Brandin Cooks ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Cooks in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Cooks a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRBUFACT

Brandin Cooks

Top 5% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +7% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #85

Height5'10"

Weight190 lb

BornSep 25, 1993

Age32

College

Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2014	20–21	NO	10	—	69	53	550	3	76.8%	10.4	8.0	—	25	7	73	1	10.4	14.3	4	57.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	533	72.6%	—	0.0%	37	13.4%
2015	21–22	NO	16	—	129	84	1,138	9	65.1%	13.5	8.8	—	45	8	18	0	2.3	0.0	2	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	958	83.1%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%
2016	22–23	NO	15	—	117	78	1,173	8	66.7%	15.0	10.0	—	45	6	30	0	5.0	0.0	1	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	883	76.8%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2017	23–24	NE	16	—	114	65	1,082	7	57.0%	16.6	9.5	—	42	9	40	0	4.4	0.0	2	22.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,056	92.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%
2018	24–25	LAR	15	—	117	80	1,204	5	68.4%	15.1	10.3	—	56	10	68	1	6.8	10.0	5	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	989	89.9%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%
2019	25–26	LAR	14	—	72	42	583	2	58.3%	13.9	8.1	—	32	6	52	0	8.7	0.0	3	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	701	71.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2020	26–27	HOU	15	—	119	81	1,150	6	68.1%	14.2	9.7	—	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	801	87.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	27–28	HOU	16	—	134	90	1,037	6	67.2%	11.5	7.7	—	45	2	21	0	10.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	831	83.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	28–29	HOU	13	—	93	57	699	3	61.3%	12.3	7.5	—	29	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	658	81.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	29–30	DAL	16	—	81	54	657	8	66.7%	12.2	8.1	—	38	5	35	0	7.0	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	809	73.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2024	30–31	DAL	10	—	54	26	259	3	48.1%	10.0	4.8	—	19	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	471	69.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	31–32	TOT	13	—	36	24	279	0	66.7%	11.6	7.8	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	537	—	—	—	—	—
2025	31–32	BUF	4	—	11	5	114	0	45.5%	22.8	10.4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	115	33.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	31–32	NO	9	—	25	19	165	0	76.0%	8.7	6.6	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	422	65.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	182	—	1,135	734	9,811	60	64.7%	13.4	8.6	—	441	58	341	2	5.9	3.4	19	32.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9,227	—	—	—	52	—

Career Value · VORP

225 career value over replacement — #287 all-time of 4,649. 18.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

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

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · NO · 2014 · +18.3 vs expected KV-H

74actual

55.7 expected · Δ+18.3

💔+24.8 stolen VORP·1.32 szns lost

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Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2014	20–21	NO	10	7*	7	73	1	10.4	14.3	4	57.1	8.3
2015	21–22	NO	16	13*	8	18	0	2.3	0.0	2	25.0	18.6
2016	22–23	NO	15	12*	6	30	0	5.0	0.0	1	16.7	17
2017	23–24	NE	16	15*	9	40	0	4.4	0.0	2	22.2	15.8
2018	24–25	LAR	15	14*	10	68	1	6.8	10.0	5	50.0	14.4
2019	25–26	LAR	14	10*	6	52	0	8.7	0.0	3	50.0	8.3
2021	27–28	HOU	16	13*	2	21	0	10.5	0.0	1	50.0	14.5
2022	28–29	HOU	13	11*	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	9.6
2023	29–30	DAL	16	12*	5	35	0	7.0	0.0	1	20.0	13.1
2024	30–31	DAL	10	7*	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	5.8
Career			141	114*	58	341	2	5.9	—	19	—	145.1

* 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
2014	20–21	NO	10	7*	69	53	550	3	76.8%	10.4	8.0	—	25
2015	21–22	NO	16	13*	129	84	1,138	9	65.1%	13.5	8.8	—	45
2016	22–23	NO	15	12*	117	78	1,173	8	66.7%	15.0	10.0	—	45
2017	23–24	NE	16	15*	114	65	1,082	7	57.0%	16.6	9.5	—	42
2018	24–25	LAR	15	14*	117	80	1,204	5	68.4%	15.1	10.3	—	56
2019	25–26	LAR	14	10*	72	42	583	2	58.3%	13.9	8.1	—	32
2020	26–27	HOU	15	13*	119	81	1,150	6	68.1%	14.2	9.7	—	51
2021	27–28	HOU	16	13*	134	90	1,037	6	67.2%	11.5	7.7	—	45
2022	28–29	HOU	13	11*	93	57	699	3	61.3%	12.3	7.5	—	29
2023	29–30	DAL	16	12*	81	54	657	8	66.7%	12.2	8.1	—	38
2024	30–31	DAL	10	7*	54	26	259	3	48.1%	10.0	4.8	—	19
2025	31–32	TOT	13	—	36	24	279	0	66.7%	11.6	7.8	—	14
2025	31–32	BUF	4	—	11	5	114	0	45.5%	22.8	10.4	—	4
2025	31–32	NO	9	—	25	19	165	0	76.0%	8.7	6.6	—	10
Career			169	127*	1,135	734	9,811	60	64.7%	13.4	8.6	—	441

* 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%
2014	20–21	NO	10	7*	533	72.6%	—	0.0%	37	13.4%
2015	21–22	NO	16	13*	958	83.1%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%
2016	22–23	NO	16	12*	883	76.8%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2017	23–24	NE	16	15*	1,056	92.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%
2018	24–25	LAR	16	14*	989	89.9%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%
2019	25–26	LAR	14	10*	701	71.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2020	26–27	HOU	15	13*	801	87.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	27–28	HOU	16	13*	831	83.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	28–29	HOU	13	11*	658	81.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	29–30	DAL	16	12*	809	73.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2024	30–31	DAL	10	7*	471	69.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	31–32	TOT	15	—	537	—	—	—	—	—
2025	31–32	BUF	5	—	115	33.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	31–32	NO	10	—	422	65.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			173	127*	9,227	—	—	—	52	—

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	Att/Br	1D
2018	24–25	LAR	16	14*	57	5.7	11	1.1	—	5
2019	25–26	LAR	14	10*	45	7.5	7	1.2	—	3
2021	27–28	HOU	16	13*	15	7.5	6	3.0	—	1
2022	28–29	HOU	13	11*	7	3.5	0	0.0	—	0
2023	29–30	DAL	16	12*	29	5.8	6	1.2	—	1
2024	30–31	DAL	10	7*	-8	-2.7	5	1.7	—	0
Career			85	67*	145	—	35	—	—	10

* 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	24–25	LAR	16	14*	12.8	10.7	4.3	4	0	0.0	56	109.1
2019	25–26	LAR	14	10*	13.9	9.9	4.0	0	4	0.1	32	82.1
2020	26–27	HOU	15	13*	11.8	9.9	4.3	3	2	0.0	51	101.9
2021	27–28	HOU	16	13*	10.5	7.6	4.0	5	5	0.0	45	95.9
2022	28–29	HOU	13	11*	10.7	8.7	3.6	1	5	0.1	29	77.3
2023	29–30	DAL	16	12*	13.2	9.9	2.3	0	3	0.0	38	103.8
2024	30–31	DAL	10	7*	11.7	7.8	2.1	0	1	0.0	19	65.3
2025	31–32	TOT*	15	—	14.3	9.8	1.8	0	3	0.1	14	89.9
Career			115	80*	—	—	—	13	23	—	284	—

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

* Advanced source publishes an all-team season aggregate only. Exact team stints and team-specific counting stats remain available in the primary season tables.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 100%

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)

2014bestavg 67elite 702025

Rec Yds career shape vs similar wide receivers

2014-2025

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.