Vernon Davis ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Davis in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Davis a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Vernon Davis

2× Pro BowlTop 5% all-time TEsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +71% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009 Team Carrier · #557

Height6'3"

Weight248 lb

BornJan 31, 1984

Age42

Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced Receiving (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%	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2006	22–23	SF	7	—	20	20	265	3	100.0%	13.3	13.3	—	9	2	5	0	2.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	23–24	SF	14	—	52	52	509	4	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	24–25	SF	13	—	31	31	358	2	100.0%	11.5	11.5	—	14	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	25–26	SF	16	—	129	78	965	13	60.5%	12.4	7.5	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	26–27	SF	16	—	93	56	914	7	60.2%	16.3	9.8	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	27–28	SF	16	—	95	67	792	6	70.5%	11.8	8.3	—	33	2	-5	0	-2.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	28–29	SF	15	—	61	41	548	5	67.2%	13.4	9.0	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	29–30	SF	15	—	84	52	850	13	61.9%	16.3	10.1	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	811	85.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	30–31	SF	13	—	50	26	245	2	52.0%	9.4	4.9	—	11	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	831	91.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	31–32	TOT	13	—	58	38	395	0	65.5%	10.4	6.8	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	618	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	31–32	DEN	7	—	28	20	201	0	71.4%	10.1	7.2	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	291	44.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	31–32	SF	6	—	30	18	194	0	60.0%	10.8	6.5	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	327	84.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	32–33	WAS	15	—	59	44	583	2	74.6%	13.3	9.9	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	672	63.4%	—	0.0%	8	1.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	33–34	WAS	16	—	69	43	648	3	62.3%	15.1	9.4	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	799	79.0%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	34–35	WAS	13	—	36	25	367	2	69.4%	14.7	10.2	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	447	49.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	11.4	7.7	7.0	1	3	0.1	15	109.4
2019	35–36	WAS	4	—	19	10	123	1	52.6%	12.3	6.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	186	74.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	6.9	4.3	8.0	2	1	0.1	4	50.9
Career		—	199	—	856	583	7,562	63	68.1%	13.0	8.8	—	319	6	15	0	2.5	0.0	1	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	—	19	—

Career Value · VORP

280 career value over replacement — #162 all-time of 4,666. 20/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler36% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #6 (Rd 1) · SF · 2006 · +13.4 vs expected KV-H

77actual

63.6 expected · Δ+13.4

💔+31.2 stolen VORP·1.56 szns lost

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Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2006	22–23	SF	7	—	2	5	2.5	0.0	0	0.0	6.9
2008	24–25	SF	13	—	1	11	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	8.3
2011	27–28	SF	16	—	2	-5	-2.5	0.0	0	0.0	17.2
2014	30–31	SF	13	13*	1	4	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	7
Career			49	13*	6	15	2.5	—	1	—	166.4

* 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
2006	22–23	SF	7	—	20	20	265	3	100.0%	13.3	13.3	—	9
2007	23–24	SF	14	—	52	52	509	4	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	30
2008	24–25	SF	13	—	31	31	358	2	100.0%	11.5	11.5	—	14
2009	25–26	SF	16	—	129	78	965	13	60.5%	12.4	7.5	—	40
2010	26–27	SF	16	—	93	56	914	7	60.2%	16.3	9.8	—	35
2011	27–28	SF	16	—	95	67	792	6	70.5%	11.8	8.3	—	33
2012	28–29	SF	15	—	61	41	548	5	67.2%	13.4	9.0	—	26
2013	29–30	SF	15	13*	84	52	850	13	61.9%	16.3	10.1	—	35
2014	30–31	SF	13	13*	50	26	245	2	52.0%	9.4	4.9	—	11
2015	31–32	TOT	13	—	58	38	395	0	65.5%	10.4	6.8	—	21
2015	31–32	DEN	7	—	28	20	201	0	71.4%	10.1	7.2	—	11
2015	31–32	SF	6	—	30	18	194	0	60.0%	10.8	6.5	—	10
2016	32–33	WAS	15	10*	59	44	583	2	74.6%	13.3	9.9	—	22
2017	33–34	WAS	16	13*	69	43	648	3	62.3%	15.1	9.4	—	23
2018	34–35	WAS	13	0*	36	25	367	2	69.4%	14.7	10.2	—	16
2019	35–36	WAS	4	3*	19	10	123	1	52.6%	12.3	6.5	—	4
Career			186	52*	856	583	7,562	63	68.1%	13.0	8.8	—	319

* 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%
2013	29–30	SF	15	13*	811	85.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	30–31	SF	14	13*	831	91.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	31–32	TOT	15	—	618	—	—	—	—	—
2015	31–32	DEN	9	—	291	44.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	31–32	SF	6	—	327	84.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	32–33	WAS	16	10*	672	63.4%	—	0.0%	8	1.8%
2017	33–34	WAS	16	13*	799	79.0%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%
2018	34–35	WAS	14	0*	447	49.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	35–36	WAS	4	3*	186	74.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			94	52*	—	—	—	—	—	—

* 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	34–35	WAS	14	0*	11.4	7.7	7.0	1	3	0.1	15	109.4
2019	35–36	WAS	4	3*	6.9	4.3	8.0	2	1	0.1	4	50.9
Career			18	3*	—	—	—	3	4	—	19	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	PHI	7	4	59	1	—	11.9
W2	DAL	4	3	29	—	—	2.9
W3	CHI	4	2	30	—	—	3.0
W4	NYG	4	1	5	—	—	0.5

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–present · 4 games

Splits

48 games · 2016–2019

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	24	88	59	823	5	110.3
Away	24	95	63	898	3	107.8

Wins / Losses3 rows

Wins / Losses	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	20	58	39	585	5	84.5
Losses	27	120	78	1043	3	124.3
Ties	1	5	5	93	—	9.3

Regular season / Postseason1 row

Regular season / Postseason	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	48	183	122	1721	8	218.1

By opponent26 rows

By opponent	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	3	12	8	74	—	5.4
vs ATL	1	7	5	62	—	6.2
vs BAL	1	4	3	15	—	1.5
vs CAR	2

By month5 rows

By month	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	1	3	2	49	—	4.9
September	12	36	26	351	2	47.1
October	12	44	34	570	2	67
November	12

Division games2 rows

Division games	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	18	64	42	574	3	77.4
Non-division	30	119	80	1147	5	140.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 50.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 65elite 702019

Rec Yds career shape vs similar tight ends

2006-2019

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rec Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.