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

RBGB#44ACT

James Starks

Top 24% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +7% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'2"

Weight218 lb

BornFeb 25, 1986

Age40

CollegeBuffalo See College Stats

ConferenceMid-American

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 6, Pick 193 · GB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

36thPlayoff Rushing Yards·523 yds

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 40 · #2327 · Above Average

Worth 40 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +13

4 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 40

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%
2010	—	GB	3	—	29	101	0	3.5	0.0	5	17.2	0	4	2	15	0	50.0%	7.5	3.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	GB	13	—	133	578	1	4.3	0.8	31	23.3	1	37	29	216	0	78.4%	7.4	5.8	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	GB	6	—	71	255	1	3.6	1.4	12	16.9	0	6	4	31	0	66.7%	7.8	5.2	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	GB	13	—	89	493	3	5.5	3.4	27	30.3	0	13	10	89	1	76.9%	8.9	6.8	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	220	23.6%	—	0.0%	11	16.0%
2014	—	GB	14	—	85	333	2	3.9	2.4	16	18.8	0	29	18	140	0	62.1%	7.8	4.8	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	260	24.7%	—	0.0%	20	13.2%
2014	—	MIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	GB	16	—	148	601	2	4.1	1.4	30	20.3	2	53	43	392	3	81.1%	9.1	7.4	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	528	45.3%	—	0.0%	23	17.4%
2015	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	GB	9	—	63	145	0	2.3	0.0	9	14.3	0	25	19	134	2	76.0%	7.1	5.4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	265	41.4%	—	0.0%	31	17.0%
Career		—	76	—	618	2,506	9	4.1	1.5	130	21.0	3	167	125	1,017	6	74.9%	8.1	6.1	—	38	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,273	33.8%	—	0.0%	85	15.9%

Career EPA-48.1·-59 rushing · 11 receiving·-6.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2010	24	GB	3	—	29	101	0	3.5	0.0	5	17.2	0	—
2011	25	GB	13	—	133	578	1	4.3	0.8	31	23.3	1	8.9
2012	26	GB	6	—	71	255	1	3.6	1.4	12	16.9	0	3.6
2013	27	GB	13	0*	89	493	3	5.5	3.4	27	30.3	0	8.8
2014	28	GB	14	0*	85	333	2	3.9	2.4	16	18.8	0	7.8
2015	29	GB	16	0*	148	601	2	4.1	1.4	30	20.3	2	13.9
2016	30	GB	9	0*	63	145	0	2.3	0.0	9	14.3	0	5.8
Career			74		618	2,506	9	4.1	—	130	—	3	48.8

* 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
2010	24	GB	3	—	4	2	15	0	50.0%	7.5	3.8	—	1
2011	25	GB	13	—	37	29	216	0	78.4%	7.4	5.8	—	9
2012	26	GB	6	—	6	4	31	0	66.7%	7.8	5.2	—	0
2013	27	GB	13	0*	13	10	89	1	76.9%	8.9	6.8	—	3
2014	28	GB	14	0*	29	18	140	0	62.1%	7.8	4.8	—	6
2015	29	GB	16	0*	53	43	392	3	81.1%	9.1	7.4	—	15
2016	30	GB	9	0*	25	19	134	2	76.0%	7.1	5.4	—	4
Career			74		167	125	1,017	6	74.9%	8.1	6.1	—	38

* 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%
2013	27	GB	13	0*	220	23.6%	—	0.0%	11	16.0%
2014	28	GB	16	0*	260	24.7%	—	0.0%	20	13.2%
2015	29	GB	16	0*	528	45.3%	—	0.0%	23	17.4%
2016	30	GB	9	0*	265	41.4%	—	0.0%	31	17.0%
Career			54		1,273	—	—	—	85	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2010	24	—	—	—	—	-3.4	-0.7	0
2011	25	—	—	—	—	-12.3	3.0	-60
2012	26	—	—	—	—	-7.3	0.5	-12
2013	27	—	—	0*	—	14.5	3.5	-23
2014	28	—	—	0*	—	-11.2	-2.3	115
2015	29	—	—	0*	—	-16.9	5.4	-72
2016	30	—	—	0*	—	-22.4	1.6	-32
Career					—	—	—	-84

* 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 peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 40.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 542016

All-Time Standing

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

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

-6.87 EPA/season over 7 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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.828 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.828Touch rate0.397EPA/snap-0.022Snap share33.8%Off snaps1,273VolatileCV 0.47

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 · 2010

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

RB · 2010 class

4.50s

40-Yard

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 77thClass Pos 61thClass All 81th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 73thClass Pos 57thClass All 69th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 60thClass Pos 57thClass All 74th

15 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 17thClass Pos 10thClass All 15th

6.89s

3-Cone

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 82thClass Pos 63thClass All 77th

4.23s

Shuttle

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 68thClass Pos 65thClass All 76th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+7%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,523

2,506 rush · 1,017 recv

Total TDs

9 rush · 6 recv

Total Touches

743

618 carries · 125 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Rushing

Att121Yds523TD2Y/A4.3TD%1.71D271D%22.3

Receiving

Tgt20Rec15Yds68Ctch%75.0%Y/R4.5Y/Tgt3.41D5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-5.4Rec EPA-2.3Rec AirYd18

College Stats

BuffaloCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Buffalo), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #193

#185Anthony McCoyTE #186Clifton GeathersDT #187Shelley SmithG #188Jonathan DwyerRB #189Eugene SimsDE #190Travis GoethelLB #191Dezmon BriscoeWR #192Danny BattenOLB #195Antonio BrownWR #197Trindon HollidayWR #198David GettisWR #199Joe WebbQB #202Jordan PughDB #204Tony PikeQB #205Ted LarsenG #208Thomas WelchOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

James inherited the Green Bay Packers RB room from John Kuhn (2007–2015), and handed it to Eddie Lacy (2013–2016).

Gerry Ellis 1980–1986Jessie Clark 1983–1987Gary Ellerson 1985–1986Kenneth Davis 1986–1988Brent Fullwood 1987–1990Keith Woodside

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016final season
Last recorded season with GB
2010draft
Drafted by GB — Round 6, Pick 193

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 218 lb

Frame

218 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

36" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

15 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	GB	5	W6Questionable· KneeW7Out· KneeW8Out· KneeW9Out· KneeW10Questionable· KneeW15Doubtful· ConcussionW16Out· ConcussionW17Out· ConcussionW18Out· ConcussionW19Out· ConcussionW20Out· Concussion
2015	GB	0	W8Questionable· Hip
2013	GB	3	W5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW7Out· Knee
2012	GB	5	W1Out· ToeW2Doubtful· ToeW3Questionable· ToeW14Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Out· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2011	GB	2	W12Questionable· Knee / AnkleW14Out· Knee / AnkleW15Questionable· Knee / AnkleW17Out· Knee / Ankle

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 62

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

B2011

C2012

B2013

C+2014

B2015

C2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 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
2011	578	44.5	792+214	46.6
2012	255	42.5	775+520	45.6
2013	493	37.9	698+205	41
2014	333	23.8	437+104	25.7
2015	601	37.6	670+69	39.4
2016	145	16.1	245+100	14.4

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 · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

40 career value over replacement — #2327 all-time of 4,642. 6.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #193 (Rd 6) · GB · 2010 · +33.1 vs expected KV-H

59actual

25.9 expected · Δ+33.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #193

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography