Edgerrin James is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 84 in the Knox value model. James's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Edgerrin James

★ HALL OF FAME4× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro4th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards 5th youngest · 1,000 Scrimmage Yards Top 2% all-time RBsIron Legend🎯 Near-Miss Club 👑 #1 Running Back · 1999–2000 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000 Team Carrier · #273

Height6'0"

Weight219 lb

BornAug 1, 1978

Age48

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 4 · IND

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #273 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

2006 ARI·5 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 1,159 · score 28

2006 ARI·5 team wins#22

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Career Value · VORP

244 career value over replacement — #232 all-time of 4,649. 22.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×9 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.30

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · IND · 1999 · +22.6 vs expected KV-H

84actual

61.4 expected · Δ+22.6

💔+39.6 stolen VORP·1.76 szns lost

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Strong

of 100

Reached 66% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

66% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader66

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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

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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: 4.0 regular season → 3.9 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

-3%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

15,492

12,156 rush · 3,336 recv

Total TDs

80 rush · 11 recv

Total Touches

3,445

3,014 carries · 431 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones13

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

19991K career rushing yards
20003K career rushing yards
200025 career rushing TDs
20001K career receiving yards
2000100 career receptions
20035K career rushing yards
2003250 career receptions
200450 career rushing TDs
20058K career rushing yards
200610K career rushing yards
20063K career receiving yards
200775 career rushing TDs
200812K career rushing 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.

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

13 playoff games

Rushing

Att218Yds852TD6Y/A3.9TD%2.81D511D%23.4Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt40Rec35Yds284Ctch%87.5%Y/R8.1Y/Tgt7.11D14

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), 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

2009team change
Joined SEA (from ARI)
2009final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2006team change
Joined ARI (from IND)
1999draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 4

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 219 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 86

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

A1999

A2000

C+2001

B+2002

B+2003

A2004

A2005

B+2006

B+2007

C+2008

D2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

84%

19992009

2001 · cause not documented · 38%2009 · cause not documented · 44%

Durability IQ

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

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 38%Longevity 16.9%All-Pro 15%Pro Bowls 15%League Leads 10%All-Time Ranks 5%

Monitor score 79.8 · 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

Longevity82

Peak86

Accolades27

Consistency70

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
1999	1,474	92.1	1,632+158	96
2000	1,690	105.6	1,670-20	98.2
2001	662	110.3	1,754+1,092	103.2
2002	989	70.6	1,132+143	66.6
2003	1,257	96.7	1,473+216	86.6
2004	1,548	96.8	1,433-115	84.3
2005	1,506	100.4	1,485-21	87.3
2006	1,159	72.4	1,064-95	62.6
2007	1,232	77	1,148-84	67.5
2008	514	39.5	621+107	36.5
2009	125	17.9	314+189	18.5

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

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 11 seasons (1999–2009) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

IND 1999–2005 ARI 2006–2008 SEA 2009

Edgerrin James 2006–2008

Edgerrin James

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #4

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography