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Jaylen Samuels

RBHOU#38DEV

Jaylen Samuels

Solid Contributor

Height6'0"

Weight225 lb

BornJul 20, 1996

Age29

CollegeN.C. State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 5, Pick 165 · PIT

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a developmental — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 0 · #4384 · Role Player

Worth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 95% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

0

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+0

Avg surplus

peak +0

0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0

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
2018	—	PIT	9	—	56	256	0	4.6	0.0	13	23.2	0	29	26	199	3	89.7%	7.7	6.9	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	PIT	13	—	66	175	1	2.7	1.5	9	13.6	0	57	47	305	1	82.5%	6.5	5.4	—	19	4	5	80.0%	35	0	1	0.0	20.0	7.0	-2.0	0.0	56.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	PIT	8	—	9	28	0	3.1	0.0	1	11.1	0	14	9	46	0	64.3%	5.1	3.3	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	—	HOU	2	—	5	9	0	1.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	4	3	14	0	75.0%	4.7	3.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	33	—	136	468	1	3.4	0.7	23	16.9	0	104	85	564	4	81.7%	6.6	5.4	—	32	4	5	80.0%	35	0	1	0.0	20.0	7.0	-2.0	0.0	56.3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-18.6·-4 passing · -23 rushing · 8 receiving·-4.7/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2019	23	PIT	13	0*	4	5	80.0%	35	0	1	0.0	20.0	7.0	-2.0	0.0	56.3	0	8.5
Career			13		4	5	80.0%	35	0	1	0.0	20.0	7.0	—	—	56.3	0	18.4

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

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2018	22	PIT	9	0*	56	256	0	4.6	0.0	13	23.2	0
2019	23	PIT	13	0*	66	175	1	2.7	1.5	9	13.6	0
2020	24	PIT	8	0*	9	28	0	3.1	0.0	1	11.1	0
2021	25	HOU	2	—	5	9	0	1.8	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			32		136	468	1	3.4	—	23	—	0

* 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
2018	22	PIT	9	0*	29	26	199	3	89.7%	7.7	6.9	—	10
2019	23	PIT	13	0*	57	47	305	1	82.5%	6.5	5.4	—	19
2020	24	PIT	8	0*	14	9	46	0	64.3%	5.1	3.3	—	2
2021	25	HOU	2	—	4	3	14	0	75.0%	4.7	3.5	—	1
Career			32		104	85	564	4	81.7%	6.6	5.4	—	32

* 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%
2018	22	PIT	14	0*	228	31.2%	—	0.0%	110	28.2%
2019	23	PIT	14	0*	362	41.9%	—	0.0%	149	45.8%
2020	24	PIT	14	0*	121	15.6%	—	0.0%	135	33.5%
2021	25	HOU	3	—	18	9.7%	—	0.0%	15	29.0%
Career			45		729	—	—	—	409	—

* 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
2018	22	—	—	0*	—	-2.5	15.2	0	2
2019	23	—	—	0*	-3.5	-15.0	-4.3	-11	-45
2020	24	—	—	0*	—	-2.7	-3.1	0	-3
2021	25	—	—	—	—	-2.5	-0.2	0	-4
Career					—	—	—	-11	-50

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

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2019	23	PIT	—	0*	80.0	20.0	1	20.0	0	1	3	1.2	0	0	—
Career					—	—	1	—	0	1	3	—	0	0	—

* 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
2018	22	PIT	14	0*	148	2.6	108	1.9	2	28.0	13
2019	23	PIT	14	0*	49	0.7	126	1.9	3	22.0	9
2020	24	PIT	14	0*	14	1.6	14	1.6	0	—	1
2021	25	HOU	3	—	1	0.2	8	1.6	0	—	0
Career			45		212	—	256	—	5	—	23

* 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
2018	22	PIT	14	0*	0.1	-0.6	8.3	6	0	0.0	10	129.7
2019	23	PIT	14	0*	-0.8	-1.3	7.8	1	5	0.1	19	87.5
2020	24	PIT	14	0*	-0.2	-1.1	6.2	0	3	0.2	2	69.3
2021	25	HOU	3	—	-1.0	-1.0	5.7	0	1	0.3	1	79.2
Career			45		—	—	—	7	9	—	32	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 40 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 40 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

47

Sustained

career value

×.6

46

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 46.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 40· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 47

On-field 33.8

Availability 13.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 462020

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Receptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-4.65 EPA/season over 4 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+

44

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.416 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.416Touch rate0.329EPA/snap-0.026Snap share24.6%Off snaps729VolatileCV 0.61

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 · 2018

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

RB · 2018 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 69thClass Pos 45thClass All 64th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 59thClass Pos 45thClass All 63th

121"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 70thClass Pos 47thClass All 69th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 59thClass All 47th

6.93s

3-Cone

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 78thClass Pos 50thClass All 70th

4.28s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 60thClass Pos 34thClass All 63th

College Stats

N.C. StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (N.C. State), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #165

#156Troy FumagalliTE #157Tyler ConklinTE #158Andrew BrownDT #159Daurice FountainWR #160Ogbo OkoronkwoDE #161Jermaine CarterLB #163Tim SettleDT #164Natrell JamersonDB #166Wyatt TellerG #167Daniel CarlsonK #168Jamarco JonesOT #169Jordan WilkinsRB #170Darius PhillipsCB #171Mike WhiteQB #172J.K. ScottP #173Johnny TownsendP

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jaylen inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from James Conner (2017–2020), and handed it to Benny Snell (2019–2022).

Frank Pollard 1980–1988Walter Abercrombie 1982–1987Rich Erenberg 1984–1986Earnest Jackson 1986–1988Rodney Carter 1987–1989Merril Hoge

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Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined HOU (from PIT)
2021final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2018draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 5, Pick 165

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 225 lb

Frame

225 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	PIT	2	W11Out· QuadricepW12Out· Quadricep
2019	PIT	1	W6Out· KneeW8Questionable· Knee

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 3-season peers. See all →

40

peak 46

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

C+2018

C2019

D2020

Availability

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

69%

20182021

2021 · cause not documented · 18%

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
2018	256	28.4	481+225	28.3
2019	175	13.5	196+21	11.5
2020	28	3.5	50+22	2.9

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

0 career value over replacement — #4384 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #165 (Rd 5) · PIT · 2018 · +12.8 vs expected KV-H

40actual

27.2 expected · Δ+12.8

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