Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | ||||||
| 1975 | 23 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 166 | 648 | 5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | 2.0 | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 24 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 32 | 114 | 1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 25 | 0 | — | 3.6 | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 25 | TEN | — | — | 1.6 | 42 | 162 | 2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 47 | 1 | — | 4.3 | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 26 | IND | — | — | 1.1 | 48 | 244 | 0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 88 | 0 | — | 8.8 | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 27 | IND | — | — | 0.0 | 109 | 292 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 115 | 1 | — | 4.6 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 2.7 | 397 | 1,460 | 11 | 3.7 | 2.8 | — | — | — | 0 | 58 | 285 | 2 | — | 4.9 | — | — | — | |
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VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.2 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1977 · +0.1 wins
0.1 of TEN's 8 wins (2%)
Latest season · 1979 · −0.1 wins
IND's 5 wins · no wins above replacement this season
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 23 | TEN | — | — | 166 | 648 | 5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1976 | 24 | TEN | — | — | 32 | 114 | 1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | TEN | — | — | 42 | 162 | 2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 26 | IND | — | — | 48 | 244 | 0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 27 | IND | — | — | 109 | 292 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | — | 397 | 1,460 | 11 | 3.7 | 2.8 | — | — | — | 2.7 |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 23 | TEN | — | — | — | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | 2.0 | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 24 | TEN | — | — | — | 7 | 25 | 0 | — | 3.6 | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 25 | TEN | — | — | — | 11 | 47 | 1 | — | 4.3 | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 26 | IND | — | — | — | 10 | 88 | 0 | — | 8.8 | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 27 | IND | — | — | — | 25 | 115 | 1 | — | 4.6 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 0 | 58 | 285 | 2 | — | 4.9 | — | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
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