Chris Wells is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Wells in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Wells's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
47 career value over replacement — #2160 all-time of 4,695. 11.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
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Pick #31 (Rd 1) · ARI · 2009 · +5.2 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 2009 | 21 | ARI | 16 | — | 176 | 793 | 7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 39 | 22.2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 143 | 0 | 75.0% | 11.9 | 8.9 | — | 5 |
| 2010 | 22 | ARI | 13 | — | 116 | 397 | 2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 18 | 15.5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 62.5% | 14.8 | 9.3 | — | 3 |
| 2011 | 23 | ARI | 14 | — | 245 | 1,047 | 10 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 48 | 19.6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 62.5% | 5.2 | 3.3 | — | 1 |
| 2012 | 24 | ARI | 8 | — | 88 | 234 | 5 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 11 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 100.0% | 24.0 | 24.0 | — | 1 |
| Career | — | 51 | — | 625 | 2,471 | 24 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 116 | 18.6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 293 | 0 | 68.3% | 10.5 | 7.1 | — | 10 | |
4 seasons · peak 2.7 in 2011
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.4 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2011 · +0.2 wins
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 63.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%
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Latest season · 2012 · −0.2 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#274 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)