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

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Ben Tate

Top 23% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -19% playoffs Team Carrier · #427

Height5'10"

Weight220 lb

BornAug 21, 1988

Age37

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 2, Pick 58 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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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 48 · #2099 · Above Average

Worth 48 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 46% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 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

+12

Avg surplus

peak +21

4 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈ VORP 48

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%
2011	—	HOU	15	—	175	942	4	5.4	2.3	53	30.3	3	19	13	98	0	68.4%	7.5	5.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	HOU	11	—	65	279	2	4.3	3.1	17	26.2	1	11	11	49	0	100.0%	4.5	4.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	HOU	14	—	181	771	4	4.3	2.2	34	18.8	2	49	34	140	0	69.4%	4.1	2.9	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	481	50.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2013	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	MIN	11	—	119	371	4	3.1	3.4	18	15.1	0	12	9	60	0	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CLE	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	283	38.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	64	—	540	2,363	14	4.4	2.6	122	22.6	6	91	67	347	0	73.6%	5.2	3.8	—	10	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	764	44.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA-56.7·-36 rushing · -20 receiving·-14.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2011	23	HOU	15	—	175	942	4	5.4	2.3	53	30.3	3	11.3
2012	24	HOU	11	—	65	279	2	4.3	3.1	17	26.2	1	6
2013	25	HOU	14	7*	181	771	4	4.3	2.2	34	18.8	2	10.4
2014	26	MIN	11	0*	119	371	4	3.1	3.4	18	15.1	0	7.3
Career			51	7*	540	2,363	14	4.4	—	122	—	6	35

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2011	23	HOU	15	—	19	13	98	68.4%	7.5	5.2	—	4
2012	24	HOU	11	—	11	11	49	100.0%	4.5	4.5	—	2
2013	25	HOU	14	7*	49	34	140	69.4%	4.1	2.9	—	1
2014	26	MIN	11	0*	12	9	60	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	3
Career			51	7*	91	67	347	73.6%	5.2	3.8	—	10

* 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	25	HOU	14	7*	481	50.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	26	CLE	11	0*	283	38.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			25	7*	764	—	—	—	—	—

* 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
2011	23	—	—	—	—	0.8	0.6	24
2012	24	—	—	—	—	1.4	-0.8	9
2013	25	—	—	7*	—	-16.4	-11.4	-34
2014	26	—	—	0*	—	-21.9	-8.8	17
Career				7*	—	—	—	16

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 59 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 63.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 46.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 62elite 702014

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #427 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2013 HOU·2 team wins#23

Rushing Yards · 771 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

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

-14.17 EPA/season over 4 seasons45

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.757 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.757Touch rate0.473EPA/snap-0.077Snap share44.4%Off snaps764Emerging

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 · 2010

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

RB · 2010 class

4.34s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 98thClass Pos 94thClass All 98th

40.5"

Vertical

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 96thClass Pos 90thClass All 95th

124"

Broad Jump

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 82thClass Pos 93thClass All 90th

26 reps

Bench

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 79thClass Pos 97thClass All 77th

6.91s

3-Cone

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 80thClass Pos 54thClass All 73th

4.12s

Shuttle

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 86thClass Pos 96thClass All 91th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.4 regular season → 3.6 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-19%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att16Yds57Y/A3.61D31D%18.8

Receiving

Tgt4Rec2Yds9Ctch%50.0%Y/R4.5Y/Tgt2.3

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-2.3Rec EPA-5.0Rec AirYd3

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #58

#50Javier ArenasCB #51Toby GerhartRB #52Jason WorildsOLB #53Jermaine CunninghamLB #54Carlos DunlapDE #55Sean LeeOLB #56Mike NealOLB #57Terrence CodyNT #59Montario HardestyRB #60Golden TateWR #61Vladimir DucasseG #62Brandon SpikesLB #63Pat AngererILB #64Charles BrownOT #65Jerome MurphyDB #66Amari SpieveyS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ben inherited the Houston Texans RB room from Arian Foster (2009–2015), and handed it to Jonathan Grimes (2013–2016).

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

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014team change
Joined MIN (from HOU)
2014final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2010draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 2, Pick 58

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 220 lb

Frame

220 lb at 4.34s

Size-speed

40.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

26 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	CLE	2	W2Out· KneeW3Out· Knee
2012	HOU	3	W5Questionable· ToeW9Out· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW11Out· HamstringW12Questionable· Hamstring
2011	HOU	0	W5Questionable· Groin

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 65

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

B+2011

C+2012

B2013

C+2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

80%

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
2011	942	62.8	1,083+141	63.7
2012	279	25.4	495+216	29.1
2013	771	55.1	999+228	58.8
2014	371	33.7	620+249	36.5

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

48 career value over replacement — #2099 all-time of 4,642. 12/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #58 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2010 · +12.1 vs expected KV-H

59actual

46.9 expected · Δ+12.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #58

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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