Not to be confused withMichael Bennett (DE · 2009–2019), Michael Bennett (WR · 2015) or Michael Bennett (DT · 2015–2019).

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

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Michael Bennett

1× Pro BowlTop 18% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002 Team Carrier · #397

Height5'9"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

64 career value over replacement — #1737 all-time of 4,649. 9.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #27 (Rd 1) · MIN · 2001 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

54.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #397 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

2002 MIN·6 team wins#10

Rushing Yards · 1,296 · score 16

2001 MIN·5 team wins#25

Rushing Yards · 682 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 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

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+).

Combine · 2001

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2001 class

4.38s

40-Yard

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 96thClass Pos 92thClass All 97th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 94thClass Pos 81thClass All 88th

130"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.4 regular season → 4.0 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-8%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,993

3,701 rush · 1,292 recv

Total TDs

13 rush · 6 recv

Total Touches

1,000

841 carries · 159 rec

Yds / Touch

5.0

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones4

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

20021K career rushing yards
20053K career rushing yards
20051K career receiving yards
2005100 career receptions

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.

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att23Yds93Y/A4.01D61D%26.1

Receiving

Tgt7Rec7Yds36

College Stats

WisconsinCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Wisconsin), 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.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Chris HovanDT6y Lance JohnstoneDE5y Jimmy KleinsasserTE5y Daunte CulpepperQB5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Michael inherited the Minnesota Vikings RB room from Moe Williams (1997–2005), and handed it to Onterrio Smith (2003–2004).

Darrin Nelson 1982–1992Allen Rice 1984–1990Alfred Anderson 1984–1991D.J. Dozier 1987–1990Rick Fenney 1987–1991Herschel Walker

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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined OAK (from SD)
2010final season
Last recorded season with OAK
2009team change
Joined SD (from TB)
2007team change
Joined TB (from KC)
2006team change
Joined KC (from MIN)
2001draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 1, Pick 27

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 205 lb

Frame

207 lb at 4.38s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

13 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	OAK	2	W5Out· HamstringW6Out· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B2001

B+2002

C+2003

C+2004

B2005

C2006

C+2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

57%

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
2001	682	52.5	923+241	54.3
2002	1,296	81	1,273-23	74.9
2003	447	55.9	913+466	53.7
2004	276	27.6	506+230	29.8
2005	473	29.6	525+52	30.9
2006	200	25	425+225	25
2007	239	18.4	323+84	19

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

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.