Jerome Bettis is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 94 in the Knox value model. Bettis's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Jerome Bettis

"The Bus"

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl2× All-Pro6th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards 8th youngest · 1,000 Scrimmage Yards Top 0% all-time RBsIron Legend🏟️ Pittsburgh Steelers Icon 📉 Fades · -14% playoffs

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

8thRushing Yards·13,614 yds 14thRushing Touchdowns·91

Postseason all-time ranks

9thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·9 16thPlayoff Rushing Yards·674 yds

Career Value · VORP

359 career value over replacement — #61 all-time of 4,649. 27.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · LA · 1993 · +33.8 vs expected KV-H

94actual

60.2 expected · Δ+33.8

💔+48 stolen VORP·1.69 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 359 · #61 · All-Time

Worth 359 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 2% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 13 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.6

Avg surplus

peak +47

13 seasons × ~27.6 surplus ≈ VORP 359

Jerome Bettis

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Career Value · VORP