Garrison Hearst ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Hearst in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hearst a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

RBDEN#20RES

Garrison Hearst

2× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 5 seasons · 2 titles Top 4% all-time RBsIron Legend📉 Fades · -11% playoffs

Height5'11"

Weight215 lb

BornJan 4, 1971

Age55

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

58thRushing Yards·7,966 yds

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber running back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 204 · #354 · Elite

Worth 204 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 9% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.5

Avg surplus

peak +43

8 seasons × ~25.5 surplus ≈ VORP 204

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
1993	—	PHO	6	—	76	264	1	3.5	1.3	—	—	—	—	6	18	0	—	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	ARI	8	—	37	169	1	4.6	2.7	—	—	—	—	6	49	0	—	8.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	ARI	16	—	284	1,070	1	3.8	0.4	—	—	—	—	29	243	1	—	8.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	CIN	16	—	225	847	0	3.8	0.0	—	—	—	—	12	131	1	—	10.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	SF	13	—	234	1,019	4	4.4	1.7	—	—	—	—	21	194	2	—	9.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	SF	16	—	310	1,570	7	5.1	2.3	—	—	—	—	39	535	2	—	13.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	SF	16	—	252	1,206	4	4.8	1.6	53	21.0	0	55	41	347	1	74.5%	8.5	6.3	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.4	0.5	0	0
2002	—	SF	16	—	215	972	8	4.5	3.7	53	24.7	2	69	48	317	1	69.6%	6.6	4.6	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	-11.2	0	0
2003	—	SF	12	—	178	768	3	4.3	1.7	38	21.3	2	25	25	211	1	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	MIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-14.6	13.4	0	0
2004	—	DEN	6	—	20	81	1	4.0	5.0	8	40.0	0	2	2	20	0	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1	2.9	0	0
Career		—	126	—	1,831	7,966	30	4.4	1.6	—	—	—	151	229	2,065	9	151.7%	9.0	13.7	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	7.9	5.6	0	0

Career EPA13.5·8 rushing · 6 receiving·3.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1993	22	PHO	6	—	76	264	1	3.5	1.3	—	—	—	4.1
1994	23	ARI	8	—	37	169	1	4.6	2.7	—	—	—	4.7
1995	24	ARI	16	—	284	1,070	1	3.8	0.4	—	—	—	13.4
1996	25	CIN	16	—	225	847	0	3.8	0.0	—	—	—	10.8
1997	26	SF	13	—	234	1,019	4	4.4	1.7	—	—	—	15.4
1998	27	SF	16	—	310	1,570	7	5.1	2.3	—	—	—	21.5
2001	30	SF	16	—	252	1,206	4	4.8	1.6	53	21.0	0	15.5
2002	31	SF	16	—	215	972	8	4.5	3.7	53	24.7	2	16
2003	32	SF	12	—	178	768	3	4.3	1.7	38	21.3	2	11
2004	33	DEN	6	—	20	81	1	4.0	5.0	8	40.0	0	2.8
Career			125		1,831	7,966	30	4.4	—	—	—	—	115.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1993	22	PHO	6	—	—	6	18	0	—	3.0	—	—	—
1994	23	ARI	8	—	—	6	49	0	—	8.2	—	—	—
1995	24	ARI	16	—	—	29	243	1	—	8.4	—	—	—
1996	25	CIN	16	—	—	12	131	1	—	10.9	—	—	—
1997	26	SF	13	—	—	21	194	2	—	9.2	—	—	—
1998	27	SF	16	—	—	39	535	2	—	13.7	—	—	—
2001	30	SF	16	—	55	41	347	1	74.5%	8.5	6.3	—	15
2002	31	SF	16	—	69	48	317	1	69.6%	6.6	4.6	—	14
2003	32	SF	12	—	25	25	211	1	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	7
2004	33	DEN	6	—	2	2	20	0	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	1
Career			125		151	229	2,065	9	151.7%	9.0	13.7	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
2001	30	—	—	—	—	17.4	0.5
2002	31	—	—	—	—	3.0	-11.2
2003	32	—	—	—	—	-14.6	13.4
2004	33	—	—	—	—	2.1	2.9
Career					—	—	—

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 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 80· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 56.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

1993bestavg 68elite 702004

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 43% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

43% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader43

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

3.37 EPA/season over 4 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: 91%.

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

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.4 regular season → 3.9 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-11%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

10,031

7,966 rush · 2,065 recv

Total TDs

30 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

2,060

1,831 carries · 229 rec

Yds / Touch

4.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att29Yds112TD1Y/A3.9TD%3.4

Receiving

Tgt11Rec7Yds58Ctch%63.6%Y/R8.3Y/Tgt5.3

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.9Rec EPA-1.0

College Stats

GeorgiaImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1990	—	162	717	5	4.4	3.1	—	—	—
1991	—	153	968	9	6.3	5.9	—	—	—
1992	—	228	1,547	19	6.8	8.3	—	—	—
Career		543	3,232	33	6.0	6.1	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1990	—	—	—	45	0	—	6.4	—	—	—
1991	—	—	—	177	0	—	11.0	—	—	—
1992	—	—	—	324	2	—	14.7	—	—	—
Career		0	0	546	2	—	—	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1993 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Drew BledsoeQB #2Rick MirerQB #5John CopelandNT #6Eric CurryDE #7Curtis ConwayWR #8Willie RoafOT #9Lincoln KennedyOT #10Jerome BettisRB #11Dan WilliamsDE #13Brad HopkinsOT #16Sean DawkinsWR #17Tom CarterDB #19Lester HolmesG #21Robert SmithRB #22Darrien GordonDB #25O.J. McDuffieWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Garrison inherited the San Francisco 49ers RB room from Marc Edwards (1997–1998), and handed it to Fred Beasley (1998–2005).

Earl Cooper 1980–1985Roger Craig 1983–1990Derrick Harmon 1984–1986Joe Cribbs 1986–1987Tom Rathman 1986–1993Keith Henderson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004team change
Joined DEN (from SF)
2004final season
Last recorded season with DEN
1997team change
Joined SF (from CIN)
1996team change
Joined CIN (from ARI)
1994team change
Joined ARI (from PHO)
1993draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 3
1993team change
Joined PHO (from ARI)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 215 lb

Frame

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

C1993

C+1994

A1995

B+1996

A1997

A+1998

B+2001

B+2002

B2003

D2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

83%

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
1993	264	44	1,142+878	67.2
1994	169	21.1	661+492	38.9
1995	1,070	66.9	1,547+477	91
1996	847	52.9	1,286+439	75.7
1997	1,019	78.4	1,690+671	99.4
1998	1,570	98.1	2,004+434	117.9
2001	1,206	75.4	1,291+85	75.9
2002	972	60.8	1,021+49	60.1
2003	768	64	1,041+273	61.2
2004	81	13.5	311+230	18.3

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

Career Value · VORP

204 career value over replacement — #354 all-time of 4,642. 20.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · ARI · 1993 · +18.2 vs expected KV-H

80actual

61.8 expected · Δ+18.2

💔+31.7 stolen VORP·1.53 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Rushing

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1993 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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