James Allen is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Allen in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Allen's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | |||||
| 1998 | 23 | CHI | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 24 | CHI | 8 | — | 32 | 119 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 6 | 18.8 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 81.8% | 10.1 | 8.3 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 25 | CHI | 16 | — | 286 | 1,106 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 56 | 19.6 | 4 | 60 | 39 | 291 | 1 | 65.0% | 7.5 | 4.8 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 26 | CHI | 16 | — | 135 | 469 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 26 | 19.3 | 0 | 42 | 30 | 203 | 1 | 71.4% | 6.8 | 4.8 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 27 | HOU | 16 | — | 155 | 519 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 20 | 12.9 | 1 | 57 | 47 | 302 | 0 | 82.5% | 6.4 | 5.3 | — | 11 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 | — | 95.8 | 0 |
| Career | — | 62 | — | 608 | 2,213 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 108 | 17.8 | 5 | 170 | 133 | 887 | 2 | 78.2% | 6.7 | 5.2 | — | 41 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 | — | 95.8 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
48 career value over replacement — #2109 all-time of 4,649. 12/season above a replacement-level RB.
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1997: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 64.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
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85% match
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