Jay Riemersma is a career quality starter — a tight end whose body of work places Riemersma in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Riemersma's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1997 | 24 | BUF | 8 | — | — | 26 | 208 | 2 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 25 | BUF | 3 | — | — | 25 | 288 | 6 | — | 11.5 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 26 | BUF | 14 | — | 65 | 37 | 496 | 4 | 56.9% | 13.4 | 7.6 | — | 25 |
| 2000 | 27 | BUF | 12 | — | 59 | 30 | 364 | 5 | 50.8% | 12.1 | 6.2 | — | 18 |
| 2001 | 28 | BUF | 16 | — | 78 | 53 | 590 | 3 | 67.9% | 11.1 | 7.6 | — | 33 |
| 2002 | 29 | BUF | 16 | — | 48 | 32 | 350 | 0 | 66.7% | 10.9 | 7.3 | — | 26 |
| 2003 | 30 | PIT | 6 | — | 10 | 10 | 138 | 1 | 100.0% | 13.8 | 13.8 | — | 7 |
| 2004 | 31 | PIT | 6 | — | 7 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 100.0% | 11.7 | 11.7 | — | 6 |
| Career | — | 81 | — | 267 | 220 | 2,516 | 23 | 82.4% | 11.4 | 9.4 | — | 115 | |
Career Value · VORP
113 career value over replacement — #936 all-time of 4,649. 16.1/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #244 (Rd 7) · BUF · 1996 · +49.6 vs expected KV-H
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1996: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 24 | BUF | 8 | — | — | 26 | 208 | 2 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 25 | BUF | 3 | — | — | 25 | 288 | 6 | — | 11.5 | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 26 | BUF | 14 | — | 65 | 37 | 496 | 4 | 56.9% | 13.4 | 7.6 | — | 25 | 13.9 |
| 2000 | 27 | BUF | 12 | — | 59 | 30 | 364 | 5 | 50.8% | 12.1 | 6.2 | — | 18 | 13.4 |
| 2001 | 28 | BUF | 16 | — | 78 | 53 | 590 | 3 | 67.9% | 11.1 | 7.6 | — | 33 | 16 |
| 2002 | 29 | BUF | 16 | — | 48 | 32 | 350 | 0 | 66.7% | 10.9 | 7.3 | — | 26 | 8 |
| 2003 | 30 | PIT | 6 | — | 10 | 10 | 138 | 1 | 100.0% | 13.8 | 13.8 | — | 7 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 31 | PIT | 6 | — | 7 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 100.0% | 11.7 | 11.7 | — | 6 | 2.7 |
| Career | 81 | 267 | 220 | 2,516 | 23 | 82.4% | 11.4 | 9.4 | — | 115 | 65.3 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.
Blend 68 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 93%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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