Steve Smith is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Smith in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Smith's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
53 career value over replacement — #1988 all-time of 4,649. 8.8/season above a replacement-level WR.
Career Profile
Pick #51 (Rd 2) · NYG · 2007 · +11.6 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 2007 | 22 | NYG | 4 | — | 8 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 100.0% | 7.9 | 7.9 | — | 4 |
| 2008 | 23 | NYG | 16 | — | 57 | 57 | 574 | 1 | 100.0% | 10.1 | 10.1 | — | 35 |
| 2009 | 24 | NYG | 16 | — | 157 | 107 | 1,220 | 7 | 68.2% | 11.4 | 7.8 | — | 61 |
| 2010 | 25 | NYG | 9 | — | 75 | 48 | 529 | 3 | 64.0% | 11.0 | 7.1 | — | 29 |
| 2011 | 26 | PHI | 5 | — | 20 | 11 | 124 | 1 | 55.0% | 11.3 | 6.2 | — | 5 |
| 2012 | 27 | STL | 9 | — | 25 | 14 | 131 | 0 | 56.0% | 9.4 | 5.2 | — | 7 |
| Career | — | 59 | — | 342 | 245 | 2,641 | 12 | 71.6% | 10.8 | 7.7 | — | 141 | |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
Blend 59.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 86%
Russell Gage
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91% match
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Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)