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 | |||||
| 2002 | 23 | HOU | 16 | — | 197 | 529 | 3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 21 | 10.7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 75.0% | 5.3 | 4.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 24 | HOU | 3 | — | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.5 | 8.5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 25 | HOU | 13 | — | 82 | 299 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 16 | 19.5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 100.0% | 7.2 | 7.2 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26 | HOU | 13 | — | 90 | 325 | 4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 20 | 22.2 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 179 | 0 | 100.0% | 8.1 | 8.1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 45 | — | 374 | 1,167 | 10 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 58 | 15.5 | 2 | 47 | 44 | 323 | 2 | 93.6% | 7.3 | 6.9 | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
21 career value over replacement — #3100 all-time of 4,695. 7/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #99 (Rd 4) · HOU · 2002 · +11.5 vs expected KV-H
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3 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈ VORP 21
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