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

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Martellus Bennett

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 10 seasons · 2 titles Top 11% all-time TEsIron Man📉 Fades · -15% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2014 Team Carrier · #315

Height6'6"

Weight275 lb

Born

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #315 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

2014 CHI·5 team wins#11

Receptions · 90 · score 30

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 28% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

28% of the all-time Receptions leader

Career Value · VORP

159 career value over replacement — #574 all-time of 4,649. 15.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Boom-or-BustCV 0.57

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #61 (Rd 2) · DAL · 2008 · +23 vs expected KV-H

69actual

46 expected · Δ+23

💔+25.6 stolen VORP·1.6 szns lost

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1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 89%.

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

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:0.795 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.795Touch rate0.108EPA/snap0Snap share88.1%Off snaps3,912ConsistentCV 0.15

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, 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 tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2008

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

TE · 2008 class

4.68s

40-Yard

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 49thClass Pos 59thClass All 48th

34"

Vertical

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 56thClass Pos 83thClass All 83th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 57thClass Pos 71thClass All 61th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 33thClass Pos 29thClass All 26th

7.64s

3-Cone

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 20thClass Pos 4thClass All 16th

4.53s

Shuttle

Low · 10th pct

Pos 10thAll 28thClass Pos 11thClass All 33th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 10.6 regular season → 8.9 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-15%

vs reg season

Career Milestones5

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

20121K career receiving yards
2012100 career receptions
20143K career receiving yards
2014250 career receptions
201625 career receiving TDs

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

4 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt19Rec14Yds125Ctch%73.7%Y/R8.9Y/Tgt6.61D7

Snap Counts

Off200Off%82.7%

College Stats

Texas A&MCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas A&M), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Martellus inherited the Chicago Bears TE room from Kellen Davis (2009–2012), and handed it to Trey Burton (2018–2019).

Tim Wrightman 1985–1986Cap Boso 1987–1991Jim Thornton 1988–1991Keith Jennings 1991–1997Chris Gedney 1993–1995Ryan Wetnight 1993–1999Desmond Clark 2003–2010Greg Olsen 2007–2010Kellen Davis 2009–2012Martellus Bennett 2013–2015Trey Burton 2018–2019Jimmy Graham 2020–2021Cole Kmet 2020–2025Colston Loveland 2025

Martellus inherited the New England Patriots TE room from Rob Gronkowski (2010–2018), and handed it to Hunter Henry (2021–2025).

Lin Dawson 1981–1989Eric Sievers 1989–1990Marv Cook 1989–1993Ben Coates 1991–1999John Burke 1994–1996Lovett Purnell 1997–1998Christian Fauria

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.

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined GB (from NE)
2017final season
Last recorded season with GB
2016team change
Joined NE (from CHI)
2013team change
Joined CHI (from NYG)
2012team change
Joined NYG (from DAL)
2008draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 2, Pick 61

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 275 lb

Frame

259 lb at 4.68s

Size-speed

34" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	NE	0	W9Doubtful· ShoulderW10Questionable· ShoulderW11Questionable· Shoulder / HamstringW12Doubtful· Shoulder / Hamstring
2016	NE	0	W6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· AnkleW8Questionable· AnkleW10Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW13Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW14Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW15Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW16Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW17Questionable· Ankle / ShoulderW20Questionable· Knee+1 more
2015	CHI	1	W6Questionable· QuadricepW12Out· Ribs
2014	CHI	0	W10Questionable· Ribs
2013	CHI	0	W6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· Ankle
2011	DAL	1	W1Out· AnkleW14Doubtful· Ribs
2009	DAL	2	W14Out· ConcussionW15Out· Concussion

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

C+2008

C2009

C+2010

C2011

B2012

B+2013

A2014

B2015

B+2016

C+2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

84%

20082017

2011 · Ankle · 63%2015 · Ribs · 69%2017 · cause not documented · 56%

Durability IQ

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

Durable

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
2008	283	23.6	395+112	23.2
2009	159	12.2	177+18	10.4
2010	260	17.3	281+21	16.5
2011	144	14.4	238+94	14
2012	626	39.1	625-1	36.8
2013	759	47.4	754-5	44.4
2014	916	57.3	919+3	54.1
2015	439	39.9	666+227	39.2
2016	701	43.8	764+63	44.9
2017	286	31.8	557+271	32.7

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

Journeyman · 5 crestsLeague board →

Wore 5 distinct franchise crests across 10 seasons (2008–2017) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

DAL 2008–2011 NYG 2012 CHI 2013–2015 NE 2016–2017 GB 2017

Martellus Bennett 2016–2017

Martellus Bennett

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #61

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography