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

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #252 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

1999 PIT·6 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 1,082 · score 14

1999 PIT·6 team wins#13

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 13

2003 PIT

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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Height5'11"

Weight255 lb

BornFeb 16, 1972

Age54

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 1, Pick 10 · LA

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 74% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

74% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader74

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: 88%.

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

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 3.9 regular season → 3.4 playoffs (6 playoff seasons)

-14%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

15,063

13,614 rush · 1,449 recv

Total TDs

91 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

3,673

3,473 carries · 200 rec

Yds / Touch

4.1

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones11

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

19931K career rushing yards
19953K career rushing yards
19975K career rushing yards
199725 career rushing TDs
1997100 career receptions
19998K career rushing yards
19991K career receiving yards
200110K career rushing yards
200150 career rushing TDs
200312K career rushing yards
200475 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

13 playoff games

Passing

Att1Rate39.6

Rushing

Att199Yds674TD9Y/A3.4TD%4.51D201D%10.1Fmb3

Receiving

Tgt3Rec8Yds57Ctch%266.7%Y/R7.1Y/Tgt19.01D3

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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

2005final season
Last recorded season with PIT
1996team change
Joined PIT (from STL)
1995team change
Joined STL (from LAR)
1993draft
Drafted by LA — Round 1, Pick 10
1993team change
Joined LAR (from LA)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 255 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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

A+1993

A1994

B+1995

A+1996

A+1997

A1998

B+1999

B+2000

B+2001

B2002

B2003

B2004

C+2005

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

87%

19932005

2001 · cause not documented · 69%

Durability IQ

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

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

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

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 38.4%All-Pro 22.4%Pro Bowls 16.8%Longevity 16.8%All-Time Ranks 5.6%

Monitor score 107.1 · 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

Longevity86

Peak97

Accolades35

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Rushing Yards in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

1993 · RB · all-time

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
1993	1,429	119.1	2,624+1,195	154.4
1994	1,025	64.1	1,454+429	85.5
1995	637	49	1,187+550	69.9
1996	1,431	119.3	2,391+960	140.7
1997	1,665	111	2,161+496	127.1
1998	1,185	79	1,566+381	92.1
1999	1,082	67.6	1,270+188	74.7
2000	1,302	81.4	1,341+39	78.9
2001	1,072	97.5	1,569+497	92.3
2002	666	55.5	926+260	54.5
2003	811	50.7	842+31	49.5
2004	941	67.2	1,037+96	61
2005	368	30.7	540+172	31.8

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), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Jerome Bettis 1993–1995

Jerome Bettis

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1993 Draft Class· this player went #10

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator