing · 100 receiving·16.6/season
Rushing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | LAC | 15 | 12* | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9.7 |
| Career | 15 | 12* | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 46.9 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Receiving
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | LAC | 2 | 0* | 6 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 33.3% | 45.0 | 15.0 | — | 1 |
| 2016 | 24 | LAC | 16 | 13* | 119 | 69 | 1,059 | 7 | 58.0% | 15.3 | 8.9 | — | 48 |
| 2017 | 25 | LAC | 16 | 13* | 69 | 43 | 728 | 4 | 62.3% | 16.9 | 10.6 | — | 29 |
| 2018 | 26 | LAC | 15 | 12* | 65 | 41 | 653 | 5 | 63.1% | 15.9 | 10.0 | — | 30 |
| 2019 | 27 | LV | 13 | 12* | 64 | 42 | 651 | 6 | 65.6% | 15.5 | 10.2 | — | 33 |
| 2021 | 29 | DET | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 66.7% | 7.0 | 4.7 | — | 1 |
| Career | 63 | 50* | 326 | 199 | 3,195 | 23 | 61.0% | 16.1 | 9.8 | — | 142 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Defense
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24 | KC | 4 | 4* | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 25 | PHI | 2 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 26 | KC | 3 | 3* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 9 | 9* | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Snap Counts
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | SD | 7 | 0* | 30 | 14.3% | — | 0.0% | 74 | 35.6% |
| 2016 | 24 | SD | 16 | 13* | 891 | 83.9% | — | 0.0% | 4 | 4.7% |
| 2017 | 25 | LAC | 16 | 13* | 851 | 80.3% | — | 0.0% | 11 | 8.8% |
| 2018 | 26 | LAC | 16 | 12* | 761 | 76.9% | — | 0.0% | 5 | 17.0% |
| 2019 | 27 | OAK | 14 | 12* | 727 | 83.3% | — | 0.0% | 3 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 29 | DET | 1 | — | 39 | 42.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | 70 | 50* | 3,299 | — | — | — | 97 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced (EPA)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | — | — | 0* | — | — | -0.6 | 0 | 161 |
| 2016 | 24 | — | — | 13* | — | — | 20.4 | 0 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | — | 13* | — | — | 25.9 | 0 | 988 |
| 2018 | 26 | — | — | 12* | — | -0.4 | 24.3 | 0 | 806 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | — | 12* | — | — | 28.9 | 0 | 870 |
| 2021 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Career | 50* | — | — | — | 0 | 4,201 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced Rushing (2018+)
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced Receiving (2018+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | LAC | 16 | 12* | 12.3 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 30 | 90.1 |
| 2019 | 27 | LV | 14 | 12* | 13.7 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 0.1 | 33 | 110.9 |
| 2021 | 29 | DET | 1 | — | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 77.1 |
| Career | 31 | 24* | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 64 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 61 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
65
Sustained
career value
×.6
67
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.93
Longevity
career length
Blend 65.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 61· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 65
On-field 46.3
Availability 18.7
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
2016bestavg 65elite 702019
Team Carrier Evidence
Ranked #359 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position17
Depth
of 100
Reached 14% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
14% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader14
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
16.55 EPA/season over 6 seasons56
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: 95%.
Per-Snap Impact
Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+57
Above average
SIS
Yards/snap0.973Touch rate0.099EPA/snap0.03Snap share63.4%Off snaps3,299ConsistentCV 0.15
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = 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 gamesReceiving
Tgt11Rec7Yds103Ctch%63.6%Y/R14.7Y/Tgt9.41D4
Advanced (EPA)
Rec EPA2.0Rec AirYd167
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Western Oregon), 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
Philip RiversQB6yAntonio GatesTE6yKeenan AllenWR6yMelvin IngramLB6yCorey LiugetDT6yJahleel AddaeS6yAdrian PhillipsDB6yDenzel PerrymanMLB6yMelvin GordonRB6yDamion SquareDT6yKyle EmanuelOLB6yDarius PhilonDT6yCraig MagerCB6yJeremiah AttaochuLB5yNick DzubnarLB5yJason VerrettDB5yBrandon MebaneDT4yCasey HaywardCB4yBrandon FlowersCB4yHunter HenryTE4yDanny WoodheadRB4yJoey BosaDE4yTravis BenjaminWR4yDontrelle InmanWR4y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterTyrell inherited the Los Angeles Chargers WR room from Dontrelle Inman (2014–2019), and handed it to Travis Benjamin (2016–2019).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2021team change
Joined DET (from LV)
- 2021final season
Last recorded season with DET
- 2019team change
Joined LV (from LAC)
- 2016team change
Joined LAC (from SD)
- 2015signing
Entered the NFL with SD
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'4" / 210 lb
Frame
Injury History
2 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | 1 | W2Out· Concussion |
| 2019 | OAK | 1 | W5Questionable· FootW7Out· FootW8Questionable· Foot |
| 2018 | LAC | 0 | W12Questionable· QuadricepW13Questionable· Quadricep |
| 2017 | LAC | 0 | W5Questionable· Neck |
| 2016 | SD | 0 | W8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· Shoulder |
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 4-season peers. See all →
61
peak 67
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B+2016
B2017
B2018
B2019
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.
78%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,059 | 66.2 | 1,046-13 | 61.5 |
| 2017 | 728 | 45.5 | 684-44 | 40.2 |
| 2018 | 653 | 43.5 | 626-27 | 36.8 |
| 2019 | 651 | 50.1 | 771+120 | 45.4 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
69 career value over replacement — #1660 all-time of 4,642. 17.3/season above a replacement-level WR.
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