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

Alex Collins

RBSEA#41RES

Alex Collins

Top 29% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter

Height5'10"

Weight210 lb

BornAug 26, 1994

Age31

CollegeArkansas See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 171 · SEA

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A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 35 · #2480 · Role Player

Worth 35 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 54% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+11.7

Avg surplus

peak +23

3 seasons × ~11.7 surplus ≈ VORP 35

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	—	SEA	9	—	31	125	1	4.0	3.2	8	25.8	1	11	11	84	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	141	18.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	BAL	15	—	212	973	6	4.6	2.8	51	24.1	2	36	23	187	0	63.9%	8.1	5.2	—	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	379	37.1%	—	0.0%	28	19.8%
2018	—	BAL	10	—	114	411	7	3.6	6.1	22	19.3	3	21	15	105	1	71.4%	7.0	5.0	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	311	41.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	SEA	3	—	18	77	2	4.3	11.1	5	27.8	0	2	1	4	0	50.0%	4.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	26.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	SEA	11	—	108	411	2	3.8	1.9	22	20.4	0	10	9	87	0	90.0%	9.7	8.7	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	257	40.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	50	—	483	1,997	18	4.1	3.7	108	22.4	6	80	59	467	1	73.8%	7.9	5.8	—	23	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,140	32.7%	—	0.0%	28	19.8%

Career EPA-36.6·-35 rushing · -1 receiving·-7.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	22	SEA	9	0*	31	125	1	4.0	3.2	8	25.8	1	4.2
2017	23	BAL	15	0*	212	973	6	4.6	2.8	51	24.1	2	12.8
2018	24	BAL	10	0*	114	411	7	3.6	6.1	22	19.3	3	9
2020	26	SEA	3	—	18	77	2	4.3	11.1	5	27.8	0	—
2021	27	SEA	11	0*	108	411	2	3.8	1.9	22	20.4	0	5.8
Career			48		483	1,997	18	4.1	—	108	—	6	31.8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2016	22	SEA	9	0*	11	11	84	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	6
2017	23	BAL	15	0*	36	23	187	0	63.9%	8.1	5.2	—	8
2018	24	BAL	10	0*	21	15	105	1	71.4%	7.0	5.0	—	6
2020	26	SEA	3	—	2	1	4	0	50.0%	4.0	2.0	—	0
2021	27	SEA	11	0*	10	9	87	0	90.0%	9.7	8.7	—	3
Career			48		80	59	467	1	73.8%	7.9	5.8	—	23

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	22	SEA	11	0*	141	18.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	23	BAL	15	0*	379	37.1%	—	0.0%	28	19.8%
2018	24	BAL	10	0*	311	41.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	26	SEA	3	—	52	26.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	27	SEA	11	0*	257	40.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			50		1,140	—	—	—	28	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2016	22	—	—	0*	—	-3.5	6.1	0	3
2017	23	—	—	0*	—	-1.4	-5.0	0	-3
2018	24	—	—	0*	—	-20.0	-0.1	0	27
2020	26	—	—	—	—	2.0	-1.1	0	11
2021	27	—	—	0*	—	-12.1	-1.4	0	2
Career					—	—	—	0	40

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	24	BAL	10	0*	193	1.7	218	1.9	10	11.4	22
2020	26	SEA	3	—	41	2.3	36	2.0	0	—	5
2021	27	SEA	11	0*	238	2.2	173	1.6	6	18.0	22
Career			24		472	—	427	—	16	—	49

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	24	BAL	10	0*	1.3	0.5	6.5	4	2	0.1	6	98.3
2020	26	SEA	3	—	5.5	3.0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	56.2
2021	27	SEA	11	0*	0.2	-1.0	10.7	1	0	0.0	3	102.9
Career			24		—	—	—	5	2	—	9	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

59

Sustained

career value

×.6

62

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 44.6

Availability 14.4

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)

2016bestavg 57elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

14

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.31 EPA/season over 5 seasons48

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

59

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.161 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.161Touch rate0.494EPA/snap-0.032Snap share32.7%Off snaps1,140ReliableCV 0.39

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+).

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 · 2016

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

RB · 2016 class

4.59s

40-Yard

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 60thClass Pos 26thClass All 63th

28.5"

Vertical

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 13thClass Pos 3thClass All 17th

113"

Broad Jump

Low · 17th pct

Pos 17thAll 35thClass Pos 10thClass All 36th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 41thClass All 42th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att8Yds27Y/A3.41D11D%12.5

Receiving

Tgt5Rec3Yds28Ctch%60.0%Y/R9.3Y/Tgt5.61D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-2.2Rec EPA-3.2Rec AirYd24

College Stats

ArkansasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arkansas), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #171

#163Trevor DavisWR #164Halapoulivaati VaitaiG #165Tyreek HillWR #166DJ ReaderDT #167Marqui ChristianDB #168Spencer DrangoG #169Antwione WilliamsLB #170Cole TonerOT #172Rashard HigginsWR #173Trey CaldwellDB #175Jatavis BrownOLB #176Andy JanovichFB #177Temarrick HemingwayTE #178D.J. WhiteCB #179Drew KaserP #181Tyrone HolmesLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alex inherited the Seattle Seahawks RB room from Thomas Rawls (2015–2017), and handed it to Chris Carson (2017–2021).

David Hughes 1981–1985Curt Warner 1983–1989Randall Morris 1984–1988Derrick Fenner 1989–1991Chris Warren 1990–1997Tracy Johnson

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Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2020team change
Joined SEA (from BAL)
2017team change
Joined BAL (from SEA)
2016draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 5, Pick 171

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 210 lb

Frame

217 lb at 4.59s

Size-speed

28.5" vert / 113" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	SEA	0	W7Questionable· GroinW8Questionable· GroinW13Questionable· AbdomenW17Questionable· Abdomen
2018	BAL	0	W9Questionable· FootW12Questionable· FootW13Questionable· Foot
2017	BAL	0	W13Questionable· Calf

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 4-season peers. See all →

56

peak 62

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

C2016

B+2017

C+2018

C+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

62%

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
2016	125	13.9	202+77	11.9
2017	973	64.9	1,146+173	67.4
2018	411	41.1	710+299	41.8
2021	411	37.4	631+220	37.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

35 career value over replacement — #2480 all-time of 4,642. 8.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #171 (Rd 5) · SEA · 2016 · +28.8 vs expected KV-H

56actual

27.2 expected · Δ+28.8

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