Also in other sports:nbaFred Taylor (SG · 1971–1972), mlbFred Taylor (1B · 1950–1952).

Fred Taylor ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Taylor in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Taylor a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

RBNE#21ACT

Fred Taylor

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 8 seasons · 2 titles Top 3% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #110

Height6'1"

Weight228 lb

BornJan 27, 1976

Age50

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · JAX

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

19thRushing Yards·11,659 yds 45thRushing Touchdowns·66

Postseason all-time ranks

83rdPlayoff Rushing Yards·365 yds

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Career Value · VORP

VORP 252 · #225 · Elite

Worth 252 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.2

Avg surplus

peak +36

10 seasons × ~25.2 surplus ≈ VORP 252

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													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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1998	—	JAX	15	—	264	1,223	14	4.6	5.3	—	—	—	—	44	421	3	—	9.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	JAX	10	—	159	732	6	4.6	3.8	39	24.5	0	15	10	83	0	66.7%	8.3	5.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-7.3	-3.0	0	0
2000	—	JAX	13	—	286	1,363	12	4.8	4.2	72	25.2	1	53	36	240	2	67.9%	6.7	4.5	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.4	-5.0	0	0
2001	—	JAX	2	—	30	116	0	3.9	0.0	6	20.0	1	3	2	13	0	66.7%	6.5	4.3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.3	0.6	0	0
2002	—	JAX	16	—	287	1,314	8	4.6	2.8	47	16.4	2	57	49	408	0	86.0%	8.3	7.2	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CLE	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	5	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-88.0	3.2	0	0
2003	—	JAX	16	—	345	1,572	6	4.6	1.7	77	22.3	3	48	48	370	1	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	TEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-12.1	8.2	0	0
2004	—	JAX	14	—	260	1,224	2	4.7	0.8	48	18.5	2	36	36	345	1	100.0%	9.6	9.6	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-18.6	24.1	0	0
2005	—	JAX	11	—	194	787	3	4.1	1.5	26	13.4	0	13	13	83	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-17.1	2.0	0	0
2006	—	JAX	15	—	231	1,146	5	5.0	2.2	46	19.9	1	23	23	242	1	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	7.5	0	-10
2007	—	JAX	15	—	223	1,202	5	5.4	2.2	45	20.2	1	9	9	58	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.1	2.2	0	-1
2008	—	JAX	13	—	143	556	1	3.9	0.7	24	16.8	0	16	16	98	0	100.0%	6.1	6.1	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-22.9	-2.1	0	5
2009	—	NE	6	—	63	269	4	4.3	6.3	13	20.6	1	3	2	17	0	66.7%	8.5	5.7	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.4	0.4	0	-6
2010	—	NE	7	—	43	155	0	3.6	0.0	9	20.9	0	3	2	6	0	66.7%	3.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-5.7	-1.4	0	4
Career		—	166	—	2,528	11,659	66	4.6	2.6	—	—	—	279	290	2,384	8	103.9%	8.2	8.5	—	—	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	5	0	—	-168.8	36.7	0	-8

Career EPA-132.1·-169 rushing · 37 receiving·-11.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1998	22	JAX	15	—	264	1,223	14	4.6	5.3	—	—	—	23.3
1999	23	JAX	10	—	159	732	6	4.6	3.8	39	24.5	0	9.7
2000	24	JAX	13	—	286	1,363	12	4.8	4.2	72	25.2	1	18.3
2001	25	JAX	2	—	30	116	0	3.9	0.0	6	20.0	1	—
2002	26	JAX	16	—	287	1,314	8	4.6	2.8	47	16.4	2	16.8
2003	27	JAX	16	—	345	1,572	6	4.6	1.7	77	22.3	3	18.1
2004	28	JAX	14	—	260	1,224	2	4.7	0.8	48	18.5	2	12.8
2005	29	JAX	11	—	194	787	3	4.1	1.5	26	13.4	0	8.1
2006	30	JAX	15	—	231	1,146	5	5.0	2.2	46	19.9	1	14
2007	31	JAX	15	—	223	1,202	5	5.4	2.2	45	20.2	1	10.9
2008	32	JAX	13	—	143	556	1	3.9	0.7	24	16.8	0	7.5
2009	33	NE	6	—	63	269	4	4.3	6.3	13	20.6	1	5
2010	34	NE	7	—	43	155	0	3.6	0.0	9	20.9	0	3
Career			153		2,528	11,659	66	4.6	—	—	—	—	147.5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	22	JAX	15	—	—	44	421	3	—	9.6	—	—	—
1999	23	JAX	10	—	15	10	83	0	66.7%	8.3	5.5	—	4
2000	24	JAX	13	—	53	36	240	2	67.9%	6.7	4.5	—	11
2001	25	JAX	2	—	3	2	13	0	66.7%	6.5	4.3	—	1
2002	26	JAX	16	—	57	49	408	0	86.0%	8.3	7.2	—	15
2003	27	JAX	16	—	48	48	370	1	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	16
2004	28	JAX	14	—	36	36	345	1	100.0%	9.6	9.6	—	17
2005	29	JAX	11	—	13	13	83	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	4
2006	30	JAX	15	—	23	23	242	1	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	8
2007	31	JAX	15	—	9	9	58	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	2
2008	32	JAX	13	—	16	16	98	0	100.0%	6.1	6.1	—	2
2009	33	NE	6	—	3	2	17	0	66.7%	8.5	5.7	—	1
2010	34	NE	7	—	3	2	6	0	66.7%	3.0	2.0	—	0
Career			153		279	290	2,384	8	103.9%	8.2	8.5	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR	TD
2000	24	PIT	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
2001	25	TEN	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
2002	26	CLE	5	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	5
2003	27	TEN	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
2004	28	TEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
2009	33	HOU	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Career			13		7	7	—	—	—	5

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-7.3	-3.0	0
2000	24	—	—	—	—	10.4	-5.0	0
2001	25	—	—	—	—	-10.3	0.6	0
2002	26	—	—	—	—	-88.0	3.2	0
2003	27	—	—	—	—	-12.1	8.2	0
2004	28	—	—	—	—	-18.6	24.1	0
2005	29	—	—	—	—	-17.1	2.0	0
2006	30	—	—	—	—	3.0	7.5	-10
2007	31	—	—	—	—	4.1	2.2	-1
2008	32	—	—	—	—	-22.9	-2.1	5
2009	33	—	—	—	—	-4.4	0.4	-6
2010	34	—	—	—	—	-5.7	-1.4	4
Career					—	—	—	-8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 80 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 80 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 77.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 80· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 56.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 69elite 702010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #110 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2003 JAX·5 team wins#6

Rushing Yards · 1,572 · score 40

2002 JAX·6 team wins#8

Rushing Yards · 1,314 · score 18

2002 JAX·6 team wins#13

Rushing Touchdowns · 8 · score 13

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 64% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

64% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader64

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

-11.01 EPA/season over 12 seasons46

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: 93%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 4.8 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+4%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

14,043

11,659 rush · 2,384 recv

Total TDs

66 rush · 8 recv

Total Touches

2,818

2,528 carries · 290 rec

Yds / Touch

5.0

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Rushing

Att76Yds365TD2Y/A4.8TD%2.6

Receiving

Tgt8Rec7Yds70TD1Ctch%87.5%Y/R10.0Y/Tgt8.8

Defense

Tkl1Ast1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA2.8Rec EPA5.8Rec AirYd1

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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 #9

#2Jamal WilliamsNT #2Ryan LeafQB #3Andre WadsworthDE #4Charles WoodsonFS #5Curtis EnisRB #6Grant WistromDE #7Kyle TurleyOT #8Greg EllisDE #10Duane StarksDB #11Tra ThomasOT #12Keith BrookingMLB #13Takeo SpikesILB #14Jason PeterDE #15Anthony SimmonsOLB #16Kevin DysonWR #17Brian SimmonsLB

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010final season
Last recorded season with NE
2009team change
Joined NE (from JAX)
1998draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 228 lb

Frame

Injury History

12 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	NE	5	W4Out· ToeW6Out· ToeW7Out· ToeW8Out· ToeW9Out· ToeW10Questionable· ToeW11Questionable· ToeW12Questionable· Toe
2009	NE	7	W5Out· AnkleW6Out· AnkleW7Out· AnkleW9Out· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Out· AnkleW12Out· AnkleW13Doubtful· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Ankle

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	1,223	81.5	1,709+486	100.5
1999	732	73.2	1,425+693	83.8
2000	1,363	104.8	1,752+389	103
2002	1,314	82.1	1,322+8	77.8
2003	1,572	98.3	1,526-46	89.8
2004	1,224	87.4	1,337+113	78.6
2005	787	71.5	1,102+315	64.8
2006	1,146	76.4	1,119-27	65.8
2007	1,202	80.1	1,207+5	71
2008	556	42.8	664+108	39.1
2009	269	44.8	716+447	42.1
2010	155	22.1	406+251	23.9

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

Career Value · VORP

252 career value over replacement — #225 all-time of 4,642. 21/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · JAX · 1998 · +19.6 vs expected KV-H

80actual

60.4 expected · Δ+19.6

💔+71 stolen VORP·3.38 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #9

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Era Translator

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Franchise Succession

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