George Adams is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Adams in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Adams's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
27 career value over replacement — #2824 all-time of 4,695. 5.4/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #19 (Rd 1) · NYG · 1985 · -0.7 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1985 | 22–23 | NYG | 16 | — | 128 | 498 | 2 | 3.9 | 1.6 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 389 | 2 | — | 12.5 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 24–25 | NYG | 12 | — | 61 | 169 | 1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 298 | 1 | — | 8.5 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 25–26 | NYG | 16 | — | 29 | 76 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 174 | 0 | — | 6.4 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26–27 | NYG | 14 | — | 9 | 29 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 3.5 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 27–28 | NE | 16 | — | 28 | 111 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 146 | 1 | — | 9.1 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 28–29 | NE | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 76 | — | 257 | 886 | 3 | 3.4 | 1.2 | — | — | — | — | 111 | 1,014 | 4 | — | 9.1 | — | — | — | |
5 seasons · peak 3.7 in 1985
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.
0.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1985 · +0.3 wins
Latest season · 1990 ·
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | — | 8.3 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 56.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%
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89% match
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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.
#372 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)