Greg Bell ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Bell in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bell a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Greg Bell

1× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🏆 Clutch · +14% playoffs

Height5'10"

Weight210 lb

BornAug 1, 1962

Age63

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

Rookie yr1984

Draft1984 · Rd 1, Pick 26 · BUF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

87thRushing Touchdowns·51

Postseason all-time ranks

86thPlayoff Rushing Yards·358 yds

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1989·Rush TD15 Led NFL1988·Rush TD16

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time running back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 133 · #755 · High-Value

Worth 133 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 17% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+33.3

Avg surplus

peak +40

4 seasons × ~33.3 surplus ≈ VORP 133

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
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
1984	—	BUF	16	—	262	1,100	7	4.2	2.7	—	—	—	—	34	277	1	—	8.1	—	—	—
1985	—	BUF	16	—	223	883	8	4.0	3.6	—	—	—	—	58	576	1	—	9.9	—	—	—
1986	—	BUF	6	—	90	377	4	4.2	4.4	—	—	—	—	12	142	2	—	11.8	—	—	—
1987	—	BUF	4	—	14	60	0	4.3	0.0	—	—	—	—	4	37	0	—	9.3	—	—	—
1987	—	RAM	4	—	8	26	0	3.3	0.0	—	—	—	—	5	59	1	—	11.8	—	—	—
1988	—	RAM	16	—	288	1,212	16	4.2	5.6	—	—	—	—	24	124	2	—	5.2	—	—	—
1989	—	RAM	16	—	272	1,137	15	4.2	5.5	—	—	—	—	19	85	0	—	4.5	—	—	—
1990	—	RAI	6	—	47	164	1	3.5	2.1	—	—	—	—	1	7	0	—	7.0	—	—	—
Career		—	84	—	1,204	4,959	51	4.1	4.2	—	—	—	—	157	1,307	7	—	8.3	—	—	—

Passing

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	—	—	39.6	—	97.4

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1984	22	BUF	16	—	262	1,100	7	4.2	2.7	—	—	—
1985	23	BUF	16	—	223	883	8	4.0	3.6	—	—	—
1986	24	BUF	6	—	90	377	4	4.2	4.4	—	—	—
1987	25	BUF	4	—	14	60	0	4.3	0.0	—	—	—
1987	25	RAM	4	—	8	26	0	3.3	0.0	—	—	—
1988	26	RAM	16	—	288	1,212	16	4.2	5.6	—	—	—
1989	27	RAM	16	—	272	1,137	15	4.2	5.5	—	—	—
1990	28	RAI	6	—	47	164	1	3.5	2.1	—	—	—
Career			84		1,204	4,959	51	4.1	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1984	22	BUF	16	—	—	34	277	1	—	8.1	—	—	—
1985	23	BUF	16	—	—	58	576	1	—	9.9	—	—	—
1986	24	BUF	6	—	—	12	142	2	—	11.8	—	—	—
1987	25	BUF	4	—	—	4	37	0	—	9.3	—	—	—
1987	25	RAM	4	—	—	5	59	1	—	11.8	—	—	—
1988	26	RAM	16	—	—	24	124	2	—	5.2	—	—	—
1989	27	RAM	16	—	—	19	85	0	—	4.5	—	—	—
1990	28	RAI	6	—	—	1	7	0	—	7.0	—	—	—
Career			84		—	157	1,307	7	—	8.3	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 78.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 86%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 57.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1984bestavg 64elite 701990

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 31% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

31% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader31

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 4.7 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+14%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

6,266

4,959 rush · 1,307 recv

Total TDs

51 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

1,361

1,204 carries · 157 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

Rushing

Att76Yds358TD1Y/A4.7TD%1.3

Receiving

Rec7Yds83Y/R11.9

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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.

1984 Draft Class· this player went #26

#1Steve YoungQB #3Carl BanksOLB #4Kenny JacksonWR #4Reggie WhiteDE #11Wilber MarshallOLB #17Clyde DuncanWR #20David LewisTE #23Louis LippsWR #28Brian BladosOT #37Jim SweeneyC #38Boomer EsiasonQB #39Glenn DennisonTE #41Eric RichardsonWR #47Pete MandleyWR #49Daryl TurnerWR #50Bruce DavisWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Greg inherited the Buffalo Bills RB room from Booker Moore (1982–1985), and handed it to Ronnie Harmon (1986–1989).

Joe Cribbs 1980–1985Robb Riddick 1981–1988Booker Moore 1982–1985Greg Bell 1984–1987Ronnie Harmon 1986–1989Jamie Mueller

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1990team change
Joined RAI (from RAM)
1990final season
Last recorded season with RAI
1988team change
Joined RAM (from BUF)
1984draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 26

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 210 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 86

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

A1984

B+1985

C+1986

F1987

A+1988

A1989

C1990

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

72%

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
1984	1,100	68.8	1,447+347	85.1
1985	883	55.2	1,191+308	70.1
1986	377	62.8	1,399+1,022	82.3
1987	60	15	446+386	26.2
1988	1,212	75.8	1,864+652	109.7
1989	1,137	71.1	1,728+591	101.6
1990	164	27.3	783+619	46.1

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 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

133 career value over replacement — #755 all-time of 4,642. 19/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · BUF · 1984 · +24.1 vs expected KV-H

79actual

54.9 expected · Δ+24.1

💔+39.8 stolen VORP·1.96 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1984 Draft Class· this player went #26

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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