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

WRNYG#18ACT

Darius Slayton

Top 16% all-time WRsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019 Team Carrier · #239

Height6'1"

Weight198 lb

BornJan 12, 1997

Age29

CollegeAuburn

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #239 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2019 NYG·4 team wins#12

Receiving Touchdowns · 8 · score 42

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader

Career Value · VORP

91 career value over replacement — #1253 all-time of 4,649. 13/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #171 (Rd 5) · NYG · 2019 · +39.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

23.5 expected · Δ+39.5

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0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

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.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.832 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.832Touch rate0.099EPA/snap0Snap share76.8%Off snaps5,335ConsistentCV 0.19

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+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2019 class

4.39s

40-Yard

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 95thClass Pos 81thClass All 95th

40.5"

Vertical

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 96thClass Pos 91thClass All 96th

135"

Broad Jump

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 91thClass All 98th

11 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 5thClass Pos 17thClass All 5th

7.00s

3-Cone

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 72thClass Pos 63thClass All 79th

4.15s

Shuttle

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 82thClass Pos 74thClass All 83th

Career Milestones4

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20201K career receiving yards
2021100 career receptions
20233K career receiving yards
2024250 career receptions

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds3Y/A3.0

Receiving

Tgt13Rec5Yds92Ctch%38.5%Y/R18.4Y/Tgt7.11D4

Snap Counts

Off115Off%93.0%

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), 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.

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2019draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 5, Pick 171

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 198 lb

Frame

190 lb at 4.39s

Size-speed

40.5" vert / 135" broad

Explosion

11 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NYG	1	W4Questionable· ThumbW10Out· Concussion
2023	NYG	0	W12Doubtful· Neck
2022	NYG	0	W13Questionable· Illness
2021	NYG	2	W4Out· HamstringW5Out· HamstringW6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· Hamstring
2020	NYG	0	W6Questionable· Foot
2019	NYG	2	W1Out· HamstringW2Out· Hamstring

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 65

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2019

B2020

C+2021

B2022

B2023

B2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

91%

20192025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Era Translator

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
2019	740	52.9	822+82	48.3
2020	751	46.9	706-45	41.5
2021	339	26.1	364+25	21.4
2022	724	55.7	878+154	51.6
2023	770	45.3	723-47	42.5
2024	573	35.8	585+12	34.4
2025	538	38.4	653+115	38.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

One-Club ManLeague board →

Gave the New York Giants an entire corpus-attributed career — 7 seasons (2019–2025), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.

Darius Slayton

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #171

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography