Corey Dillon ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Dillon in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Dillon a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Corey Dillon

4× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time RBsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2004 Team Carrier · #5

Height6'1"

Weight225 lb

BornOct 24, 1974

Age51

CollegeWashington; Dixie College (UT); Garden City CC

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #5 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

298

8 qualifying seasons

2002 CIN·2 team wins#9

Rushing Yards · 1,311 · score 85

2000 CIN·4 team wins#6

Rushing Yards · 1,360 · score 60

1999 CIN

Career Value · VORP

251 career value over replacement — #214 all-time of 4,649. 25.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

9 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #43 (Rd 2) · CIN · 1997 · +30.6 vs expected KV-H

80actual

49.4 expected · Δ+30.6

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Rushing Yards · 1,172 · score 48

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 61% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

61% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader61

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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 Coverage4/8 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)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 RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.3 regular season → 4.2 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-1%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

13,018

11,138 rush · 1,880 recv

Total TDs

82 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

2,841

2,600 carries · 241 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones10

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

19971K career rushing yards
19993K career rushing yards
200025 career rushing TDs
2000100 career receptions
20015K career rushing yards
20011K career receiving yards
20048K career rushing yards
200450 career rushing TDs
200510K career rushing yards
200675 career rushing TDs

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.

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

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att120Yds508TD4Y/A4.2TD%3.31D261D%21.7Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt12Rec12Yds74Ctch%100.0%Y/R6.2Y/Tgt6.21D2

College Stats

Washington; Dixie College (UT); Garden City CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington; Dixie College (UT); Garden City CC), 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.

Movementderived from season history

2006final season
Last recorded season with NE
2004team change
Joined NE (from CIN)
1997draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 43

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 225 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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 82

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

A1997

A1998

B+1999

A2000

B+2001

B+2002

B2003

A2004

B2005

B2006

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

93%

19972006

2005 · cause not documented · 69%

Durability IQ

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

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

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

15%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 48.8%Longevity 23.4%Pro Bowls 20.8%All-Time Ranks 6.9%

Monitor score 57.6 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity87

Peak82

Accolades10

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Era Translator

Rush 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 Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
1997	1,129	70.6	1,477+348	86.9
1998	1,130	75.3	1,506+376	88.6
1999	1,172	78.1	1,425+253	83.9
2000	1,360	85	1,390+30	81.8
2001	1,315	82.2	1,350+35	79.4
2002	1,311	81.9	1,286-25	75.6
2003	541	41.6	717+176	42.2
2004	1,635	109	1,597-38	93.9
2005	733	66.6	1,028+295	60.4
2006	812	50.8	772-40	45.4

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) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Corey Dillon 2004–2006

Corey Dillon

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1997 Draft Class· this player went #43

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator