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

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Will Fuller

Top 15% all-time WRsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -20% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2020 Team Carrier · #404

Height6'1"

Weight184 lb

BornApr 16, 1994

Age32

College

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #404 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2020 HOU·4 team wins#21

Receiving Touchdowns · 8 · score 15

2017 HOU·4 team wins#25

Receiving Touchdowns · 7 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Career Value · VORP

74 career value over replacement — #1543 all-time of 4,649. 14.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #21 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2016 · +9.3 vs expected KV-H

65actual

55.7 expected · Δ+9.3

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Depth

of 100

Reached 14% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

14% of the all-time Receptions leader14

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: 94%.

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

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.071 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.071Touch rate0.118EPA/snap0Snap share75%Off snaps2,933ReliableCV 0.26

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

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2016

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

WR · 2016 class

4.32s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

33.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 51thClass Pos 39thClass All 60th

126"

Broad Jump

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 89thClass Pos 74thClass All 91th

10 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 3thClass Pos 13thClass All 4th

6.93s

3-Cone

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 80thClass Pos 63thClass All 84th

4.27s

Shuttle

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 64thClass Pos 46thClass All 69th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 14.7 regular season → 11.8 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-20%

vs reg season

Career Milestones3

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

20171K career receiving yards
2018100 career receptions
20203K career receiving yards

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

3 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt19Rec12Yds142Ctch%63.2%Y/R11.8Y/Tgt7.51D7

Snap Counts

Off205Off%92.0%ST6ST%5.7%

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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

Will inherited the Houston Texans WR room from DeAndre Hopkins (2013–2019), and handed it to Brandin Cooks (2020–2022).

Willie Drewrey 1985–1993Ernest Givins 1986–1994Curtis Duncan 1987–1993Haywood Jeffires 1987–1995Webster Slaughter 1992–1994Chris Sanders 1995–1996Corey Bradford 2002–2005Jabar Gaffney 2002–2005David Anderson 2006–2011Kevin Walter 2006–2012Jacoby Jones 2007–2011DeAndre Hopkins 2013–2019Will Fuller 2016–2020Brandin Cooks 2020–2022Nico Collins 2021–2025Tank Dell 2023–2024Xavier Hutchinson 2023–2025

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

2021team change
Joined MIA (from HOU)
2021final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2016draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 21

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 184 lb

Frame

186 lb at 4.32s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 126" broad

Explosion

10 reps

Bench power

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	MIA	1	W2Out· Not injury related - personal matter
2019	HOU	3	W8Out· HamstringW9Out· HamstringW11Questionable· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· HamstringW17Out· GroinW18Questionable· GroinW19Questionable· Groin
2018	HOU	0	W1Questionable· HamstringW2Questionable· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring
2017	HOU	6	W1Out· ShoulderW2Out· ShoulderW3Out· ShoulderW11Out· RibsW12Out· RibsW13Out· Ribs
2016	HOU	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· Knee

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B2016

C+2017

C+2018

B2019

B+2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

57%

20162021

2017 · Shoulder · 63%2018 · cause not documented · 44%2019 · Hamstring · 69%2020 · cause not documented · 69%2021 · Not injury related - personal matter · 12%

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
2016	635	45.4	666+31	39.2
2017	423	42.3	624+201	36.7
2018	503	71.9	1,130+627	66.4
2019	670	60.9	970+300	57.1
2020	879	79.9	1,299+420	76.4

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

Will Fuller

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #21

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator