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Will Blackwell

Role Player

Height6'1"

Weight196 lb

BornJul 6, 1975

Age51

CollegeSan Diego State See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 2, Pick 53 · PIT

Combined Season Grid

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

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	24	PIT	10	—	36	20	186	0	55.6%	9.3	5.2	—	11
2000	25	PIT	2	—	3	2	23	0	66.7%	11.5	7.7	—	1
2001	26	PIT	1	—	1	1	8	0	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	0
Career		—	13	—	40	23	217	0	57.5%	9.4	5.4	—	12

Draft OutcomeBust ↓

Pick #53 (Rd 2) · PIT · 1997 · -15.6 vs expected KV-H

32actual

47.6 expected · Δ−15.6

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Compare Will Blackwell vs Player Report data error

No production recorded1997–1998

1997–1998: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.1 career wins over 1 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1999 · +0.1 wins

Receiving+0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · WR

#977 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H

027th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/will-blackwellJSON

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
Career			—		2	14	0	7.0	0.0	—	—	—	0.6

Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	24	PIT	10	—	36	20	186	55.6%	9.3	5.2	—	11
2000	25	PIT	2	—	3	2	23	66.7%	11.5	7.7	—	1
2001	26	PIT	1	—	1	1	8	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	0
Career			13		40	23	217	57.5%	9.4	5.4	—	12

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 32 · Depth / Rotational

A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 32 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 1 scored season, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.72

Longevity

career length

Blend 45 × longevity 0.72 = KV-H 32· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 45

On-field 32.4

Availability 12.6

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 451999

Rec Yds career shape vs similar wide receivers

1999-2001

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 similar-player comps when available.