Van Jefferson is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Jefferson in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Jefferson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Van Jefferson

Top 33% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -19% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

Height6'1"

Weight200 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

28 career value over replacement — #2800 all-time of 4,695. 4.7/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #57 (Rd 2) · LA · 2020 · +7.9 vs expected KV-H

54actual

46.1 expected · Δ+7.9

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2020	24	LAR	16	—	31	19	220	1	61.3%	11.6	7.1	—	11	1	-1	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	256	22.3%	—	0.0%	108	24.1%	-1	-1.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
2021	25	LAR	17	—	89	50	802	6	56.2%	16.0	9.0	—	32	2	20	0	10.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	875	80.1%	—	0.0%	5	1.1%	7	3.5	13	6.5	0	—	1
2022	26	LAR	11	—	44	24	369	3	54.5%	15.4	8.4	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	498	77.8%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	27	ATL / LAR	17	—	43	20	209	0	46.5%	10.4	4.9	—	10	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	621	—	—	—	—	—	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	—	0
2024	28	PIT	17	—	40	24	276	2	60.0%	11.5	6.9	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	721	64.7%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	29	TEN	16	—	52	29	350	1	55.8%	12.1	6.7	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	583	58.6%	—	0.0%	50	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	30	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5.0%	—	0.0%	13	39.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	95	—	299	166	2,226	13	55.5%	13.4	7.4	—	102	4	23	0	5.8	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	14	—	0	—	1

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A quality wide receiver with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 28 · #2800 · Role Player

Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 61% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +17

4 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈