Cedric Benson packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 75 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

RBGB#32RES

Cedric Benson

Top 9% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +16% playoffsTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #120

Height5'11"

Weight227 lb

BornDec 28, 1982

Age43

CollegeTexas See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 4 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

79thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·3 99thPlayoff Rushing Yards·287 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 10% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 117 · #902 · High-Value

Worth 117 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.7

Avg surplus

peak +28

7 seasons × ~16.7 surplus ≈ VORP 117

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
2005	—	CHI	9	—	67	272	0	4.1	0.0	12	17.9	1	1	1	3	0	100.0%	3.0	3.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-17.6	-0.2	0	0
2006	—	CHI	15	—	157	647	6	4.1	3.8	33	21.0	0	8	8	54	0	100.0%	6.8	6.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8	3.3	0	-14
2007	—	CHI	11	—	197	678	4	3.4	2.0	33	16.8	2	17	17	123	0	100.0%	7.2	7.2	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-37.4	6.9	0	4
2008	—	CIN	12	—	214	747	2	3.5	0.9	36	16.8	1	20	20	185	0	100.0%	9.3	9.3	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-35.7	4.1	0	-7
2009	—	CIN	13	—	301	1,251	6	4.2	2.0	57	18.9	0	24	17	111	0	70.8%	6.5	4.6	—	5	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-20.7	-2.3	0	-7
2010	—	CIN	16	—	321	1,111	7	3.5	2.2	59	18.4	5	37	28	178	1	75.7%	6.4	4.8	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-64.6	2.4	0	20
2011	—	CIN	15	—	273	1,067	6	3.9	2.2	53	19.4	2	22	15	82	0	68.2%	5.5	3.7	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-28.1	-0.6	0	10
2012	—	GB	5	—	71	248	1	3.5	1.4	10	14.1	0	15	14	97	0	93.3%	6.9	6.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NO	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.8	6.5	0	-6
Career		—	102	—	1,601	6,021	32	3.8	2.0	293	18.3	11	144	120	833	1	83.3%	6.9	5.8	—	34	8	7	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-212.6	20.1	0	0

Career EPA-192.5·-213 rushing · 20 receiving·-24.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2005	23	CHI	9	—	67	272	0	4.1	0.0	12	17.9	1	3.8
2006	24	CHI	15	—	157	647	6	4.1	3.8	33	21.0	0	10.3
2007	25	CHI	11	—	197	678	4	3.4	2.0	33	16.8	2	8.2
2008	26	CIN	12	—	214	747	2	3.5	0.9	36	16.8	1	8.6
2009	27	CIN	13	—	301	1,251	6	4.2	2.0	57	18.9	0	12.4
2010	28	CIN	16	—	321	1,111	7	3.5	2.2	59	18.4	5	14.8
2011	29	CIN	15	—	273	1,067	6	3.9	2.2	53	19.4	2	12.8
2012	30	GB	5	—	71	248	1	3.5	1.4	10	14.1	0	4
Career			96		1,601	6,021	32	3.8	—	293	—	11	74.9

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2005	23	CHI	9	—	1	1	3	0	100.0%	3.0	3.0	—	0
2006	24	CHI	15	—	8	8	54	0	100.0%	6.8	6.8	—	2
2007	25	CHI	11	—	17	17	123	0	100.0%	7.2	7.2	—	5
2008	26	CIN	12	—	20	20	185	0	100.0%	9.3	9.3	—	6
2009	27	CIN	13	—	24	17	111	0	70.8%	6.5	4.6	—	5
2010	28	CIN	16	—	37	28	178	1	75.7%	6.4	4.8	—	9
2011	29	CIN	15	—	22	15	82	0	68.2%	5.5	3.7	—	3
2012	30	GB	5	—	15	14	97	0	93.3%	6.9	6.5	—	4
Career			96		144	120	833	1	83.3%	6.9	5.8	—	34

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2008	26	CLE	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2009	27	CIN	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2011	29	BAL	2	—	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2012	30	NO	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			8		8	7	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2005	23	—	—	—	—	-17.6	-0.2	0
2006	24	—	—	—	—	-1.8	3.3	-14
2007	25	—	—	—	—	-37.4	6.9	4
2008	26	—	—	—	—	-35.7	4.1	-7
2009	27	—	—	—	—	-20.7	-2.3	-7
2010	28	—	—	—	—	-64.6	2.4	20
2011	29	—	—	—	—	-28.1	-0.6	10
2012	30	—	—	—	—	-6.8	6.5	-6
Career					—	—	—	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 49.9

Availability 16.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 63elite 702012

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #120 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2010 CIN·4 team wins#13

Rushing Yards · 1,111 · score 39

2010 CIN·4 team wins#13

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 39

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 33% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

33% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader33

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

-24.06 EPA/season over 8 seasons42

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%.

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 · 2005

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

RB · 2005 class

4.62s

40-Yard

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 55thClass Pos 31thClass All 57th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 3.8 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+16%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

6,854

6,021 rush · 833 recv

Total TDs

32 rush · 1 recv

Total Touches

1,721

1,601 carries · 120 rec

Yds / Touch

4.0

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att66Yds287TD3Y/A4.3TD%4.51D141D%21.2Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt8Rec7Yds34Ctch%87.5%Y/R4.9Y/Tgt4.31D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-2.7Rec EPA-1.4Rec AirYd7

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #4

#1Manuel WrightDT #2Ronnie BrownRB #3Braylon EdwardsWR #5Cadillac WilliamsRB #6Adam JonesDB #7Troy WilliamsonWR #8Antrel RolleS #9Carlos RogersCB #11DeMarcus WareOLB #12Shawne MerrimanDE #13Jammal BrownOT #14Thomas DavisOLB #15Derrick JohnsonLB #16Travis JohnsonDE #17David PollackLB #18Erasmus JamesDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cedric inherited the Cincinnati Bengals RB room from Kenny Watson (2004–2008), and handed it to Bernard Scott (2009–2012).

Larry Kinnebrew 1983–1987Stanford Jennings 1984–1990James Brooks 1984–1991Ickey Woods 1988–1991Craig Taylor 1989–1991Eric Ball

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012team change
Joined GB (from CIN)
2012final season
Last recorded season with GB
2008team change
Joined CIN (from CHI)
2005draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 1, Pick 4

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 227 lb

Frame

222 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	CIN	0	W11Questionable· Foot
2009	CIN	0	W11Doubtful· HipW12Questionable· Hip

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 75

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

C+2005

B2006

B2007

B2008

B+2009

B+2010

B+2011

D2012

Availability

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

75%

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
2005	272	30.2	525+253	30.9
2006	647	43.1	662+15	38.9
2007	678	61.6	938+260	55.2
2008	747	62.3	947+200	55.7
2009	1,251	96.2	1,502+251	88.3
2010	1,111	69.4	1,145+34	67.3
2011	1,067	71.1	1,215+148	71.5
2012	248	49.6	891+643	52.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

117 career value over replacement — #902 all-time of 4,642. 14.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet55% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · CHI · 2005 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

70actual

61.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #4

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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