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Benny Snell

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Benny Snell

Top 49% all-time RBsDurable Contributor🏆 Clutch · +96% playoffs

Height5'10"

Weight224 lb

BornFeb 27, 1998

Age28

CollegeKentucky See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 4, Pick 122 · PIT

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A running back who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 13 · #3426 · Role Player

Worth 13 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 75% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+6.5

Avg surplus

peak +7

2 seasons × ~6.5 surplus ≈ VORP 13

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%
2019	—	PIT	11	—	108	426	2	3.9	1.9	19	17.6	1	4	3	23	0	75.0%	7.7	5.8	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	166	25.1%	—	0.0%	183	56.0%
2020	—	PIT	15	—	111	368	4	3.3	3.6	25	22.5	1	14	10	61	0	71.4%	6.1	4.4	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	281	27.1%	—	0.0%	198	43.1%
2020	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	PIT	13	—	36	98	0	2.7	0.0	2	5.6	0	4	2	13	0	50.0%	6.5	3.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	110	11.1%	—	0.0%	326	66.9%
2022	—	PIT	3	—	20	90	1	4.5	5.0	6	30.0	0	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	15.8%	—	0.0%	284	64.7%
Career		—	43	—	275	982	7	3.6	2.5	52	18.9	2	24	17	114	0	70.8%	6.7	4.8	—	4	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	599	19.7%	—	0.0%	991	57.7%

Career EPA-56.2·-50 rushing · -7 receiving·-14.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2019	21	PIT	11	0*	108	426	2	3.9	1.9	19	17.6	1	5.9
2020	22	PIT	15	0*	111	368	4	3.3	3.6	25	22.5	1	8.2
2021	23	PIT	13	0*	36	98	0	2.7	0.0	2	5.6	0	3.9
2022	24	PIT	3	0*	20	90	1	4.5	5.0	6	30.0	0	—
Career			42		275	982	7	3.6	—	52	—	2	18

* 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
2019	21	PIT	11	0*	4	3	23	0	75.0%	7.7	5.8	—	0
2020	22	PIT	15	0*	14	10	61	0	71.4%	6.1	4.4	—	3
2021	23	PIT	13	0*	4	2	13	0	50.0%	6.5	3.3	—	0
2022	24	PIT	3	0*	2	2	17	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	1
Career			42		24	17	114	0	70.8%	6.7	4.8	—	4

* 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%
2019	21	PIT	13	0*	166	25.1%	—	0.0%	183	56.0%
2020	22	PIT	16	0*	281	27.1%	—	0.0%	198	43.1%
2021	23	PIT	17	0*	110	11.1%	—	0.0%	326	66.9%
2022	24	PIT	17	0*	42	15.8%	—	0.0%	284	64.7%
Career			63		599	—	—	—	991	—

* 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
2019	21	—	—	0*	—	-12.9	-0.9	0	-2
2020	22	—	—	0*	—	-29.9	-5.0	0	-27
2021	23	—	—	0*	—	-11.2	-2.2	0	-4
2022	24	—	—	0*	—	4.3	1.6	0	-1
Career					—	—	—	0	-34

* 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
2019	21	PIT	13	0*	125	1.2	301	2.8	7	15.4	19
2020	22	PIT	16	0*	160	1.4	208	1.9	6	18.5	25
2021	23	PIT	17	0*	56	1.6	42	1.2	3	12.0	3
2022	24	PIT	17	0*	54	2.7	36	1.8	0	—	6
Career			63		395	—	587	—	16	—	53

* 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
2019	21	PIT	13	0*	-0.5	0.3	7.3	0	0	0.0	0	88.5
2020	22	PIT	16	0*	-1.9	-2.7	8.8	2	0	0.0	3	50.0
2021	23	PIT	17	0*	-1.0	-3.5	10.0	0	2	0.5	0	57.3
2022	24	PIT	17	0*	-0.5	-0.5	9.0	1	0	0.0	1	102.1
Career			63		—	—	—	3	2	—	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 46 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 46 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

53

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 53 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 46· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 532021

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-14.05 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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

51

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.83 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.83Touch rate0.499EPA/snap-0.094Snap share19.7%Off snaps599VolatileCV 0.45

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 · 2019

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

RB · 2019 class

4.66s

40-Yard

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 49thClass Pos 26thClass All 51th

29.5"

Vertical

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 19thClass Pos 13thClass All 19th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 60thClass Pos 45thClass All 61th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 22thClass Pos 24thClass All 25th

7.07s

3-Cone

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 61thClass Pos 62thClass All 66th

4.33s

Shuttle

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 51thClass Pos 27thClass All 47th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 3.6 regular season → 7.0 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+96%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds28Y/A7.01D31D%75.0

Receiving

Tgt4Rec3Yds20Ctch%75.0%Y/R6.7Y/Tgt5.01D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA3.1Rec EPA-5.6Rec AirYd3

College Stats

KentuckyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kentucky), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #122

#114Dru SamiaG #115Christian MillerLB #116Amani HookerSAF #117Austin BryantDE #118Hjalte FroholdtG #119Sheldrick RedwineDB #120Gary JenningsWR #121Trevon WescoTE #123Ben PowersG #124Phil HaynesG #125Renell WrenDT #126Riley RidleyWR #127Iman MarshallCB #128Tony PollardRB #130Drue TranquillLB #131Wes MartinG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Benny inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from Jaylen Samuels (2018–2020), and handed it to Najee Harris (2021–2024).

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

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Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2019draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 4, Pick 122

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 224 lb

Frame

224 lb at 4.66s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	PIT	3	W9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Out· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

46

peak 53

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

C+2019

C+2020

C2021

Availability

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

95%

20192022

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
2019	426	38.7	668+242	39.3
2020	368	24.5	412+44	24.3
2021	98	7.5	117+19	6.9

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

13 career value over replacement — #3426 all-time of 4,642. 4.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #122 (Rd 4) · PIT · 2019 · +12.5 vs expected KV-H

46actual

33.5 expected · Δ+12.5

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