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

RBBAL#39ACT

Danny Woodhead

Top 30% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #369

Height5'8"

Weight204 lb

BornJan 25, 1985

Age41

College

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping. Switch to Combined to fold the selected families into unified totals—yards from scrimmage, total TDs, touches.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2009	24–25	NYJ	7	—	15	64	0	4.3	0.0	2	13.3	0	14	8	87	0	57.1%	10.9	6.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	25–26	NE	14	—	97	547	5	5.6	5.2	23	23.7	1	44	34	379	1	77.3%	11.1	8.6	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	26–27	NE	14	—	77	351	1	4.6	1.3	18	23.4	0	31	18	157	0	58.1%	8.7	5.1	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	27–28	NE	15	—	76	301	4	4.0	5.3	19	25.0	0	55	40	446	3	72.7%	11.2	8.1	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	28–29	SD	16	—	106	429	2	4.0	1.9	26	24.5	1	87	76	605	6	87.4%	8.0	7.0	—	30	491	43.8%	—	0.0%	81	18.0%
2014	29–30	SD	3	—	15	38	0	2.5	0.0	2	13.3	0	6	5	34	0	83.3%	6.8	5.7	—	4	68	32.0%	—	0.0%	10	13.0%
2015	30–31	SD	16	—	98	336	3	3.4	3.1	21	21.4	0	106	80	755	6	75.5%	9.4	7.1	—	39	594	51.1%	—	0.0%	73	15.5%
2016	31–32	SD	2	—	19	116	0	6.1	0.0	6	31.6	0	8	6	35	1	75.0%	5.8	4.4	—	2	55	37.5%	—	0.0%	3	4.5%
2017	32–33	BAL	8	—	14	56	0	4.0	0.0	2	14.3	0	39	33	200	0	84.6%	6.1	5.1	—	9	157	28.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	95	—	517	2,238	15	4.3	2.9	119	23.0	2	390	300	2,698	17	76.9%	9.0	6.9	—	133	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2380 all-time of 4,666. 5.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Fan Rating

Rate Danny Woodhead — All-Time

Tap a star to rate

Explore More

Similar Players

Duke Johnson

94% match

Andre Ellington

92% match

Frank Gifford

92% match

Gerald Willhite

92% match

Kevin Faulk

92% match

Compare Danny Woodhead vs Player Report data error

ConferenceRocky Mountain Athletic

No production recorded2008

2008: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2009	24–25	NYJ	7	—	15	64	0	4.3	0.0	2	13.3	0	3.2
2010	25–26	NE	14	—	97	547	5	5.6	5.2	23	23.7	1	12.7
2011	26–27	NE	14	—	77	351	1	4.6	1.3	18	23.4	0	7.9
2012	27–28	NE	15	—	76	301	4	4.0	5.3	19	25.0	0	14.7
2013	28–29	SD	16	0*	106	429	2	4.0	1.9	26	24.5	1	15.6
2014	29–30	SD	3	—	15	38	0	2.5	0.0	2	13.3	0	—
2015	30–31	SD	16	8*	98	336	3	3.4	3.1	21	21.4	0	17
2016	31–32	SD	2	—	19	116	0	6.1	0.0	6	31.6	0	—
2017	32–33	BAL	8	0*	14	56	0	4.0	0.0	2	14.3	0	4.2
Career			95	8*	517	2,238	15	4.3	—	119	—	2	75.3

* 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
2009	24–25	NYJ	7	—	14	8	87	0	57.1%	10.9	6.2	—	4
2010	25–26	NE	14	—	44	34	379	1	77.3%	11.1	8.6	—	15
2011	26–27	NE	14	—	31	18	157	0	58.1%	8.7	5.1	—	8
2012	27–28	NE	15	—	55	40	446	3	72.7%	11.2	8.1	—	22
2013	28–29	SD	16	0*	87	76	605	6	87.4%	8.0	7.0	—	30
2014	29–30	SD	3	—	6	5	34	0	83.3%	6.8	5.7	—	4
2015	30–31	SD	16	8*	106	80	755	6	75.5%	9.4	7.1	—	39
2016	31–32	SD	2	—	8	6	35	1	75.0%	5.8	4.4	—	2
2017	32–33	BAL	8	0*	39	33	200	0	84.6%	6.1	5.1	—	9
Career			95	8*	390	300	2,698	17	76.9%	9.0	6.9	—	133

* 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%
2013	28–29	SD	16	0*	491	43.8%	—	0.0%	81	18.0%
2014	29–30	SD	3	—	68	32.0%	—	0.0%	10	13.0%
2015	30–31	SD	16	8*	594	51.1%	—	0.0%	73	15.5%
2016	31–32	SD	2	—	55	37.5%	—	0.0%	3	4.5%
2017	32–33	BAL	8	0*	157	28.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			45	8*	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W1	CIN	1	4	—	3	3	33	3.7
W11	GB	1	2	—	5	6	21	2.3
W12	HOU	4	22	—	4	4	23	4.5
W13	DET	3	9	—	2	2	14	2.3
W14	PIT	2	7	—	4	5	29	3.6
W15	CLE	1	1	—	6	7	31	3.2
W16	IND	1	8	—	5	6	33	4.1
W17	CIN	1	3	—	4	6	16	1.9

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–present · 8 games

Splits

10 games · 2016–2017

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows · 2 not classified

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	4	9	42	18	15	86	—	12.8
Away	4	5	14	21	18	114	—	12.8

2 of 10 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Wins / Losses2 rows · 2 not classified

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	6	11	46	28	25	155	—	20.1
Losses	2	3	10	11	8	45	—	5.5

2 of 10 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Regular season / Postseason1 row

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	10	33	172	47	39	235	1	46.7

By opponent9 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs CIN	2	2	7	9	7	49	—	5.6
vs CLE	1	1	1	7	6	31	—	3.2
vs DET	1	3	9

By month3 rows · 2 not classified

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
September	1	1	4	3	3	33	—	3.7
November	2	5	24	10	9	44	—	6.8
December	5	8

Division games2 rows · 2 not classified

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	4	5	15	21	17	109	—	12.4
Non-division	4	9	41	18	16	91	—	13.2

2 of 10 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 36.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 522017

2 of 10 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Rush Yds career shape vs similar running backs

2009-2017

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rush Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W1	CIN	1	4	—	3	3	33	3.7
W11	GB	1	2	—	5	6	21	2.3
W12	HOU	4	22	—	4	4	23	4.5
W13	DET	3	9	—	2	2	14	2.3
W14	PIT	2	7	—	4	5	29	3.6
W15	CLE	1	1	—	6	7	31	3.2
W16	IND	1	8	—	5	6	33	4.1
W17	CIN	1	3	—	4	6	16	1.9

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W1	CIN	1	4	—	3	3	33	3.7
W11	GB	1	2	—	5	6	21	2.3
W12	HOU	4	22	—	4	4	23	4.5
W13	DET	3	9	—	2	2	14	2.3
W14	PIT	2	7	—	4	5	29	3.6
W15	CLE	1	1	—	6	7	31	3.2
W16	IND	1	8	—	5	6	33	4.1
W17	CIN	1	3	—	4	6	16	1.9

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W1	CIN	1	4	—	3	3	33	3.7
W11	GB	1	2	—	5	6	21	2.3
W12	HOU	4	22	—	4	4	23	4.5
W13	DET	3	9	—	2	2	14	2.3
W14	PIT	2	7	—	4	5	29	3.6
W15	CLE	1	1	—	6	7	31	3.2
W16	IND	1	8	—	5	6	33	4.1
W17	CIN	1	3	—	4	6	16	1.9