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

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Danny Woodhead

Top 30% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #369

Height5'8"

Weight204 lb

BornJan 25, 1985

Age41

College

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #369 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2015 LAC·4 team wins#19

Receptions · 80 · score 21

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Receptions leader

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2370 all-time of 4,649. 5.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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ConferenceRocky Mountain Athletic

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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 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 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.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.908 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.908Touch rate0.365EPA/snap0Snap share38.6%Off snaps1,365ReliableCV 0.35

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, 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 RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.3 regular season → 3.4 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-21%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,936

2,238 rush · 2,698 recv

Total TDs

15 rush · 17 recv

Total Touches

817

517 carries · 300 rec

Yds / Touch

6.0

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones4

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

20121K career rushing yards
20121K career receiving yards
2012100 career receptions
2015250 career receptions

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

9 playoff games

Rushing

Att59Yds201TD1Y/A3.4TD%1.71D71D%11.9

Receiving

Tgt26Rec18Yds136TD1Ctch%69.2%Y/R7.6Y/Tgt5.21D10

Snap Counts

Off51Off%47.0%ST6ST%13.0%

College Stats

Chadron StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Chadron State), 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

2017team change
Joined BAL (from SD)
2017final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2013team change
Joined SD (from NE)
2010team change
Joined NE (from NYJ)
2009signing
Entered the NFL with NYJ

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'8" / 204 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	NE	0	W5Doubtful· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AbdomenW14Questionable· AbdomenW15Questionable· Abdomen

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

D2009

B2010

C+2011

C+2012

C+2013

C+2015

C2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

69%

20092017

2009 · backup · 7/16 G

2014 · cause not documented · 19%2016 · cause not documented · 13%2017 · cause not documented · 50%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

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
2009	64	9.1	186+122	10.9
2010	547	39.1	667+120	39.2
2011	351	25.1	487+136	28.7
2012	301	20.1	413+112	24.3
2013	429	26.8	513+84	30.2
2015	336	21	364+28	21.4
2017	56	7	107+51	6.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 4 crestsLeague board →

Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 9 seasons (2009–2017) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

NYJ 2009 NE 2010–2012 LAC 2013–2016 BAL 2017

Danny Woodhead 2010–2012

Danny Woodhead

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography