Derek Brown is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Brown in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Brown's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Derek Brown
Top 32% all-time TEsHigh-End Starter
A quality tight end with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 52 · #1997 · Above AverageWorth 52 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 44% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
46
Replacement
the KC-H bar
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3
Career Value · VORP
52 career value over replacement — #1997 all-time of 4,649. 17.3/season above a replacement-level TE.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #14 (Rd 1) · NYG · 1992 · -2.9 vs expected KV-H
54actual
56.9 expected · Δ−2.9
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