Howard Griffith is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Griffith in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Griffith's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1994 | 26–27 | LAR | 16 | — | 9 | 30 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 113 | 1 | — | 7.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 27–28 | CAR | 15 | — | 65 | 197 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 63 | 1 | — | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 28–29 | CAR | 16 | — | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0.6 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 223 | 1 | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 29–30 | DEN | 15 | — | 9 | 34 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 55 | 0 | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 30–31 | DEN | 14 | — | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 97 | 3 | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 31–32 | DEN | 16 | — | 17 | 66 | 1 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6 | 35.3 | 0 | 38 | 25 | 184 | 1 | 65.8% | 7.4 | 4.8 | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32–33 | DEN | 13 | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 101 | 2 | 51.6% | 6.3 | 3.3 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 105 | — | 121 | 351 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 8 | 6.6 | 0 | 69 | 121 | 836 | 9 | 175.4% | 6.9 | 12.1 | — | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
25 career value over replacement — #2919 all-time of 4,695. 3.6/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #236 (Rd 9) · IND · 1991 · +35.2 vs expected KV-H
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1993: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
7 seasons · peak 2.6 in 1996
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.
0.4 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1996 · +0.2 wins
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.
#418 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.
Blend 54.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
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