Clyde Edwards-Helaire NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Clyde Edwards-Helaire

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Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Top 32% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +37% playoffs

Height5'7"

Weight207 lb

BornApr 11, 1999

Age27

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 1, Pick 32 · KC

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 31 · #2616 · Role Player

Worth 31 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 57% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+7.8

Avg surplus

peak +18

4 seasons × ~7.8 surplus ≈ VORP 31

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%
2020	—	KC	13	—	181	803	4	4.4	2.2	39	21.5	0	54	36	297	1	66.7%	8.3	5.5	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	542	59.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	KC	10	—	119	517	4	4.3	3.4	21	17.6	2	23	19	129	2	82.6%	6.8	5.6	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	342	51.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	—	KC	10	—	71	302	3	4.3	4.2	15	21.1	0	23	17	151	3	73.9%	8.9	6.6	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	224	32.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	—	KC	15	—	70	223	1	3.2	1.4	12	17.1	0	22	17	188	1	77.3%	11.1	8.5	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	227	22.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	NO	2	—	13	46	0	3.5	0.0	2	15.4	0	5	3	24	0	60.0%	8.0	4.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44	35.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	—	KC	2	—	7	13	0	1.9	0.0	1	14.3	0	2	2	9	0	100.0%	4.5	4.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	10.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	53	—	461	1,904	12	4.1	2.6	90	19.5	2	129	94	798	7	72.9%	8.5	6.2	—	39	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,398	35.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA-17.1·-33 rushing · 16 receiving·-3.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	21	KC	13	8*	181	803	4	4.4	2.2	39	21.5	0	12.1
2021	22	KC	10	5*	119	517	4	4.3	3.4	21	17.6	2	8.4
2022	23	KC	10	0*	71	302	3	4.3	4.2	15	21.1	0	8.4
2023	24	KC	15	0*	70	223	1	3.2	1.4	12	17.1	0	7.6
2024	25	NO	2	—	13	46	0	3.5	0.0	2	15.4	0	—
2025	26	KC	2	—	7	13	0	1.9	0.0	1	14.3	0	—
Career			52	13*	461	1,904	12	4.1	—	90	—	2	36.5

* 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
2020	21	KC	13	8*	54	36	297	1	66.7%	8.3	5.5	—	12
2021	22	KC	10	5*	23	19	129	2	82.6%	6.8	5.6	—	8
2022	23	KC	10	0*	23	17	151	3	73.9%	8.9	6.6	—	11
2023	24	KC	15	0*	22	17	188	1	77.3%	11.1	8.5	—	7
2024	25	NO	2	—	5	3	24	0	60.0%	8.0	4.8	—	1
2025	26	KC	2	—	2	2	9	0	100.0%	4.5	4.5	—	0
Career			52	13*	129	94	798	7	72.9%	8.5	6.2	—	39

* 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%
2020	21	KC	13	8*	542	59.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	22	KC	10	5*	342	51.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	23	KC	10	0*	224	32.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	24	KC	15	0*	227	22.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	25	NO	2	—	44	35.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	26	KC	2	—	19	10.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			52	13*	1,398	—	—	—	—	—

* 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
2020	21	—	—	8*	—	-9.3	2.1	0	33
2021	22	—	—	5*	—	-8.8	-1.0	0	-53
2022	23	—	—	0*	—	2.0	10.2	0	10
2023	24	—	—	0*	—	-14.8	3.8	0	-54
2024	25	—	—	—	—	-2.0	0.5	0	-4
Career				13*	—	—	—	0	-68

* 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
2020	21	KC	13	8*	419	2.3	384	2.1	15	12.1	39
2021	22	KC	10	5*	309	2.6	208	1.7	7	17.0	21
2022	23	KC	10	0*	134	1.9	168	2.4	3	23.7	15
2023	24	KC	15	0*	145	2.1	78	1.1	4	17.5	12
2024	25	NO	2	—	17	1.3	29	2.2	3	4.3	2
2025	26	KC	2	—	3	0.4	10	1.4	0	—	1
Career			52	13*	1,027	—	877	—	32	—	90

* 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
2020	21	KC	13	8*	0.6	0.1	8.2	10	3	0.1	12	79.0
2021	22	KC	10	5*	-2.3	-2.1	8.9	0	1	0.0	8	100.9
2022	23	KC	10	0*	0.4	0.4	8.5	3	1	0.0	11	130.6
2023	24	KC	15	0*	-2.5	-2.4	13.4	5	1	0.0	7	98.3
2024	25	NO	2	—	-0.8	-3.7	11.7	1	1	0.2	1	72.1
2025	26	KC	2	—	-2.0	-2.0	6.5	0	0	0.0	0	85.4
Career			52	13*	—	—	—	19	7	—	39	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

58

Sustained

career value

×.6

60

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43.1

Availability 14.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 582023

All-Time Standing

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

13

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader10

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-3.42 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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

55

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.933 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.933Touch rate0.422EPA/snap-0.012Snap share35.1%Off snaps1,398ConsistentCV 0.16

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 · 2020

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

RB · 2020 class

4.60s

40-Yard

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 58thClass Pos 35thClass All 59th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 93thClass Pos 89thClass All 93th

123"

Broad Jump

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 78thClass Pos 67thClass All 64th

15 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 17thClass Pos 21thClass All 19th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 5.6 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+37%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,702

1,904 rush · 798 recv

Total TDs

19

12 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

555

461 carries · 94 rec

Yds / Touch

4.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att39Yds220TD1Y/A5.6TD%2.61D131D%33.3Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt13Rec9Yds43Ctch%69.2%Y/R4.8Y/Tgt3.31D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.6Rec EPA-3.6Rec AirYd7

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #32

#24Cesar RuizC #25Brandon AiyukWR #26Jordan LoveQB #27Jordyn BrooksLB #28Patrick QueenLB #29Isaiah WilsonOT #30Noah IgbinogheneCB #31Jeff GladneyCB #33Tee HigginsWR #34Michael PittmanWR #35D'Andre SwiftRB #36Xavier McKinneySAF #37Kyle DuggerSAF #38Yetur Gross-MatosDE #39Robert HuntOT #40Ross BlacklockDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Clyde inherited the Kansas City Chiefs RB room from Darrel Williams (2018–2021), and handed it to Jerick McKinnon (2021–2023).

Jim Hadnot 1980–1983Joe Delaney 1981–1982Billy Jackson 1981–1984Herman Heard 1984–1989Larry Moriarty 1986–1988Paul Palmer

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Earnest Byner

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined KC (from NO)
2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2024team change
Joined NO (from KC)
2020draft
Drafted by KC — Round 1, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'7" / 207 lb

Frame

207 lb at 4.60s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	KC	0	W5Doubtful· Illness
2023	KC	1	W2Questionable· IllnessW9Out· IllnessW17Questionable· Illness
2021	KC	1	W11Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· IllnessW17Questionable· ShoulderW18Out· ShoulderW19Out· Shoulder
2020	KC	2	W13Questionable· IllnessW16Out· AnkleW17Out· AnkleW19Questionable· Ankle / HipW20Questionable· Ankle / 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 4-season peers. See all →

55

peak 60

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

B2020

B2021

C+2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

51%

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
2020	803	61.8	1,054+251	62
2021	517	51.7	877+360	51.6
2022	302	30.2	519+217	30.5
2023	223	14.9	238+15	14

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

31 career value over replacement — #2616 all-time of 4,642. 7.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 1) · KC · 2020 · +0.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

54.9 expected · Δ+0.1

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