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

RBNE#31CUT

Amos Zereoue

Top 27% all-time RBsHigh-End StarterTwo-Way Profile

Height5'8"

Weight205 lb

BornOct 8, 1976

Age49

CollegeWest Virginia See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 3, Pick 95 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

48thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·4

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 45 · #2178 · Above Average

Worth 45 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.3

Avg surplus

peak +17

4 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 45

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													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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	—	PIT	2	—	16	42	0	2.6	0.0	3	18.8	0	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2	1.7	0	0
2000	—	PIT	2	—	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	—	0	0
2001	—	PIT	13	—	85	441	1	5.2	1.2	25	29.4	2	14	13	154	1	92.9%	11.8	11.0	—	4	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.4	10.7	0	0
2002	—	PIT	16	—	193	762	4	3.9	2.1	35	18.1	1	53	42	341	0	79.2%	8.1	6.4	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	ATL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-23.7	-3.7	0	0
2003	—	PIT	16	—	132	433	2	3.3	1.5	22	16.7	0	40	40	310	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	CIN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-25.9	8.1	0	0
2004	—	LV	15	—	112	425	3	3.8	2.7	20	17.9	1	39	39	284	0	100.0%	7.3	7.3	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-15.0	13.0	0	0
2005	—	NE	1	—	7	14	0	2.0	0.0	2	28.6	0	1	1	5	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7	-0.0	0	0
Career		—	72	—	551	2,131	10	3.9	1.8	108	19.6	4	149	137	1,111	1	91.9%	8.1	7.5	—	43	10	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-71.7	29.8	0	0

Career EPA-41.9·-72 rushing · 30 receiving·-6.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1999	23	PIT	2	—	16	42	0	2.6	0.0	3	18.8	0	—
2000	24	PIT	2	—	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	—
2001	25	PIT	13	—	85	441	1	5.2	1.2	25	29.4	2	8.5
2002	26	PIT	16	—	193	762	4	3.9	2.1	35	18.1	1	12.8
2003	27	PIT	16	—	132	433	2	3.3	1.5	22	16.7	0	10.8
2004	28	LV	15	—	112	425	3	3.8	2.7	20	17.9	1	10.1
2005	29	NE	1	—	7	14	0	2.0	0.0	2	28.6	0	—
Career			65		551	2,131	10	3.9	—	108	—	4	42.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	23	PIT	2	—	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1
2001	25	PIT	13	—	14	13	154	1	92.9%	11.8	11.0	—	4
2002	26	PIT	16	—	53	42	341	0	79.2%	8.1	6.4	—	14
2003	27	PIT	16	—	40	40	310	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	13
2004	28	LV	15	—	39	39	284	0	100.0%	7.3	7.3	—	11
2005	29	NE	1	—	1	1	5	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0
Career			63		149	137	1,111	1	91.9%	8.1	7.5	—	43

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2001	25	PIT	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2002	26	ATL	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2003	27	CIN	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9		10	10	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-2.2	1.7
2000	24	—	—	—	—	0.2	—
2001	25	—	—	—	—	-3.4	10.7
2002	26	—	—	—	—	-23.7	-3.7
2003	27	—	—	—	—	-25.9	8.1
2004	28	—	—	—	—	-15.0	13.0
2005	29	—	—	—	—	-1.7	-0.0
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 42.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 612004

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader12

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-5.99 EPA/season over 7 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%.

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

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 3.9 regular season → 3.6 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-8%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,242

2,131 rush · 1,111 recv

Total TDs

10 rush · 1 recv

Total Touches

688

551 carries · 137 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att55Yds196TD4Y/A3.6TD%7.31D111D%20.0

Receiving

Tgt11Rec8Yds73Ctch%72.7%Y/R9.1Y/Tgt6.61D3

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.4Rec EPA1.4

College Stats

West VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (West Virginia), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #95

#85Dat NguyenILB #86Shawn BrysonRB #87Mike McKenzieCB #89Chike OkeaforOLB #90David LoverneG #91Tony GeorgeSAF #93Travis McGriffWR #94Cletidus HuntDT #96Paul MirandaDB #97John WelbournG #98Craig YeastWR #99Anthony ParkerDB #100Hannibal NaviesLB #101Joe GermaineQB #102Dameane DouglasWR #103Sedrick IrvinRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Amos inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (1998–2002), and handed it to Dan Kreider (2000–2007).

Frank Pollard 1980–1988Walter Abercrombie 1982–1987Rich Erenberg 1984–1986Earnest Jackson 1986–1988Rodney Carter 1987–1989Merril Hoge

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined NE (from LV)
2005final season
Last recorded season with NE
2004team change
Joined LV (from PIT)
1999draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 3, Pick 95

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'8" / 205 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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 62

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

C+2001

B2002

B2003

C+2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

76%

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
2001	441	33.9	670+229	39.4
2002	762	47.6	836+74	49.2
2003	433	27.1	518+85	30.5
2004	425	28.3	517+92	30.4

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

Career Value · VORP

45 career value over replacement — #2178 all-time of 4,642. 11.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #95 (Rd 3) · PIT · 1999 · +18.3 vs expected KV-H

57actual

38.7 expected · Δ+18.3

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #95

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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