Brandon Marshall ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Marshall in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Marshall a career score of 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Ranked #208 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Career Value · VORP
300 career value over replacement — #126 all-time of 4,649. 23.1/season above a replacement-level WR.
Career Profile
Pick #119 (Rd 4) · DEN · 2006 · +54.4 vs expected KV-H
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Reached 63% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.
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: 91%.
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Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.
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+).
Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).
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Snap Counts (2012–present)
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College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCF), 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.
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Brandon inherited the Denver Broncos WR room from Javon Walker (2006–2007), and handed it to Brandon Stokley (2007–2012).
Brandon inherited the Chicago Bears WR room from Earl Bennett (2009–2013), and handed it to Alshon Jeffery (2012–2016).
Brandon inherited the Miami Dolphins WR room from Brian Hartline (2009–2014), and handed it to Rishard Matthews (2012–2015).
Brandon inherited the New York Jets WR room from Quincy Enunwa (2014–2019), and handed it to Robbie Chosen (2016–2019).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Joined SEA (from NYG)
Last recorded season with SEA
Joined NYG (from NYJ)
Joined NYJ (from CHI)
Joined CHI (from MIA)
Joined MIA (from DEN)
Drafted by DEN — Round 4, Pick 119
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYJ | 0 | W3Questionable· Foot / KneeW15Questionable· Knee / Foot BackW16Questionable· Shoulder / BackW17Questionable· Hip / Shoulder |
| 2015 | NYJ | 0 | W9Questionable· Ankle / Toe |
| 2014 | CHI | 0 | W2Questionable· AnkleW3Questionable· AnkleW4Questionable· Ankle |
| 2010 | MIA | 0 | W12Doubtful· HamstringW13Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· Hamstring |
| 2009 | DEN | 1 | W17Out· Hamstring |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →
What carries the case
Monitor score 80.1 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 110 · current: 80.1 · gap: +29.9)
Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement
Career Fingerprint
Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 309 | 38.6 | 459+150 | 27 |
| 2007 | 1,325 | 82.8 | 1,381+56 | 81.2 |
| 2008 | 1,265 | 84.3 | 1,385+120 | 81.5 |
| 2009 | 1,120 | 74.7 | 1,201+81 | 70.7 |
| 2010 | 1,014 | 72.4 | 1,151+137 | 67.7 |
| 2011 | 1,214 | 75.9 | 1,216+2 | 71.5 |
| 2012 | 1,508 | 94.3 | 1,511+3 | 88.9 |
| 2013 | 1,295 | 80.9 | 1,286-9 | 75.6 |
| 2014 | 721 | 55.5 | 817+96 | 48.1 |
| 2015 | 1,502 | 93.9 | 1,512+10 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 788 | 52.5 | 793+5 | 46.7 |
| 2017 | 154 | 30.8 | 418+264 | 24.6 |
| 2018 | 136 | 22.7 | 253+117 | 14.9 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
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Wore 6 distinct franchise crests across 13 seasons (2006–2018) — a true nomad. The crest trail: