RBJAX#45ACT

Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala

Top 43% all-time RBsSolid Contributor📉 Fades · -43% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height6'0"

Weight252 lb

BornMar 4, 1977

Age49

CollegeUtah See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 6, Pick 178 · PIT

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 10 · #3603 · Role Player

Worth 10 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 79% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +10

1 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 10

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
1998	—	PIT	12	—	7	30	2	4.3	28.6	—	—	—	—	9	84	1	—	9.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PIT	1	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3	—	0	0
2000	—	PIT	6	—	20	144	1	7.2	5.0	6	30.0	0	16	11	107	0	68.8%	9.7	6.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.2	5.0	0	0
2001	—	PIT	13	—	120	453	3	3.8	2.5	27	22.5	0	20	16	127	1	80.0%	7.9	6.3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.6	-0.9	0	0
2002	—	PIT	6	—	23	115	0	5.0	0.0	5	21.7	0	3	2	12	0	66.7%	6.0	4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6	-3.7	0	0
2003	—	JAX	9	—	35	144	1	4.1	2.9	12	34.3	0	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.4	-0.3	0	0
2004	—	JAX	7	—	20	69	1	3.5	5.0	7	35.0	0	4	4	19	0	100.0%	4.8	4.8	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	-0.4	0	0
Career		—	57	—	226	959	8	4.2	3.5	57	25.2	0	44	43	351	2	97.7%	8.2	8.0	—	9	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	8.1	-0.3	0	0

Career EPA7.8·8 rushing·1.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1998	21	PIT	12	—	7	30	2	4.3	28.6	—	—	—	8.2
1999	22	PIT	1	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
2000	23	PIT	6	—	20	144	1	7.2	5.0	6	30.0	0	3.9
2001	24	PIT	13	—	120	453	3	3.8	2.5	27	22.5	0	9.6
2002	25	PIT	6	—	23	115	0	5.0	0.0	5	21.7	0	2.5
2003	26	JAX	9	—	35	144	1	4.1	2.9	12	34.3	0	4
2004	27	JAX	7	—	20	69	1	3.5	5.0	7	35.0	0	3.1
Career			54		226	959	8	4.2	—	57	—	0	31.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	21	PIT	12	—	—	9	84	1	—	9.3	—	—	—
2000	23	PIT	6	—	16	11	107	0	68.8%	9.7	6.7	—	6
2001	24	PIT	13	—	20	16	127	1	80.0%	7.9	6.3	—	3
2002	25	PIT	6	—	3	2	12	0	66.7%	6.0	4.0	—	0
2003	26	JAX	9	—	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
2004	27	JAX	7	—	4	4	19	0	100.0%	4.8	4.8	—	0
Career			53		44	43	351	2	97.7%	8.2	8.0	—	9

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	22	—	—	—	—	-0.3	—
2000	23	—	—	—	—	4.2	5.0
2001	24	—	—	—	—	-6.6	-0.9
2002	25	—	—	—	—	3.6	-3.7
2003	26	—	—	—	—	3.4	-0.3
2004	27	—	—	—	—	3.8	-0.4
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 49 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 47

On-field 35.4

Availability 11.6

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 442004

All-Time Standing

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

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

1.3 EPA/season over 6 seasons50

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: 89%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 2.4 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-43%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att14Yds34TD1Y/A2.4TD%7.11D31D%21.4

Receiving

Tgt7Rec3Yds25Ctch%42.9%Y/R8.3Y/Tgt3.61D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.1Rec EPA-2.6

College Stats

UtahCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah), 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.

1998 Draft Class· this player went #178

#165Damien RichardsonDB #166Elijah WilliamsDB #167Jason TuckerWR #169Bobby ShawWR #173Matt BirkC #174Chris BrazzellWR #175James CannidaDT #176Harold ShawFB #180Fred BeasleyFB #181Derrick RansomDT #182Kevin McLeodRB #183Dustin JohnsonRB #184Shevin SmithDB #187Matt HasselbeckQB #188Izell ReeseFS #189Patrick MannellyLS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chris inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from Richard Huntley (1998–2000), and handed it to Amos Zereoue (1999–2003).

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

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2003team change
Joined JAX (from PIT)
1998draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 6, Pick 178

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 252 lb

Frame

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 53

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

C+1998

D2000

B2001

D2002

C2003

D2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

48%

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
1998	30	2.5	305+275	17.9
2000	144	24	581+437	34.2
2001	453	34.8	683+230	40.2
2002	115	19.2	434+319	25.6
2003	144	16	361+217	21.3
2004	69	9.9	261+192	15.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

10 career value over replacement — #3603 all-time of 4,642. 1.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #178 (Rd 6) · PIT · 1998 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

49actual

26.9 expected · Δ+22.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #178

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator