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Derek Watt

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Derek Watt

Role Player📈 Late Developer · 2022Two-Way Profile

Height6'2"

Weight234 lb

BornNov 7, 1992

Age33

CollegeWisconsin See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 6, Pick 198 · LAC

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 0 · #4307 · Role Player

Worth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 94% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

0

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+0

Avg surplus

peak +0

0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0

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%
2016	—	LAC	6	—	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	4	4	83	0	100.0%	20.8	20.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LV	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	142	13.4%	—	0.0%	287	61.5%
2017	—	LAC	6	—	6	24	0	4.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	3	2	35	0	66.7%	17.5	11.7	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	142	13.3%	—	0.0%	336	78.4%
2018	—	LAC	4	—	4	11	0	2.8	0.0	1	25.0	0	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	146	15.0%	—	0.0%	221	59.4%
2019	—	LAC	8	—	7	10	1	1.4	14.3	6	85.7	0	5	3	32	0	60.0%	10.7	6.4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	122	11.8%	—	0.0%	326	78.2%
2020	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	1	52	8.2%	—	0.0%	213	61.3%
2021	—	PIT	4	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	3	3	15	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	7.8%	—	0.0%	332	68.1%
2022	—	PIT	10	—	9	21	1	2.3	11.1	8	88.9	0	5	5	11	1	100.0%	2.2	2.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77	6.7%	—	0.0%	290	66.1%
Career		—	56	—	29	71	2	2.4	6.9	20	69.0	0	21	18	178	1	85.7%	9.9	8.5	—	6	3	3	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	1	767	10.9%	—	0.0%	2,005	67.6%

Career EPA20.6·8 rushing · 12 receiving·3.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	24	LAC	6	0*	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	2.3
2017	25	LAC	6	0*	6	24	0	4.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	2.1
2018	26	LAC	4	0*	4	11	0	2.8	0.0	1	25.0	0	1.3
2019	27	LAC	8	0*	7	10	1	1.4	14.3	6	85.7	0	3.2
2021	29	PIT	4	0*	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	1.2
2022	30	PIT	10	0*	9	21	1	2.3	11.1	8	88.9	0	4.5
Career			38		29	71	2	2.4	—	20	—	0	14.6

* 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
2016	24	LAC	6	0*	4	4	83	0	100.0%	20.8	20.8	—	2
2017	25	LAC	6	0*	3	2	35	0	66.7%	17.5	11.7	—	2
2018	26	LAC	4	0*	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
2019	27	LAC	8	0*	5	3	32	0	60.0%	10.7	6.4	—	1
2021	29	PIT	4	0*	3	3	15	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	0
2022	30	PIT	10	0*	5	5	11	1	100.0%	2.2	2.2	—	1
Career			38		21	18	178	1	85.7%	9.9	8.5	—	6

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	24	LV	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	26	LAC	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	28	PIT	1	0*	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	1
Career			3		3	3	0	1	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	1

* 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%
2016	24	SD	16	0*	142	13.4%	—	0.0%	287	61.5%
2017	25	LAC	16	0*	142	13.3%	—	0.0%	336	78.4%
2018	26	LAC	16	0*	146	15.0%	—	0.0%	221	59.4%
2019	27	LAC	16	0*	122	11.8%	—	0.0%	326	78.2%
2020	28	PIT	12	0*	52	8.2%	—	0.0%	213	61.3%
2021	29	PIT	17	0*	86	7.8%	—	0.0%	332	68.1%
2022	30	PIT	17	0*	77	6.7%	—	0.0%	290	66.1%
Career			110		767	—	—	—	2,005	—

* 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
2016	24	—	—	0*	—	1.0	6.7	0	21
2017	25	—	—	0*	—	-0.0	1.7	0	7
2018	26	—	—	0*	—	-0.3	-0.4	0	0
2019	27	—	—	0*	—	3.2	2.1	0	10
2021	29	—	—	0*	—	2.1	0.5	0	-1
2022	30	—	—	0*	—	2.4	1.6	0	7
Career					—	—	—	0	44

* 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
2018	26	LAC	16	0*	4	1.0	7	1.8	1	4.0	1
2019	27	LAC	16	0*	5	0.7	5	0.7	0	—	6
2021	29	PIT	17	0*	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	—	1
2022	30	PIT	17	0*	12	1.3	9	1.0	0	—	8
Career			66		21	—	22	—	1	—	16

* 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
2018	26	LAC	16	0*	0.0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2019	27	LAC	16	0*	2.0	1.3	9.3	0	1	0.2	1	78.7
2021	29	PIT	17	0*	-0.3	-0.3	5.3	0	0	0.0	0	87.5
2022	30	PIT	17	0*	1.4	1.4	0.8	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
Career			66		—	—	—	0	1	—	2	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 32 · Depth / Rotational

A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 32 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

30

Sustained

career value

×.6

35

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 32 × longevity 1 = KV-H 32· confidence 75%

What builds the career mark of 30

On-field 22.6

Availability 7.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 272022

All-Time Standing

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

6

Depth

of 100

Reached 1% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

1% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader1

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

3.43 EPA/season over 6 seasons51

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

25

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.348 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.348Touch rate0.07EPA/snap0.029Snap share11.3%Off snaps715VolatileCV 0.57

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att2Yds2Y/A1.01D11D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt2Rec1Yds1Ctch%50.0%Y/R1.0Y/Tgt0.5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.2Rec EPA-0.7Rec AirYd1

College Stats

WisconsinCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Wisconsin), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #198

#188David MorganTE #190Josh ForrestLB #191Jake RudockQB #193Sebastian TretolaG #194Cory JamesOLB #195Wes SchweitzerG #196Blake CountessCB #197Danny VitaleRB #199Cody CoreWR #200Kyle MurphyOT #201Brandon AllenQB #202Anthony ZettelDE #203Dadi NicolasLB #204Jordan LucasS #205Harlan MillerCB #206Mike ThomasWR

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Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2020team change
Joined PIT (from LAC)
2016draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 6, Pick 198

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 234 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	PIT	2	W5Out· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring
2019	LAC	0	W8Questionable· Knee
2018	LAC	0	W3Questionable· ThumbW19Questionable· Shoulder

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 →

32

peak 35

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

F2016

F2017

F2018

D2019

F2021

C2022

Availability

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

96%

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
2016	4	0.7	0-4	0
2017	24	4	34+10	2
2018	11	2.8	15+4	0.9
2019	10	1.3	0-10	0
2021	1	0.3	0-1	0
2022	21	2.1	25+4	1.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, 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

0 career value over replacement — #4307 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #198 (Rd 6) · LAC · 2016 · +6.1 vs expected KV-H

32actual

25.9 expected · Δ+6.1

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