Dion Lewis NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Dion Lewis

RBNYG#33ACT

Dion Lewis

Top 30% all-time RBsReliable Starter📉 Fades · -13% playoffs

Height5'8"

Weight195 lb

BornSep 27, 1990

Age35

CollegePittsburgh See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 5, Pick 149 · PHI

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 33 · #2552 · Role Player

Worth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

4 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8.3

Avg surplus

peak +20

4 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 33

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%
2011	—	PHI	8	—	23	102	1	4.4	4.3	5	21.7	0	1	1	-3	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PHI	6	—	13	69	1	5.3	7.7	5	38.5	0	2	2	24	0	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NE	7	—	49	234	2	4.8	4.1	15	30.6	0	50	36	388	2	72.0%	10.8	7.8	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	298	59.4%	—	0.0%	8	13.0%
2016	—	NE	7	—	64	283	0	4.4	0.0	14	21.9	0	24	17	94	0	70.8%	5.5	3.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	163	31.7%	—	0.0%	8	7.5%
2017	—	NE	16	—	180	896	6	5.0	3.3	48	26.7	0	35	32	214	3	91.4%	6.7	6.1	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	405	35.8%	—	0.0%	65	13.9%
2018	—	TEN	16	—	155	517	1	3.3	0.6	22	14.2	1	67	59	400	1	88.1%	6.8	6.0	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	600	60.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	TEN	15	—	54	209	0	3.9	0.0	6	11.1	1	32	25	164	1	78.1%	6.6	5.1	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	366	36.2%	—	0.0%	3	3.0%
2020	—	NYG	16	—	29	115	2	4.0	6.9	8	27.6	1	30	19	127	1	63.3%	6.7	4.2	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	304	30.1%	—	0.0%	53	15.9%
2020	—	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	92	—	567	2,425	13	4.3	2.3	123	21.7	3	241	191	1,408	8	79.3%	7.4	5.8	—	60	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,136	42.3%	—	0.0%	137	10.7%

Career EPA-4.5·-21 rushing · 16 receiving·-0.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2011	21	PHI	8	—	23	102	1	4.4	4.3	5	21.7	0	3.7
2012	22	PHI	6	—	13	69	1	5.3	7.7	5	38.5	0	2.8
2015	25	NE	7	4*	49	234	2	4.8	4.1	15	30.6	0	8.1
2016	26	NE	7	0*	64	283	0	4.4	0.0	14	21.9	0	4
2017	27	NE	16	0*	180	896	6	5.0	3.3	48	26.7	0	15.4
2018	28	TEN	16	10*	155	517	1	3.3	0.6	22	14.2	1	10.9
2019	29	TEN	15	0*	54	209	0	3.9	0.0	6	11.1	1	7.5
2020	30	NYG	16	0*	29	115	2	4.0	6.9	8	27.6	1	8
Career			91	14*	567	2,425	13	4.3	—	123	—	3	60.4

* 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
2011	21	PHI	8	—	1	1	-3	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0
2012	22	PHI	6	—	2	2	24	0	100.0%	12.0	12.0	—	1
2015	25	NE	7	4*	50	36	388	2	72.0%	10.8	7.8	—	16
2016	26	NE	7	0*	24	17	94	0	70.8%	5.5	3.9	—	4
2017	27	NE	16	0*	35	32	214	3	91.4%	6.7	6.1	—	11
2018	28	TEN	16	10*	67	59	400	1	88.1%	6.8	6.0	—	13
2019	29	TEN	15	0*	32	25	164	1	78.1%	6.6	5.1	—	7
2020	30	NYG	16	0*	30	19	127	1	63.3%	6.7	4.2	—	8
Career			91	14*	241	191	1,408	8	79.3%	7.4	5.8	—	60

* 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%
2015	25	NE	7	4*	298	59.4%	—	0.0%	8	13.0%
2016	26	NE	7	0*	163	31.7%	—	0.0%	8	7.5%
2017	27	NE	16	0*	405	35.8%	—	0.0%	65	13.9%
2018	28	TEN	16	10*	600	60.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	29	TEN	16	0*	366	36.2%	—	0.0%	3	3.0%
2020	30	NYG	16	0*	304	30.1%	—	0.0%	53	15.9%
Career			78	14*	2,136	—	—	—	137	—

* 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
2011	21	—	—	—	—	1.4	-1.3	0	-8
2012	22	—	—	—	—	3.7	-0.3	0	-5
2015	25	—	—	4*	—	8.6	12.6	0	116
2016	26	—	—	0*	—	2.0	-3.7	0	87
2017	27	—	—	0*	—	18.6	13.3	0	0
2018	28	—	—	10*	—	-37.5	-0.4	0	-71
2019	29	—	—	0*	—	-13.7	-4.3	0	-23
2020	30	—	—	0*	—	-3.8	0.1	0	69
Career				14*	—	—	—	0	165

* 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	28	TEN	16	10*	259	1.7	258	1.7	16	9.7	22
2019	29	TEN	16	0*	82	1.5	127	2.4	7	7.7	6
2020	30	NYG	16	0*	67	2.3	48	1.7	1	29.0	8
Career			48	10*	408	—	433	—	24	—	36

* 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	28	TEN	16	10*	-1.1	-1.3	8.1	8	2	0.0	13	90.3
2019	29	TEN	16	0*	-0.7	-1.2	7.7	2	2	0.1	7	98.4
2020	30	NYG	16	0*	2.3	2.5	4.2	1	2	0.1	8	83.6
Career			48	10*	—	—	—	11	6	—	28	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

61

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 37

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 50elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

15

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-0.56 EPA/season over 8 seasons50

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+

49

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.705 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.705Touch rate0.36EPA/snap-0.004Snap share42.3%Off snaps2,136VolatileCV 0.60

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 · 2011

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

RB · 2011 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 66thClass Pos 52thClass All 62th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 59thClass Pos 56thClass All 66th

112"

Broad Jump

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 31thClass Pos 17thClass All 35th

17 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 27thClass Pos 10thClass All 24th

6.90s

3-Cone

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 81thClass Pos 77thClass All 68th

4.18s

Shuttle

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 77thClass Pos 73thClass All 70th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.3 regular season → 3.7 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-13%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,833

2,425 rush · 1,408 recv

Total TDs

21

13 rush · 8 recv

Total Touches

758

567 carries · 191 rec

Yds / Touch

5.1

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att60Yds222TD1Y/A3.7TD%1.71D101D%16.7

Receiving

Tgt32Rec23Yds158TD1Ctch%71.9%Y/R6.9Y/Tgt4.91D5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-9.2Rec EPA-7.2Rec AirYd78

College Stats

PittsburghCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Pittsburgh), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #149

#139Brandon BurtonDB #140Gabe MillerLB #141D.J. WilliamsTE #142Karl KlugDE #144Shiloh KeoDB #145Jacquizz RodgersRB #146DeJon GomesDB #148Denarius MooreWR #150Jason PinkstonG #151Ahmad BlackFS #152T.J. YatesQB #153Jeremy KerleyWR #154Richard ShermanCB #155Niles PaulTE #158Jermale HinesDB #159Lee SmithTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dion inherited the New England Patriots RB room from James White (2014–2021), and handed it to Rex Burkhead (2017–2020).

Vagas Ferguson 1980–1982Robert Weathers 1982–1986Reggie Dupard 1986–1989Bob Perryman 1987–1990John Stephens 1988–1992Jon Vaughn

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Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined NYG (from TEN)
2020final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2018team change
Joined TEN (from NE)
2015team change
Joined NE (from PHI)
2011draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 5, Pick 149

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'8" / 195 lb

Frame

193 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 112" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	NE	0	W14Questionable· Illness
2015	NE	0	W6Questionable· AbdomenW7Questionable· AbdomenW8Questionable· Abdomen
2012	PHI	0	W1Questionable· Hamstring

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 8-season peers. See all →

56

peak 61

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

C2011

D2012

C2015

C2016

B+2017

B2018

C+2019

C+2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

90%

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
2011	102	12.8	289+187	17
2012	69	11.5	269+200	15.8
2015	234	33.4	590+356	34.7
2016	283	40.4	713+430	41.9
2017	896	56	984+88	57.9
2018	517	32.3	551+34	32.4
2019	209	13.9	205-4	12.1
2020	115	7.2	113-2	6.7

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

33 career value over replacement — #2552 all-time of 4,642. 4.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #149 (Rd 5) · PHI · 2011 · +23 vs expected KV-H

56actual

33 expected · Δ+23

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