Jamal Anderson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Anderson in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Anderson a career score of 82, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

RBATL#32RES

Jamal Anderson

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time RBsAll-Time Great📊 Undervalued by voters Team Carrier · #396

Height5'11"

Weight237 lb

BornSep 30, 1972

Age53

CollegeUtah; Moorpark College See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 7, Pick 201 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

18thsingle season·Rush Yds1998

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 144 · #677 · High-Value

Worth 144 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 16% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+28.8

Avg surplus

peak +49

5 seasons × ~28.8 surplus ≈ VORP 144

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									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1994	—	ATL	3	—	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	ATL	16	—	39	161	1	4.1	2.6	—	—	—	—	4	42	0	—	10.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	ATL	16	—	232	1,055	5	4.5	2.2	—	—	—	—	49	473	1	—	9.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	ATL	16	—	290	1,002	7	3.5	2.4	—	—	—	—	29	284	3	—	9.8	—	—	—	1	4	25.0%	27	1	1	25.0	25.0	6.8	0.5	1.0	55.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	ATL	16	—	410	1,846	14	4.5	3.4	—	—	—	—	27	319	2	—	11.8	—	—	—	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	ATL	2	—	19	59	0	3.1	0.0	1	5.3	0	2	2	34	0	100.0%	17.0	17.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	ATL	16	—	280	1,013	6	3.6	2.1	53	18.9	4	56	41	375	0	73.2%	9.1	6.7	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	DET	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	ATL	3	—	55	190	1	3.5	1.8	8	14.5	1	4	3	111	1	75.0%	37.0	27.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	89	—	1,327	5,325	34	4.0	2.6	62	4.7	5	62	155	1,638	7	250.0%	10.6	26.4	—	16	1	6	16.7%	27	1	1	16.7	16.7	4.5	0.3	1.0	45.8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-63.5·-64 rushing·-21.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1994	22	ATL	3	—	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	—	—	—	—
1995	23	ATL	16	—	39	161	1	4.1	2.6	—	—	—	8.1
1996	24	ATL	16	—	232	1,055	5	4.5	2.2	—	—	—	16.3
1997	25	ATL	16	—	290	1,002	7	3.5	2.4	—	—	—	19.9
1998	26	ATL	16	—	410	1,846	14	4.5	3.4	—	—	—	24.1
1999	27	ATL	2	—	19	59	0	3.1	0.0	1	5.3	0	—
2000	28	ATL	16	—	280	1,013	6	3.6	2.1	53	18.9	4	14.9
2001	29	ATL	3	—	55	190	1	3.5	1.8	8	14.5	1	—
Career			88		1,327	5,325	34	4.0	—	62	—	5	83.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	23	ATL	16	—	—	4	42	0	—	10.5	—	—	—
1996	24	ATL	16	—	—	49	473	1	—	9.7	—	—	—
1997	25	ATL	16	—	—	29	284	3	—	9.8	—	—	—
1998	26	ATL	16	—	—	27	319	2	—	11.8	—	—	—
1999	27	ATL	2	—	2	2	34	0	100.0%	17.0	17.0	—	1
2000	28	ATL	16	—	56	41	375	0	73.2%	9.1	6.7	—	14
2001	29	ATL	3	—	4	3	111	1	75.0%	37.0	27.8	—	1
Career			85		62	155	1,638	7	250.0%	10.6	26.4	—	16

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	27	—	—	—	—	-5.7	-0.3
2000	28	—	—	—	—	-47.5	-7.1
2001	29	—	—	—	—	-10.3	7.4
Career					—	—	—

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate
1997	25	ATL	16	—	1	4	25.0%	27	1	1	25.0	25.0	6.8	0.5	1.0	55.2
1998	26	ATL	16	—	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6
Career			32		1	6	16.7%	27	1	1	16.7	16.7	4.5	—	—	45.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 82 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 82 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 82· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 79

On-field 59

Availability 20

On-field production Staying available

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

1995bestavg 79elite 702000

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #396 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2000 ATL·4 team wins#21

Rushing Yards · 1,013 · score 15

2000 ATL·4 team wins#25

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

-21.18 EPA/season over 3 seasons43

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: 91%.

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

6,963

5,325 rush · 1,638 recv

Total TDs

34 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

1,482

1,327 carries · 155 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

College Stats

Utah; Moorpark CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah; Moorpark College), 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.

1994 Draft Class· this player went #201

#176Derrell MitchellWR #177Brant BoyerOLB #179Andrew JordanTE #182Lee WoodallLB #193Mitch BergerP #194Barron WorthamMLB #197Gus FrerotteQB #200Jim PyneC #202Carlester CrumplerTE #208Glenn FoleyQB #210Keith BurnsLB #217Rob HolmbergLB #218Tom NalenC #219Tracy GreeneTE #220Lemanski HallOLB #222Marty MooreLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamal inherited the Atlanta Falcons RB room from Craig Heyward (1994–1996), and handed it to Byron Hanspard (1997–1999).

Gerald Riggs 1982–1988Cliff Austin 1984–1986Gene Lang 1988–1990Tracy Johnson 1990–1991Steve Broussard 1990–1993Erric Pegram

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with ATL
1994draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 7, Pick 201

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 237 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

C+1995

A1996

A1997

A+1998

B+2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

76%

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
1995	161	10.1	460+299	27.1
1996	1,055	65.9	1,527+472	89.8
1997	1,002	62.6	1,406+404	82.7
1998	1,846	115.4	2,310+464	135.9
2000	1,013	63.3	1,150+137	67.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

144 career value over replacement — #677 all-time of 4,642. 28.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #201 (Rd 7) · ATL · 1994 · +57.6 vs expected KV-H

82actual

24.4 expected · Δ+57.6

💔+48.4 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

Passing

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #201

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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