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

RBHOU#38ACT

Andre Ellington

Top 27% all-time RBsReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014

Height5'9"

Weight199 lb

BornFeb 3, 1989

Age37

CollegeClemson See College Stats

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 6, Pick 187 · ARI

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A running back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 33 · #2545 · Role Player

Worth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11

Avg surplus

peak +16

3 seasons × ~11 surplus ≈ VORP 33

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%
2013	—	ARI	15	—	118	652	3	5.5	2.5	27	22.9	0	57	39	371	1	68.4%	9.5	6.5	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	405	40.4%	—	0.0%	5	4.8%
2013	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ARI	12	—	201	660	3	3.3	1.5	27	13.4	2	64	46	395	2	71.9%	8.6	6.2	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	528	67.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	DET	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ARI	10	—	45	289	3	6.4	6.7	11	24.4	1	24	15	148	0	62.5%	9.9	6.2	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	213	31.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	ARI	13	—	34	96	0	2.8	0.0	4	11.8	0	19	12	85	0	63.2%	7.1	4.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	150	13.0%	—	0.0%	74	17.8%
2017	—	HOU	11	—	20	55	1	2.8	5.0	3	15.0	0	59	39	369	0	66.1%	9.5	6.3	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ARI	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	315	35.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	76	—	418	1,752	10	4.2	2.4	72	17.2	3	223	151	1,368	3	67.7%	9.1	6.1	—	68	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,611	37.5%	—	0.0%	79	11.3%

Career EPA-36.9·-37 rushing·-7.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2013	24	ARI	15	0*	118	652	3	5.5	2.5	27	22.9	0	12.2
2014	25	ARI	12	8*	201	660	3	3.3	1.5	27	13.4	2	12.7
2015	26	ARI	10	0*	45	289	3	6.4	6.7	11	24.4	1	7.1
2016	27	ARI	13	0*	34	96	0	2.8	0.0	4	11.8	0	4.9
2017	28	HOU	11	0*	20	55	1	2.8	5.0	3	15.0	0	6.6
Career			61	8*	418	1,752	10	4.2	—	72	—	3	43.5

* 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
2013	24	ARI	15	0*	57	39	371	1	68.4%	9.5	6.5	—	21
2014	25	ARI	12	8*	64	46	395	2	71.9%	8.6	6.2	—	19
2015	26	ARI	10	0*	24	15	148	0	62.5%	9.9	6.2	—	8
2016	27	ARI	13	0*	19	12	85	0	63.2%	7.1	4.5	—	4
2017	28	HOU	11	0*	59	39	369	0	66.1%	9.5	6.3	—	16
Career			61	8*	223	151	1,368	3	67.7%	9.1	6.1	—	68

* 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%
2013	24	ARI	15	0*	405	40.4%	—	0.0%	5	4.8%
2014	25	ARI	12	8*	528	67.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	26	ARI	10	0*	213	31.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	27	ARI	16	0*	150	13.0%	—	0.0%	74	17.8%
2017	28	ARI	12	0*	315	35.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			65	8*	1,611	—	—	—	79	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2013	24	—	—	0*	—	7.7	3.8	248
2014	25	—	—	8*	—	-35.9	6.0	113
2015	26	—	—	0*	—	2.2	2.0	87
2016	27	—	—	0*	—	-6.3	-2.2	56
2017	28	—	—	0*	—	-4.8	-9.3	260
Career				8*	—	—	—	764

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 542017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Receptions leader10

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.39 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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.937 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.937Touch rate0.398EPA/snap-0.023Snap share37.5%Off snaps1,611VolatileCV 0.52

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 · 2013

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

RB · 2013 class

4.61s

40-Yard

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 57thClass Pos 38thClass All 63th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 54thClass Pos 48thClass All 61th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 74thClass Pos 65thClass All 73th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,120

1,752 rush · 1,368 recv

Total TDs

10 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

569

418 carries · 151 rec

Yds / Touch

5.5

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds3Y/A0.8

Receiving

Tgt2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-2.0Rec EPA-1.3Rec AirYd11

College Stats

ClemsonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Clemson), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #187

#179Tourek WilliamsOLB #180Nick MoodyLB #181Latavius MurrayRB #182Kenjon BarnerRB #183Rufus JohnsonLB #184Mychal RiveraTE #185DeVonte HollomanMLB #186Justin BrownWR #188Cornelius WashingtonDE #189Mike JamesRB #190Rex BurkheadRB #191Bacarri RamboFS #193Nate PalmerLB #194Spencer WareRB #196Jeff BacaG #197Cobi HamiltonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andre inherited the Arizona Cardinals RB room from LaRod Stephens-Howling (2009–2012), and handed it to Kerwynn Williams (2014–2017).

Stump Mitchell 1981–1989Earl Ferrell 1983–1989Ron Wolfley 1985–1990Vai Sikahema 1986–1990Johnny Johnson 1990–1992Larry Centers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined HOU (from ARI)
2017final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2013draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 6, Pick 187

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 199 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.61s

Size-speed

34" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	HOU	0	W7Questionable· QuadricepW9Questionable· Quadricep
2015	ARI	3	W2Out· KneeW3Doubtful· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW13Out· ToeW14Out· ToeW15Questionable· ToeW16Questionable· Toe
2014	ARI	1	W1Questionable· FootW2Questionable· FootW14Out· Hip / Foot
2013	ARI	0	W13Questionable· Knee

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 →

peak 59

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

B2013

B2014

C+2015

C2016

C2017

Availability

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

81%

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
2013	652	43.5	795+143	46.8
2014	660	55	1,013+353	59.6
2015	289	28.9	503+214	29.6
2016	96	7.4	77-19	4.5
2017	55	5	52-3	3

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

33 career value over replacement — #2545 all-time of 4,642. 6.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #187 (Rd 6) · ARI · 2013 · +31.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

25.9 expected · Δ+31.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #187

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator