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

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Larry Centers

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 17% all-time RBsIron Man📉 Fades · -30% playoffs Team Carrier · #302

Height6'0"

Weight225 lb

BornJun 1, 1968

Age58

College

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #302 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

2001 BUF·3 team wins#18

Receptions · 80 · score 32

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 53% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

53% of the all-time Receptions leader

Career Value · VORP

88 career value over replacement — #1318 all-time of 4,649. 6.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #115 (Rd 5) · ARI · 1990 · +31.4 vs expected KV-H

64actual

32.6 expected · Δ+31.4

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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: 89%.

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: 3.6 regular season → 2.5 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-30%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

8,985

2,188 rush · 6,797 recv

Total TDs

14 rush · 28 recv

Total Touches

1,442

615 carries · 827 rec

Yds / Touch

6.2

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

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

19931K career receiving yards
1993100 career receptions
1995250 career receptions
19961K career rushing yards
19963K career receiving yards
1998500 career receptions
19995K career receiving yards
200025 career receiving TDs
2001750 career receptions

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

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds10Y/A2.5

Receiving

Tgt12Rec11Yds88Ctch%91.7%Y/R8.0Y/Tgt7.31D4

College Stats

Stephen F. Austin StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Stephen F. Austin 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

2003team change
Joined NE (from BUF)
2003final season
Last recorded season with NE
2001team change
Joined BUF (from WAS)
1999team change
Joined WAS (from ARI)
1990draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 5, Pick 115

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 225 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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

F1990

C1991

C+1992

C+1993

B1994

B1995

B1996

B1997

C+1998

C+1999

C+2000

C+2001

C+2002

C2003

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 14 seasons.

92%

19902003

1990 · backup · 6/16 G

Durability IQ

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

Iron

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
1990	0	0	171+171	10
1991	44	4.9	295+251	17.4
1992	139	8.7	388+249	22.8
1993	152	9.5	427+275	25.1
1994	336	21	659+323	38.8
1995	254	15.9	579+325	34
1996	425	26.6	777+352	45.7
1997	276	18.4	595+319	35
1998	110	6.9	393+283	23.1
1999	51	3.2	320+269	18.8
2000	103	6.9	329+226	19.3
2001	160	10	314+154	18.4
2002	56	3.5	218+162	12.8
2003	82	9.1	272+190	16

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), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 4 crestsLeague board →

Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 14 seasons (1990–2003) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

ARI 1990–1998 WAS 1999–2000 BUF 2001–2002 NE 2003

Larry Centers 2001–2002

Larry Centers 1999–2000

1991 · cause not documented · 56%2003 · cause not documented · 56%

Larry Centers

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #115

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography