Alfred Blue NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Alfred Blue

RBJAX#23CUT

Alfred Blue

Top 20% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +44% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'2"

Weight225 lb

BornApr 27, 1991

Age35

CollegeLSU See College Stats

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 6, Pick 181 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 46 · #2153 · Above Average

Worth 46 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

5

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+9.2

Avg surplus

peak +16

5 seasons × ~9.2 surplus ≈ VORP 46

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									Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2014	—	HOU	16	—	169	528	2	3.1	1.2	29	17.2	0	18	15	113	1	83.3%	7.5	6.3	—	7	335	28.9%	—	0.0%	206	44.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-24.5	6.4	0	40
2015	—	HOU	14	—	183	698	2	3.8	1.1	33	18.0	1	16	15	109	1	93.8%	7.3	6.8	—	2	368	35.0%	—	0.0%	178	36.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-29.6	3.4	0	43
2016	—	HOU	14	—	100	420	1	4.2	1.0	23	23.0	1	16	12	40	0	75.0%	3.3	2.5	—	1	237	24.8%	—	0.0%	166	48.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7	-4.6	0	31
2017	—	HOU	8	—	71	262	1	3.7	1.4	10	14.1	0	9	7	54	0	77.8%	7.7	6.0	—	4	156	32.1%	—	0.0%	198	57.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.0	1.9	0	9
2018	—	HOU	16	—	150	499	2	3.3	1.3	25	16.7	0	27	20	154	0	74.1%	7.7	5.7	—	4	461	42.3%	—	0.0%	141	29.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-32.5	-7.8	0	73
Career		—	68	—	673	2,407	8	3.6	1.2	120	17.8	2	86	69	470	2	80.2%	6.8	5.5	—	18	1,557	32.6%	—	0.0%	889	43.4%	—	-104.2	-0.8	0	196

Career EPA-105.0·-104 rushing·-21.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2014	23	HOU	16	0*	169	528	2	3.1	1.2	29	17.2	0	9.8
2015	24	HOU	14	0*	183	698	2	3.8	1.1	33	18.0	1	9.8
2016	25	HOU	14	0*	100	420	1	4.2	1.0	23	23.0	1	6.6
2017	26	HOU	8	0*	71	262	1	3.7	1.4	10	14.1	0	4.4
2018	27	HOU	16	0*	150	499	2	3.3	1.3	25	16.7	0	8.5
Career			68		673	2,407	8	3.6	—	120	—	2	39.1

* 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
2014	23	HOU	16	0*	18	15	113	1	83.3%	7.5	6.3	—	7
2015	24	HOU	14	0*	16	15	109	1	93.8%	7.3	6.8	—	2
2016	25	HOU	14	0*	16	12	40	0	75.0%	3.3	2.5	—	1
2017	26	HOU	8	0*	9	7	54	0	77.8%	7.7	6.0	—	4
2018	27	HOU	16	0*	27	20	154	0	74.1%	7.7	5.7	—	4
Career			68		86	69	470	2	80.2%	6.8	5.5	—	18

* 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%
2014	23	HOU	16	0*	335	28.9%	—	0.0%	206	44.9%
2015	24	HOU	16	0*	368	35.0%	—	0.0%	178	36.8%
2016	25	HOU	14	0*	237	24.8%	—	0.0%	166	48.3%
2017	26	HOU	11	0*	156	32.1%	—	0.0%	198	57.7%
2018	27	HOU	16	0*	461	42.3%	—	0.0%	141	29.3%
Career			73		1,557	—	—	—	889	—

* 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
2014	23	—	—	0*	—	-24.5	6.4	0	40
2015	24	—	—	0*	—	-29.6	3.4	0	43
2016	25	—	—	0*	—	-9.7	-4.6	0	31
2017	26	—	—	0*	—	-8.0	1.9	0	9
2018	27	—	—	0*	—	-32.5	-7.8	0	73
Career					—	—	—	0	196

* 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	27	HOU	16	0*	307	2.0	192	1.3	7	21.4	25
Career			16		307	—	192	—	7	—	25

* 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	27	HOU	16	0*	2.7	2.4	5.4	2	1	0.0	4	87.6
Career			16		—	—	—	2	1	—	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

60

Sustained

career value

×.6

63

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 592018

All-Time Standing

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

15

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-21 EPA/season over 5 seasons43

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

53

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.848 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.848Touch rate0.487EPA/snap-0.067Snap share32.6%Off snaps1,557ConsistentCV 0.17

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 · 2014

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

RB · 2014 class

4.63s

40-Yard

Low · 24th pct

Pos 24thAll 53thClass Pos 31thClass All 59th

32"

Vertical

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 35thClass Pos 23thClass All 41th

121"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 70thClass Pos 61thClass All 73th

13 reps

Bench

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 10thClass Pos 3thClass All 13th

7.15s

3-Cone

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 50thClass Pos 39thClass All 55th

4.50s

Shuttle

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 29thClass Pos 10thClass All 27th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 3.6 regular season → 5.1 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+44%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att22Yds113Y/A5.11D41D%18.2

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds11Ctch%66.7%Y/R5.5Y/Tgt3.7

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.1Rec EPA-5.8Rec AirYd2

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #181

#173Wesley JohnsonC #174Devon KennardOLB #175John UrschelG #176Jared AbbrederisWR #177Jeoffrey PaganDE #178Zach MettenbergerQB #179Jon HalapioC #180Kenneth AckerCB #182Antone ExumS #183David FalesQB #185Robert HerronWR #187Bennett JacksonSAF #188E.J. GainesCB #189T.J. JonesWR #190Matt HazelWR #191Pat O'DonnellP

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alfred inherited the Houston Texans RB room from Jonathan Grimes (2013–2016), and handed it to Lamar Miller (2016–2018).

Allen Pinkett 1986–1991Lorenzo White 1988–1994Gary Brown 1991–1995Eddie George 1996Jonathan Wells 2002–2005Domanick Williams

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Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2014draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 6, Pick 181

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 225 lb

Frame

223 lb at 4.63s

Size-speed

32" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

13 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	HOU	3	W1Out· AnkleW2Out· AnkleW3Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· HamstringW14Out· Concussion
2016	HOU	2	W11Out· CalfW12Out· CalfW13Questionable· Calf
2015	HOU	0	W6Questionable· Toe

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 5-season peers. See all →

61

peak 63

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

B2014

B2015

C+2016

C+2017

B2018

Availability

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

91%

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
2014	528	33	607+79	35.7
2015	698	49.9	906+208	53.3
2016	420	30	512+92	30.1
2017	262	32.8	559+297	32.9
2018	499	31.2	530+31	31.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, 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

46 career value over replacement — #2153 all-time of 4,642. 9.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #181 (Rd 6) · HOU · 2014 · +35.1 vs expected KV-H

61actual

25.9 expected · Δ+35.1

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