Not to be confused withSteve Smith (OT · 1974), Steve Smith (FB · 1987–1995), Steve Smith (DB · 2002) or Steve Smith (WR · 2007–2012).

Also in other sports:nhlSteve Smith (D · 1985–2001), nbaSteve Smith (SG · 2002–2005).

Steve Smith ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Smith in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Smith a career score of 89, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRBAL#89ACT

Steve Smith

5× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 1% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +19% playoffs

Height5'9"

Weight195 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

366 career value over replacement — #56 all-time of 4,649. 24.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10 Compiler30% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #74 (Rd 3) · CAR · 2001 · +49 vs expected KV-H

89actual

40 expected · Δ+49

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All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 67% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

67% of the all-time Receptions leader67

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

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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.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:1.233 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.233Touch rate0.157EPA/snap0Snap share74.2%Off snaps2,660ReliableCV 0.28

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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

Combine · 2001

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

WR · 2001 class

4.41s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 93thClass Pos 84thClass All 96th

38.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 90thClass Pos 53thClass All 84th

121"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 14.3 regular season → 17.0 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+19%

vs reg season

Career Milestones14

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

20021K career receiving yards
2003100 career receptions
20053K career receiving yards
2005250 career receptions
200625 career receiving TDs
20075K career receiving yards
2008

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Passing

Att1Rate39.6

Rushing

Att5Yds45TD1Y/A9.0TD%20.01D2

College Stats

Utah; Santa MonicaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah; Santa Monica), 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.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

John KasayK10y Chris GambleCB9y Brad HooverFB9y Julius PeppersDE8y

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2016final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2014team change
Joined BAL (from CAR)
2001draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 3, Pick 74

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 195 lb

Frame

184 lb at 4.41s

Size-speed

38.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	BAL	0	W6Doubtful· AnkleW7Doubtful· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Thigh
2015	BAL	0	W5Doubtful· Back

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 15-season peers. See all →

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
2001	154	14	93-61	5.5
2002	872	58.1	877+5	51.6
2003	1,110	69.4	1,103-7	64.9
2005	1,563	97.7	1,660+97	97.7
2006	1,166	83.3	1,328+162	78.1
2007	1,002	66.8	1,054+52	62
2008	1,417	101.2	1,713+296	100.8
2009	982	65.5	1,030+48	60.6
2010	554	39.6	561+7	33
2011	1,394	87.1	1,416+22	83.3
2012	1,174	73.4	1,146-28	67.4
2013	745	49.7	739-6	43.4
2014	1,065	66.6	1,005-60	59.1
2015	670	95.7	1,545+875	90.9
2016	799	57.1	874+75	51.4

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

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.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

45%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 32.3%All-Pro 22.9%Longevity 20%Pro Bowls 14.3%All-Time Ranks 6.7%League Leads 3.8%

Monitor score 104.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 110 · current: 104.8 · gap: +5.2)

1 more selection(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +12 pts total)

2 more appearances(Pro Bowl · 3 pts each · +6 pts total)

2 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +8 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity87

Peak91

Accolades36

Consistency65

Per-Snap72

Steve Smith

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Receiving

Snap Counts

2001 Draft Class· this player went #74