Priest Holmes ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Holmes in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Holmes a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Priest Holmes

Top 5% all-time RBsAll-Time Great👑 #1 Running Back · 2001–2002 🏆 Clutch · +15% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2002 Team Carrier · #244

Height5'9"

Weight213 lb

BornOct 7, 1973

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #244 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

2 qualifying seasons

2001 KC·6 team wins#1

Rushing Yards · 1,555 · score 25

2001 KC·6 team wins#11

Rushing Touchdowns · 8 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

Career Value · VORP

178 career value over replacement — #475 all-time of 4,649. 17.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 3×6 top-10

💔+49.7 stolen VORP·2.7 szns lost

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Solid

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Reached 52% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

52% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader52

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: 94%.

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

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 5.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+15%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

11,045

8,120 rush · 2,925 recv

Total TDs

86 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

2,104

1,768 carries · 336 rec

Yds / Touch

5.2

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones10

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

19981K career rushing yards
20013K career rushing yards
20011K career receiving yards
2001100 career receptions
20025K career rushing yards
200225 career rushing TDs
200350 career rushing TDs
2003250 career receptions
200475 career rushing TDs
20078K career rushing yards

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

Att42Yds221TD2Y/A5.3TD%4.81D111D%26.2Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt6Rec6Yds36Ctch%100.0%Y/R6.0Y/Tgt6.01D2

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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

2007final season
Last recorded season with KC
2001team change
Joined KC (from BAL)
1997signing
Entered the NFL with BAL

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 213 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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 83

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

D1997

A1998

C+1999

B2000

A2001

A2002

B+2003

B+2004

C+2005

F2007

Availability

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

70%

19972007

1997 · backup · 7/16 G

1999 · cause not documented · 44%2004 · cause not documented · 50%2005 · cause not documented · 44%2007 · cause not documented · 25%

Durability IQ

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

Typical

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
1997	0	0	284+284	16.7
1998	1,008	77.5	1,542+534	90.7
1999	454	64.9	1,230+776	72.3
2000	588	36.8	735+147	43.2
2001	1,555	97.2	1,565+10	92.1
2002	1,615	115.4	1,741+126	102.4
2003	1,420	88.8	1,364-56	80.2
2004	892	111.5	1,630+738	95.9
2005	451	64.4	998+547	58.7
2007	137	34.3	546+409	32.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Priest Holmes

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator