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Chris Carson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Carson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carson a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Chris Carson

RBSEA#32RSR

Chris Carson

Top 9% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -27% playoffs

Height5'11"

Weight222 lb

BornSep 16, 1994

Age31

CollegeOklahoma State; Butler County JC See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 7, Pick 249 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 74 · #1537 · Above Average

Worth 74 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 34% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+24.7

Avg surplus

peak +30

3 seasons × ~24.7 surplus ≈ VORP 74

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%
2017	—	SEA	4	—	49	208	0	4.2	0.0	11	22.4	0	8	7	59	1	87.5%	8.4	7.4	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	153	55.5%	—	0.0%	4	11.0%
2018	—	SEA	14	—	247	1,151	9	4.7	3.6	61	24.7	2	24	20	163	0	83.3%	8.2	6.8	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	454	49.3%	—	0.0%	12	8.0%
2018	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	SEA	15	—	278	1,230	7	4.4	2.5	75	27.0	3	47	37	266	2	78.7%	7.2	5.7	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	723	69.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	—	SEA	12	—	141	681	5	4.8	3.5	43	30.5	0	46	37	287	4	80.4%	7.8	6.2	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	403	51.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	SEA	4	—	54	232	3	4.3	5.6	11	20.4	1	6	6	29	0	100.0%	4.8	4.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	124	57.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	50	—	769	3,502	24	4.6	3.1	201	26.1	6	131	107	804	7	81.7%	7.5	6.1	—	35	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,857	56.6%	—	0.0%	16	9.5%

Career EPA-15.3·-15 rushing·-3.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2017	23	SEA	4	2*	49	208	0	4.2	0.0	11	22.4	0	3.1
2018	24	SEA	14	0*	247	1,151	9	4.7	3.6	61	24.7	2	13.2
2019	25	SEA	15	10*	278	1,230	7	4.4	2.5	75	27.0	3	15.4
2020	26	SEA	12	6*	141	681	5	4.8	3.5	43	30.5	0	13.5
2021	27	SEA	4	2*	54	232	3	4.3	5.6	11	20.4	1	3.4
Career			49	20*	769	3,502	24	4.6	—	201	—	6	48.6

* 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
2017	23	SEA	4	2*	8	7	59	1	87.5%	8.4	7.4	—	3
2018	24	SEA	14	0*	24	20	163	0	83.3%	8.2	6.8	—	7
2019	25	SEA	15	10*	47	37	266	2	78.7%	7.2	5.7	—	10
2020	26	SEA	12	6*	46	37	287	4	80.4%	7.8	6.2	—	14
2021	27	SEA	4	2*	6	6	29	0	100.0%	4.8	4.8	—	1
Career			49	20*	131	107	804	7	81.7%	7.5	6.1	—	35

* 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%
2017	23	SEA	4	2*	153	55.5%	—	0.0%	4	11.0%
2018	24	SEA	14	0*	454	49.3%	—	0.0%	12	8.0%
2019	25	SEA	15	10*	723	69.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	26	SEA	12	6*	403	51.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	27	SEA	4	2*	124	57.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			49	20*	1,857	—	—	—	16	—

* 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
2017	23	—	—	2*	—	-4.3	4.4	0	17
2018	24	—	—	0*	—	-0.3	3.5	0	-1
2019	25	—	—	10*	—	-25.6	4.8	0	-48
2020	26	—	—	6*	—	16.9	-12.4	0	61
2021	27	—	—	2*	—	-1.8	-0.5	0	-13
Career				20*	—	—	—	0	16

* 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
2018	24	SEA	14	0*	556	2.3	595	2.4	23	10.7	61
2019	25	SEA	15	10*	496	1.8	734	2.6	28	9.9	75
2020	26	SEA	12	6*	375	2.7	306	2.2	10	14.1	43
2021	27	SEA	4	2*	104	1.9	128	2.4	8	6.8	11
Career			45	18*	1,531	—	1,763	—	69	—	190

* 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
2018	24	SEA	14	0*	0.0	0.0	8.2	2	1	0.0	7	95.0
2019	25	SEA	15	10*	-0.6	-0.8	8.0	6	3	0.1	10	104.4
2020	26	SEA	12	6*	1.3	0.8	6.9	3	3	0.1	14	85.4
2021	27	SEA	4	2*	-2.2	-2.2	7.0	2	0	0.0	1	86.8
Career			45	18*	—	—	—	13	7	—	32	—

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

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 5 scored seasons.

67

Sustained

career value

×.6

75

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 80%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 52.3

Availability 14.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 56elite 702021

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

-3.05 EPA/season over 5 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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

67

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.319 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.319Touch rate0.485EPA/snap-0.008Snap share56.6%Off snaps1,857ConsistentCV 0.21

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 · 2017

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

RB · 2017 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 62thClass Pos 38thClass All 63th

37"

Vertical

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 81thClass Pos 83thClass All 88th

130"

Broad Jump

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 96thClass Pos 93thClass All 92th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 63thClass Pos 93thClass All 75th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 3.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-27%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,306

3,502 rush · 804 recv

Total TDs

31

24 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

876

769 carries · 107 rec

Yds / Touch

4.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att29Yds97Y/A3.31D31D%10.3

Receiving

Tgt5Rec3Yds4Ctch%60.0%Y/R1.3Y/Tgt0.8

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-7.7Rec EPA-4.3Rec AirYd20

College Stats

Oklahoma State; Butler County JCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oklahoma State; Butler County JC), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #249

#231Jylan WareOT #232Elijah LeeOLB #233Harrison ButkerK #234Ejuan PriceLB #235Joshua HolseyCB #237Isaiah FordWR #238Devante MaysRB #239Noah BrownWR #240Marquez WilliamsFB #242Elijah HoodRB #244Treyvon HesterDT #247Malachi DupreWR #250Pat O'ConnorDE #251Mason SchreckTE #252Matt DayesRB #253Chad KellyQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chris inherited the Seattle Seahawks RB room from Alex Collins (2016–2021), and handed it to Rashaad Penny (2018–2022).

David Hughes 1981–1985Curt Warner 1983–1989Randall Morris 1984–1988Derrick Fenner 1989–1991Chris Warren 1990–1997Tracy Johnson

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

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Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2017draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 7, Pick 249

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 222 lb

Frame

218 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

37" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	SEA	1	W5Questionable· NeckW6Out· Neck
2020	SEA	1	W4Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· FootW9Out· FootW10Questionable· FootW11Questionable· Foot
2018	SEA	0	W4Questionable· HipW9Questionable· HipW10Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

70

peak 75

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

F2017

B+2018

A2019

B2020

F2021

Availability

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

69%

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
2017	208	52	911+703	53.6
2018	1,151	82.2	1,456+305	85.6
2019	1,230	82	1,476+246	86.8
2020	681	56.8	968+287	56.9
2021	232	58	986+754	58

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

74 career value over replacement — #1537 all-time of 4,642. 14.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #249 (Rd 7) · SEA · 2017 · +47.5 vs expected KV-H

70actual

22.5 expected · Δ+47.5

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