Gerald Riggs ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Riggs in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Riggs a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 1984–86

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Gerald Riggs

3× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 3 titles Top 2% all-time RBsIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1985

Career Value · VORP

270 career value over replacement — #190 all-time of 4,695. 27/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · ATL · 1982 · +23.5 vs expected KV-H

85actual

61.5 expected · Δ+23.5

💔+40.5 stolen VORP·1.5 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 45% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

45% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader45

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

9,704

8,188 rush · 1,516 recv

Total TDs

69 rush · 0 recv

Total Touches

2,190

1,989 carries · 201 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones8

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19841K career rushing yards
198425 career rushing TDs
19853K career rushing yards
1985100 career receptions
19865K career rushing yards
19861K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

College Stats

Arizona StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arizona State), 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.

Top Teammates

Stacey BaileyWR7y Ken WhisenhuntTE4y Darrell GreenCB3y Art MonkWR3y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Gerald inherited the Atlanta Falcons RB room from Lynn Cain (1979–1984), and handed it to John Settle (1987–1990).

Haskel Stanback 1974–1979Lynn Cain 1979–1984Gerald Riggs 1982–1988John Settle 1987–1990Craig Heyward 1994–1996Jamal Anderson

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

Movementderived from season history

1991final season
Last recorded season with WAS
1989team change
Joined WAS (from ATL)
1982draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 230 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 94

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

B1982

B1983

A+1984

A+1985

A1986

A1987

B+1988

A1989

B1990

B1991

Availability

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

85%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1982	299	33.2	699+400	41.1
1983	437	31.2	672+235	39.5
1984	1,486	99.1	2,015+529	118.5
1985	1,719	107.4	2,235+516	131.5
1986	1,327	82.9	1,798+471	105.8
1987	875	72.9	1,711+836	100.7
1988	488	54.2	1,342+854	79
1989	834	69.5	1,697+863	99.8
1990	475	47.5	1,248+773	73.4
1991	248	15.5	523+275	30.8

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

15%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 67.7%Pro Bowls 15.7%Longevity 13.1%All-Time Ranks 3.5%

Monitor score 57.2 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity82

Peak94

Accolades8

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Gerald Riggs

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1982 Draft Class· this player went #9