Alvin Kamara is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Kamara delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

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Alvin Kamara

5× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🎯 Near-Miss Club · 2×📉 Fades · -11% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2020 Team Carrier · #371

Career Value · VORP

156 career value over replacement — #608 all-time of 4,695. 17.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.21

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #67 (Rd 3) · NO · 2017 · +27 vs expected KV-H

70actual

43 expected · Δ+27

💔+38.1 stolen VORP·2.2 szns lost

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Height5'10"

Weight215 lb

BornJul 25, 1995

Age31

CollegeTennessee; Hutchinson CC; Alabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 3, Pick 67 · NO

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #371 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2024 NO·5 team wins#19

Rushing Yards · 950 · score 14

2024 NO·5 team wins#24

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 4

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 40% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

40% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader40

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 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)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:2.275 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.275Touch rate0.459EPA/snap0Snap share61.8%Off snaps5,418ConsistentCV 0.11

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 · 2017

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

RB · 2017 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 68thClass Pos 46thClass All 66th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 94thClass Pos 98thClass All 97th

131"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.3 regular season → 3.8 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-11%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,325

7,336 rush · 4,989 recv

Total TDs

63 rush · 25 recv

Total Touches

2,321

1,702 carries · 619 rec

Yds / Touch

5.3

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones11

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

20181K career rushing yards
20181K career receiving yards
2018100 career receptions
201925 career rushing TDs
20203K career rushing yards
2020250 career receptions

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.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Rushing

Att93Yds357TD3Y/A3.8TD%3.21D211D%22.6

Receiving

Tgt44

College Stats

Tennessee; Hutchinson CC; AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee; Hutchinson CC; Alabama), 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

Cameron JordanLB10y Zach WoodLS10y Taysom HillTE9y Demario DavisOLB8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alvin inherited the New Orleans Saints RB room from Mark Ingram (2011–2022), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Chuck Muncie 1976–1980Hokie Gajan 1982–1985Dalton Hilliard 1986–1993Deuce McAllister 2001–2008Reggie Bush 2006–2010Pierre Thomas 2007–2014

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2026final season
Last recorded season with NO
2017draft
Drafted by NO — Round 3, Pick 67

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 215 lb

Frame

214 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 131" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

B2017

B+2018

B2019

B+2020

B+2021

B2022

B2023

B+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

78%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2017	728	45.5	799+71	47
2018	883	58.9	1,033+150	60.8
2019	797	56.9	1,010+213	59.4
2020	932	62.1	1,061+129	62.4
2021	898	69.1	1,179+281	69.4
2022	897	59.8	1,039+142	61.1
2023	694	53.4	902+208	53.1
2024	950	67.9	1,143+193	67.2
2025	471	42.8	728+257	42.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/15/2026

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 Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

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.

Pos 98thAll 97thClass Pos 98thClass All 93th

15 reps

Bench

Low · 13th pct

Pos 13thAll 18thClass Pos 32thClass All 28th

3K career receiving yards

20225K career rushing yards

202350 career rushing TDs

2023500 career receptions

202425 career receiving TDs

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.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

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.

Alvin Kamara 2017–2026

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.