← 2004 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R1 · #6 OVERALL · TE

Kellen Winslow

Drafted by CLE · GM Butch Davis · Miami (FL) · ★ HALL OF FAMER · ALL-DECADE TEAM

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Full-career context

These totals follow Kellen Winslow across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played105
Games started83
Weighted career AV37
Pro Bowls1
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons10

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2004 · Round 1 · #6

CLE draft credit

GM Butch Davis

Team games44
Team starts40
On-team AV20
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-2.93 contribution21st of 21 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

Long-career hit

Kellen Winslow became a 10-season, 105-game NFL player after going #6. The retained-value model still ranks him 21st of 21 for Butch Davis because CLE only got 44 of those games.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -2.93. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Butch Davis's leaderboard composite θ.

Full-career context prevents this from being labeled as a bad talent pick: the negative model score is about retained team value, not whether the draft identified an NFL-caliber player.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
44
on drafting team · 105 full-career
Games started
40
on drafting team · 83 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
20
modeled; full weighted AV 37
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
1 full-career
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
1
context only

Did this pick move Butch Davis's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Butch Davis pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Kellen Winslow totals -2.93. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1141. Davis#141 · Andra Davis · aggregate +1.77142. Pontbriand#142 · Ryan Pontbriand · aggregate +1.53227. Gonzalez#227 · Joaquin Gonzalez · aggregate +0.79111. Taylor#111 · Ben Taylor · aggregate +0.77122. Sanders#122 · Darnell Sanders · aggregate +0.3352. Thompson#52 · Chaun Thompson · aggregate +0.23115. Suggs#115 · Lee Suggs · aggregate +0.2259. Jones#59 · Sean Jones · aggregate +0.17152. Lehan#152 · Michael Lehan · aggregate +0.01208. Echemandu#208 · Adimchinobe Echemandu · aggregate -0.0816. Green#16 · William Green · aggregate -0.0876. Fowler#76 · Melvin Fowler · aggregate -0.7947. Davis#47 · Andre' Davis · aggregate -0.92161. Gordon#161 · Amon Gordon · aggregate -1.22176. Chambers#176 · Kirk Chambers · aggregate -1.25101. Bentley#101 · Kevin Bentley · aggregate -1.4984. Crocker#84 · Chris Crocker · aggregate -1.94195. Garay#195 · Antonio Garay · aggregate -2.01Garay -2.021. Faine#21 · Jeff Faine · aggregate -2.65Faine -2.6106. McCown#106 · Luke McCown · aggregate -2.91McCown -2.96. Winslow#6 · Kellen Winslow · aggregate -2.93Winslow -2.9

Incremental contribution by season

-12-10-8-6-4-202002 · Ben Taylor · incremental +0.032002 · Darnell Sanders · incremental +0.052002 · Joaquin Gonzalez · incremental +0.192002 · Andra Davis · incremental -0.072002 · William Green · incremental -0.112002 · Melvin Fowler · incremental -0.152002 · Kevin Bentley · incremental -0.632002 · Andre' Davis · incremental -0.672003 · William Green · incremental +0.012003 · Lee Suggs · incremental +0.042003 · Ben Taylor · incremental +0.402003 · Darnell Sanders · incremental +0.422003 · Joaquin Gonzalez · incremental +0.422003 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.532003 · Chaun Thompson · incremental -0.032003 · Michael Lehan · incremental -0.032003 · Andre' Davis · incremental -0.492003 · Melvin Fowler · incremental -0.722003 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental -0.832003 · Chris Crocker · incremental -0.982003 · Kevin Bentley · incremental -1.202003 · Jeff Faine · incremental -1.942003 · Antonio Garay · incremental -3.152004 · William Green · incremental +0.052004 · Ben Taylor · incremental +0.092004 · Chaun Thompson · incremental +0.122004 · Lee Suggs · incremental +0.172004 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.242004 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.372004 · Joaquin Gonzalez · incremental +0.692004 · Michael Lehan · incremental -0.022004 · Adimchinobe Echemandu · incremental -0.172004 · Sean Jones · incremental -0.222004 · Andre' Davis · incremental -0.322004 · Melvin Fowler · incremental -0.352004 · Kevin Bentley · incremental -0.512004 · Chris Crocker · incremental -0.642004 · Kirk Chambers · incremental -0.972004 · Jeff Faine · incremental -1.102004 · Kellen Winslow · incremental -1.962004 · Amon Gordon · incremental -1.972004 · Luke McCown · incremental -4.482005 · William Green · incremental +0.022005 · Lee Suggs · incremental +0.032005 · Sean Jones · incremental +0.042005 · Michael Lehan · incremental +0.062005 · Chaun Thompson · incremental +0.122005 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.162005 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.532005 · Ben Taylor · incremental +0.632005 · Kirk Chambers · incremental -0.932005 · Jeff Faine · incremental -1.152005 · Chris Crocker · incremental -1.422006 · Chaun Thompson · incremental +0.142006 · Sean Jones · incremental +0.172006 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.242006 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.462006 · Kellen Winslow · incremental -1.062007 · Chaun Thompson · incremental +0.142007 · Sean Jones · incremental +0.162007 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.392007 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +1.292007 · Kellen Winslow · incremental -1.262008 · Sean Jones · incremental +0.122008 · Andra Davis · incremental +0.512008 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +1.292008 · Kellen Winslow · incremental -0.582009 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.242010 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.242011 · Ryan Pontbriand · incremental +0.16Faine -1.9Garay -3.1Winslow -2.0Gordon -2.0McCown -4.5Winslow -1.1Winslow -1.3Winslow -0.620028 players200315 players200419 players200511 players20065 players20075 players20084 players20091 player20101 player20111 player
Above expectationBelow expectationKellen WinslowGM total -12.5Kellen Winslow by season -4.9

How much retained production did Kellen Winslow return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: TEs drafted within ±5 picks of Kellen Winslow since 2010 (4 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50+0.5Model value above slot10. LovelandColston Loveland · model value +0.94. PittsKyle Pitts · model value +0.58. HockensonT.J. Hockenson · model value 010. EbronEric Ebron · model value -0.26. WinslowKellen Winslow · model value -1-1
Kellen WinslowSlot-similar peers (4)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'04'06'08'10'12'1302142638401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (10 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2004CLE220
2005000
2006CLE16166
2007CLE161411
2008CLE1083
2009TB16146
2010TB16117
2011TB16156
2012NE100
2013NYJ124334-0.339.0

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