Steven Jackson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Jackson in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jackson a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
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243 career value over replacement — #237 all-time of 4,649. 22.1/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #24 (Rd 1) · LA · 2004 · +22.3 vs expected KV-H
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Ranked #478 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Reached 62% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.
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: 93%.
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Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
= this player (normalized to own peak). = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Steven inherited the Los Angeles Rams RB room from Marshall Faulk (1999–2005), and handed it to Zac Stacy (2013–2014).
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Joined NE (from ATL)
Last recorded season with NE
Joined ATL (from STL)
Drafted by LA — Round 1, Pick 24
Joined STL (from LA)
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ATL | 0 | W17Questionable· Quadricep |
| 2013 | ATL | 4 | W3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Out· HamstringW7Out· Hamstring |
| 2012 |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 673 | 48.1 | 780+107 | 45.9 |
| 2005 | 1,046 | 69.7 | 1,069+23 | 62.9 |
| 2006 | 1,528 | 95.5 | 1,375-153 | 80.9 |
| 2007 | 1,002 | 83.5 | 1,239+237 | 72.9 |
| 2008 | 1,043 | 86.9 | 1,287+244 | 75.7 |
| 2009 | 1,424 | 94.9 | 1,451+27 | 85.3 |
| 2010 | 1,241 | 77.6 | 1,251+10 | 73.6 |
| 2011 | 1,145 | 76.3 | 1,284+139 | 75.5 |
| 2012 | 1,045 | 65.3 | 1,146+101 | 67.4 |
| 2013 | 543 | 45.3 | 833+290 | 49 |
| 2014 | 707 | 47.1 | 885+178 | 52.1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
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Steven inherited the Atlanta Falcons RB room from Jacquizz Rodgers (2011–2014), and handed it to Patrick DiMarco (2013–2016).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
| STL |
| 0 |
W3Questionable· GroinW4Questionable· GroinW5Questionable· Groin |
| 2011 | STL | 0 | W2Questionable· QuadricepW3Questionable· Quadricep |
| 2010 | STL | 0 | W4Questionable· GroinW8Questionable· Finger |
| 2009 | STL | 0 | W12Questionable· BackW13Questionable· BackW14Questionable· BackW15Questionable· IllnessW16Questionable· BackW17Questionable· Back |
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What carries the case
Monitor score 50.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
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Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2004–2015) — a true nomad. The crest trail: