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

RBCHI#44ACT

Curtis Enis

Top 32% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter⭐ Shooting Star · 1999 Team Carrier · #506

Height6'0"

Weight250 lb

BornJun 15, 1976

Age50

CollegePenn State See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 1, Pick 5 · CHI

Archetype Intelligence

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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 41 · #2297 · Above Average

Worth 41 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 50% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.5

Avg surplus

peak +24

2 seasons × ~20.5 surplus ≈ VORP 41

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1998	—	CHI	9	—	133	497	0	3.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	6	20	0	—	3.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CHI	15	—	282	888	3	3.1	1.1	53	18.8	3	68	45	340	2	66.2%	7.6	5.0	—	15	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-57.5	-8.8	0	0
2000	—	CHI	11	—	36	84	1	2.3	2.8	4	11.1	0	11	8	68	0	72.7%	8.5	6.2	—	5	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-7.8	3.1	0	0
Career		—	35	—	451	1,469	4	3.3	0.9	—	—	—	79	59	428	2	74.7%	7.3	5.4	—	—	—	-65.3	-5.7	0	0

Career EPA-71.0·-65 rushing · -6 receiving·-35.5/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1998	22	CHI	9	—	133	497	0	3.7	0.0	—	—	—	5.5
1999	23	CHI	15	—	282	888	3	3.1	1.1	53	18.8	3	15.1
2000	24	CHI	11	—	36	84	1	2.3	2.8	4	11.1	0	5.2
Career			35		451	1,469	4	3.3	—	—	—	—	25.8

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	22	CHI	9	—	—	6	20	0	—	3.3	—	—	—
1999	23	CHI	15	—	68	45	340	2	66.2%	7.6	5.0	—	15
2000	24	CHI	11	—	11	8	68	0	72.7%	8.5	6.2	—	5
Career			35		79	59	428	2	74.7%	7.3	5.4	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-57.5	-8.8
2000	24	—	—	—	—	-7.8	3.1
Career					—	—	—

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 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 49.7

Availability 15.3

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 64elite 702000

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #506 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

1999 CHI·6 team wins#18

Rushing Yards · 888 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader8

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-35.49 EPA/season over 2 seasons38

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: 87%.

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+).

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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 #5

#1Mike WahleG #1Peyton ManningQB #2Jamal WilliamsNT #2Ryan LeafQB #3Andre WadsworthDE #4Charles WoodsonFS #6Grant WistromDE #7Kyle TurleyOT #8Greg EllisDE #9Fred TaylorRB #10Duane StarksDB #11Tra ThomasOT #12Keith BrookingMLB #13Takeo SpikesILB #14Jason PeterDE #15Anthony SimmonsOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Curtis inherited the Chicago Bears RB room from Edgar Bennett (1998–1999), and handed it to James Allen (1998–2001).

Matt Suhey 1980–1989Dennis Gentry 1982–1992Thomas Sanders 1985–1989Neal Anderson 1986–1993Brad Muster 1988–1992Mark Green

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2000final season
Last recorded season with CHI
1998draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 250 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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

B1998

B+1999

C+2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

73%

19982000

1998 · cause not documented · 56%

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	497	55.2	1,242+745	73
1999	888	59.2	1,203+315	70.8
2000	84	7.6	344+260	20.2

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

Career Value · VORP

41 career value over replacement — #2297 all-time of 4,642. 13.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #5 (Rd 1) · CHI · 1998 · -6.8 vs expected KV-H

55actual

61.8 expected · Δ−6.8

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #5

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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