Isiah Pacheco NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Isiah Pacheco is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Pacheco in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Pacheco's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Isiah Pacheco

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Isiah Pacheco

Top 24% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter

Height5'10"

Weight216 lb

BornMar 2, 1999

Age27

CollegeRutgers See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 7, Pick 251 · KC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

34thPlayoff Rushing Yards·547 yds 65thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·4

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 44 · #2218 · Above Average

Worth 44 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 49% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+14.7

Avg surplus

peak +20

3 seasons × ~14.7 surplus ≈ VORP 44

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													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	—	KC	17	—	170	830	5	4.9	2.9	37	21.8	2	14	13	130	0	92.9%	10.0	9.3	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	351	31.2%	—	0.0%	124	26.6%
2022	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	KC	14	—	205	935	7	4.6	3.4	53	25.9	1	49	44	244	2	89.8%	5.5	5.0	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	568	61.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	KC	7	—	83	310	1	3.7	1.2	14	16.9	0	16	12	79	0	75.0%	6.6	4.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	218	47.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	—	KC	13	—	118	462	1	3.9	0.8	29	24.6	0	26	19	101	1	73.1%	5.3	3.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	424	51.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	52	—	576	2,537	14	4.4	2.4	133	23.1	3	105	88	554	3	83.8%	6.3	5.3	—	27	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,561	47.9%	—	0.0%	124	26.6%

Career EPA-16.0·-21 rushing · 5 receiving·-5.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2022	23	KC	17	0*	170	830	5	4.9	2.9	37	21.8	2	10.8
2023	24	KC	14	9*	205	935	7	4.6	3.4	53	25.9	1	14.2
2024	25	KC	7	0*	83	310	1	3.7	1.2	14	16.9	0	4.2
2025	26	KC	13	7*	118	462	1	3.9	0.8	29	24.6	0	7.2
Career			51	16*	576	2,537	14	4.4	—	133	—	3	36.4

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2022	23	KC	17	0*	14	13	130	0	92.9%	10.0	9.3	—	7
2023	24	KC	14	9*	49	44	244	2	89.8%	5.5	5.0	—	12
2024	25	KC	7	0*	16	12	79	0	75.0%	6.6	4.9	—	4
2025	26	KC	13	7*	26	19	101	1	73.1%	5.3	3.9	—	4
Career			51	16*	105	88	554	3	83.8%	6.3	5.3	—	27

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	23	KC	17	0*	351	31.2%	—	0.0%	124	26.6%
2023	24	KC	14	9*	568	61.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	25	KC	7	0*	218	47.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	26	KC	13	7*	424	51.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			51	16*	1,561	—	—	—	124	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2022	23	—	—	0*	—	-3.8	5.3	0	-9
2023	24	—	—	9*	—	-3.8	1.8	0	-113
2024	25	—	—	0*	—	-13.7	-1.9	0	-22
Career				9*	—	—	—	0	-144

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2022	23	KC	17	0*	537	3.2	293	1.7	4	42.5	37
2023	24	KC	14	9*	550	2.7	385	1.9	15	13.7	53
2024	25	KC	7	0*	182	2.2	128	1.5	0	—	14
2025	26	KC	13	7*	255	2.2	207	1.8	2	59.0	27
Career			51	16*	1,524	—	1,013	—	21	—	131

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2022	23	KC	17	0*	-0.6	-2.1	12.1	1	0	0.0	7	105.4
2023	24	KC	14	9*	-2.3	-2.6	8.2	4	2	0.0	12	101.0
2024	25	KC	7	0*	-1.4	-3.3	9.9	1	1	0.1	4	85.2
2025	26	KC	13	7*	-1.0	-1.1	6.4	1	3	0.1	4	92.0
Career			51	16*	—	—	—	7	6	—	27	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

63

Sustained

career value

×.6

65

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 59· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 46.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 60elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

16

Depth

of 100

Reached 14% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

14% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader14

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-5.33 EPA/season over 3 seasons48

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

56

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.98 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.98Touch rate0.436EPA/snap-0.01Snap share47.9%Off snaps1,561ReliableCV 0.29

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2022

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2022 class

4.37s

40-Yard

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 96thClass Pos 96thClass All 93th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 44thClass Pos 46thClass All 48th

118"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 55thClass Pos 26thClass All 44th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.4 regular season → 4.2 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-5%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,091

2,537 rush · 554 recv

Total TDs

17

14 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

664

576 carries · 88 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Rushing

Att131Yds547TD4Y/A4.2TD%3.11D231D%17.6Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt24Rec21Yds142Ctch%87.5%Y/R6.8Y/Tgt5.91D7

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-21.8Rec EPA3.9Rec AirYd-37

College Stats

RutgersImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2018	Rutgers	111	551	3	5.0	2.7	—	—	—
2019	Rutgers	169	729	7	4.3	4.1	—	—	—
2020	Rutgers	116	515	3	4.4	2.6	—	—	—
2021	Rutgers	167	647	5	3.9	3.0	—	—	—
Career		563	2,442	18	4.3	3.2	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2018	Rutgers	—	2	11	0	—	5.5	—	—	—
2019	Rutgers	—	13	83	0	—	6.4	—	—	—
2020	Rutgers	—	19	130	1	—	6.8	—	—	—
2021	Rutgers	—	13	25	0	—	1.9	—	—	—
Career		0	47	249	1	—	5.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2022 Draft Class· this player went #251

#241Chris OladokunQB #242Kalon BarnesCB #243Jaylen WatsonCB #244Christian MatthewCB #245Andrew StueberOT #247Skylar ThompsonQB #249Rasheed WalkerOT #250Brittain BrownRB #252Jeffrey GunterDE #253Russ YeastSAF #254Elijah HicksSAF #255Trenton GillP #256Jesse LuketaLB #257Marquis HayesOL #258Samori ToureWR #259Nazeeh JohnsonCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Isiah inherited the Kansas City Chiefs RB room from Jerick McKinnon (2021–2023), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Jim Hadnot 1980–1983Joe Delaney 1981–1982Billy Jackson 1981–1984Herman Heard 1984–1989Larry Moriarty 1986–1988Paul Palmer 1987–1988

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2022draft
Drafted by KC — Round 7, Pick 251

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 216 lb

Frame

216 lb at 4.37s

Size-speed

33" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	KC	3	W11Out· AnkleW12Out· AnkleW18Out· Rib
2023	KC	2	W3Questionable· HamstringW14Out· ShoulderW15Out· ShoulderW17Questionable· Concussion / ShoulderW18Questionable· Quadricep / Shoulder

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 4-season peers. See all →

59

peak 65

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

B2022

B+2023

C2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

75%

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
2022	830	48.8	847+17	49.8
2023	935	66.8	1,130+195	66.5
2024	310	44.3	752+442	44.3
2025	462	35.5	604+142	35.5

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

Career Value · VORP

44 career value over replacement — #2218 all-time of 4,642. 11/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #251 (Rd 7) · KC · 2022 · +37.8 vs expected KV-H

59actual

21.2 expected · Δ+37.8

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