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Patrick Hape

Solid Contributor📉 Fades · -23% playoffs

Height6'4"

Weight262 lb

BornJun 6, 1974

Age52

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 5, Pick 137 · TB

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader6

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: 88%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

6 career value over replacement — #3878 all-time of 4,649. 0.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #137 (Rd 5) · TB · 1997 · +12.4 vs expected KV-H

43actual

30.6 expected · Δ+12.4

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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)Not available for this player

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 DayNot available for this player

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.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 5.6 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-23%

vs reg season

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.

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

Receiving

Tgt4Rec3Yds13Ctch%75.0%Y/R4.3Y/Tgt3.31D1

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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

Patrick inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers TE room from Jackie Harris (1994–1997), and handed it to Ken Dilger (2002–2004).

Jerry Bell 1982–1986Ron Hall 1987–1993Tyji Armstrong 1992–1995Dave Moore 1992–2006Jackie Harris 1994–1997Patrick Hape 1997–2000Ken Dilger 2002–2004Jerramy Stevens 2007–2010Luke Stocker 2011–2017Austin Seferian-Jenkins 2014–2016Cameron Brate 2014–2022O.J. Howard 2017–2021Travis Kelce 2020Rob Gronkowski 2020–2021Cade Otton 2022–2025

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

2004final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2001team change
Joined DEN (from TB)
1997draft
Drafted by TB — Round 5, Pick 137

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 262 lb

Frame

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 47

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

C1997

C+1998

F1999

D2000

C2001

F2002

F2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

55%

19972004

1999 · cause not documented · 31%2000 · cause not documented · 56%2001 · cause not documented · 69%2002 · cause not documented · 44%2003 · cause not documented · 13%2004 · cause not documented · 38%

Durability IQ

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

Fragile

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
1997	22	1.6	180+158	10.6
1998	27	1.7	169+142	9.9
1999	12	2.4	135+123	7.9
2000	39	4.3	93+54	5.4
2001	96	8.7	161+65	9.5
2002	26	3.7	3-23	0.2
2004	35	5.8	24-11	1.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Patrick Hape

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1997 Draft Class· this player went #137

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator