C.J. Spiller NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

C.J. Spiller

RBKC#26ACT

C.J. Spiller

1× Pro BowlTop 15% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #274

Height5'11"

Weight200 lb

BornAug 5, 1987

Age38

CollegeClemson See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · BUF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 71 · #1598 · Above Average

Worth 71 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

5

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+14.2

Avg surplus

peak +29

5 seasons × ~14.2 surplus ≈ VORP 71

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%
2010	—	BUF	14	—	74	283	0	3.8	0.0	10	13.5	1	32	24	157	1	75.0%	6.5	4.9	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BUF	16	—	107	561	4	5.2	3.7	26	24.3	0	53	39	269	2	73.6%	6.9	5.1	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BUF	16	—	207	1,244	6	6.0	2.9	52	25.1	2	57	43	459	2	75.4%	10.7	8.1	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	15	—	202	933	2	4.6	1.0	26	12.9	1	40	33	185	0	82.5%	5.6	4.6	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	389	36.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	BUF	9	—	78	300	0	3.8	0.0	12	15.4	1	22	19	125	1	86.4%	6.6	5.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	186	31.7%	—	0.0%	31	14.7%
2015	—	NO	13	—	36	112	0	3.1	0.0	5	13.9	0	44	34	239	2	77.3%	7.0	5.4	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	200	21.5%	—	0.0%	29	17.2%
2016	—	NYJ	5	—	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	13	6	50	1	46.2%	8.3	3.8	—	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	55	15.5%	—	0.0%	20	13.8%
2017	—	KC	1	—	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	19.0%	—	0.0%	5	16.0%
Career		—	90	—	712	3,451	12	4.8	1.7	133	18.7	5	263	198	1,484	9	75.3%	7.5	5.6	—	69	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	842	24.8%	—	0.0%	85	15.4%

Career EPA-30.3·-29 rushing · -1 receiving·-3.8/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2010	23	BUF	14	—	74	283	0	3.8	0.0	10	13.5	1	8.2
2011	24	BUF	16	—	107	561	4	5.2	3.7	26	24.3	0	14.6
2012	25	BUF	16	—	207	1,244	6	6.0	2.9	52	25.1	2	19.1
2013	26	BUF	15	0*	202	933	2	4.6	1.0	26	12.9	1	10.6
2014	27	BUF	9	0*	78	300	0	3.8	0.0	12	15.4	1	6
2015	28	NO	13	0*	36	112	0	3.1	0.0	5	13.9	0	8.4
2016	29	NYJ	5	0*	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	2.7
2017	30	KC	1	—	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			89		712	3,451	12	4.8	—	133	—	5	69.6

* 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
2010	23	BUF	14	—	32	24	157	1	75.0%	6.5	4.9	—	7
2011	24	BUF	16	—	53	39	269	2	73.6%	6.9	5.1	—	17
2012	25	BUF	16	—	57	43	459	2	75.4%	10.7	8.1	—	19
2013	26	BUF	15	0*	40	33	185	0	82.5%	5.6	4.6	—	5
2014	27	BUF	9	0*	22	19	125	1	86.4%	6.6	5.7	—	6
2015	28	NO	13	0*	44	34	239	2	77.3%	7.0	5.4	—	13
2016	29	NYJ	5	0*	13	6	50	1	46.2%	8.3	3.8	—	2
2017	30	KC	1	—	2	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
Career			89		263	198	1,484	9	75.3%	7.5	5.6	—	69

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2010	23	NE	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2016	29	NYJ	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
Career			2		2	2	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	1	—	0	0

* 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	26	BUF	15	0*	389	36.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	27	BUF	9	0*	186	31.7%	—	0.0%	31	14.7%
2015	28	NO	13	0*	200	21.5%	—	0.0%	29	17.2%
2016	29	NYJ	6	0*	55	15.5%	—	0.0%	20	13.8%
2017	30	KC	1	—	12	19.0%	—	0.0%	5	16.0%
Career			44		842	—	—	—	85	—

* 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
2010	23	—	—	—	—	-15.8	0.2	0	59
2011	24	—	—	—	—	10.7	-4.4	0	131
2012	25	—	—	—	—	21.8	8.3	0	19
2013	26	—	—	0*	—	-15.6	-6.9	0	-39
2014	27	—	—	0*	—	-16.9	3.6	0	-58
2015	28	—	—	0*	—	-10.8	2.5	0	53
2016	29	—	—	0*	—	-1.1	-1.7	0	76
2017	30	—	—	—	—	-1.3	-2.8	0	2
Career					—	—	—	0	243

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

60

Sustained

career value

×.6

71

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 43

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 56elite 702016

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #274 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

36

3 qualifying seasons

2012 BUF·6 team wins#8

Rushing Yards · 1,244 · score 18

2013 BUF·6 team wins#15

Rushing Yards · 933 · score 11

2012 BUF·6 team wins#19

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 7

All-Time Standing

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

20

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader19

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-3.79 EPA/season over 8 seasons49

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

61

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.33 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.33Touch rate0.529EPA/snap-0.061Snap share24.8%Off snaps842VolatileCV 0.49

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

4.37s

40-Yard

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 96thClass Pos 83thClass All 96th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 33thClass All 31th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,935

3,451 rush · 1,484 recv

Total TDs

21

12 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

910

712 carries · 198 rec

Yds / Touch

5.4

rushing + receiving

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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #9

#1Sam BradfordQB #2Ndamukong SuhNT #3Gerald McCoyDT #4Trent WilliamsOT #5Eric BerryDB #6Russell OkungOT #7Joe HadenCB #8Rolando McClainMLB #10Tyson AlualuDE #12Ryan MathewsRB #13Brandon GrahamDE #14Earl ThomasFS #15Jason Pierre-PaulDE #16Derrick MorganOLB #17Mike IupatiG #18Maurkice PounceyC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

C.J. inherited the Buffalo Bills RB room from Fred Jackson (2007–2014), and handed it to LeSean McCoy (2015–2018).

Joe Cribbs 1980–1985Robb Riddick 1981–1988Booker Moore 1982–1985Greg Bell 1984–1987Ronnie Harmon 1986–1989Jamie Mueller

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Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined KC (from NYJ)
2017final season
Last recorded season with KC
2016team change
Joined NYJ (from NO)
2015team change
Joined NO (from BUF)
2010draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 200 lb

Frame

196 lb at 4.37s

Size-speed

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	NO	1	W1Out· KneeW2Questionable· Knee
2013	BUF	0	W5Questionable· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW8Doubtful· Ankle
2012	BUF	0	W4Questionable· Shoulder
2010	BUF	1	W11Out· HamstringW12Questionable· Hamstring

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 7-season peers. See all →

65

peak 71

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

C+2010

B2011

B+2012

B+2013

C+2014

C2015

F2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

70%

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
2010	283	20.2	376+93	22.1
2011	561	35.1	643+82	37.8
2012	1,244	77.8	1,351+107	79.5
2013	933	62.2	1,125+192	66.2
2014	300	33.3	613+313	36.1
2015	112	8.6	112	6.6
2016	18	3.6	4-14	0.3

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

71 career value over replacement — #1598 all-time of 4,642. 10.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2010 · +4.6 vs expected KV-H

65actual

60.4 expected · Δ+4.6

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