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Matt Spaeth

Role Player📉 Fades · -25% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008

Height6'7"

Weight262 lb

BornNov 24, 1983

Age42

CollegeMinnesota See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 3, Pick 77 · PIT

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader5

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: 87%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

0 career value over replacement — #4499 all-time of 4,649. 0/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #77 (Rd 3) · PIT · 2007 · -6.3 vs expected KV-H

33actual

39.3 expected · Δ−6.3

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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+

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.094 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.094Touch rate0.013EPA/snap0Snap share38%Off snaps713VolatileCV 0.44

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 · 2007

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

TE · 2007 class

4.83s

40-Yard

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 34thClass Pos 39thClass All 34th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 7.6 regular season → 5.8 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-25%

vs reg season

Understanding These Stats

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.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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

5 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt5Rec4Yds23Ctch%80.0%Y/R5.8Y/Tgt4.6

Snap Counts

Off45Off%22.0%ST48ST%53.7%

College Stats

MinnesotaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota), 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

Matt inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers TE room from Heath Miller (2005–2015), and handed it to David Johnson (2009–2016).

Mike Mularkey 1989–1991Adrian Cooper 1991–1993Jonathan Hayes 1994–1996Mark Bruener 1995–2003Heath Miller 2005–2015Matt Spaeth 2007–2015David Johnson 2009–2016Vance McDonald 2017–2020Eric Ebron 2020–2021Pat Freiermuth 2021–2025

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

2015final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2013team change
Joined PIT (from CHI)
2011team change
Joined CHI (from PIT)
2007draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 3, Pick 77

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'7" / 262 lb

Frame

270 lb at 4.83s

Size-speed

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	PIT	3	W4Out· HandW9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW12Questionable· Knee
2014	PIT	0	W16Questionable· Elbow
2011	CHI	0	W4Questionable· Calf
2010	PIT	1	W12Doubtful· ConcussionW13Out· 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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 37

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

F2007

D2008

F2009

D2010

D2011

F2012

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

69%

20072015

2007 · backup · 4/16 G2008 · backup · 7/16 G2009 · backup · 5/16 G2012 · backup · 6/16 G2013 · backup · 4/16 G

2010 · Concussion · 44%2011 · cause not documented · 56%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

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
2007	34	8.5	127+93	7.5
2008	136	19.4	319+183	18.8
2009	25	5	55+30	3.2
2010	80	11.4	185+105	10.9
2011	50	5.6	101+51	5.9
2012	28	4.7	84+56	4.9

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

Matt Spaeth

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #77

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator