Jordan Howard NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Jordan Howard ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Howard in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Howard a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Jordan Howard

RBNO#24CUT

Jordan Howard

1× Pro Bowl8th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards Top 8% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #21

Height6'0"

Weight222 lb

BornNov 2, 1994

Age31

CollegeIndiana; UAB See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 150 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 94 · #1216 · High-Value

Worth 94 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

5

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+18.8

Avg surplus

peak +33

5 seasons × ~18.8 surplus ≈ VORP 94

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%
2016	—	CHI	15	—	252	1,313	6	5.2	2.4	70	27.8	1	50	29	298	1	58.0%	10.3	6.0	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	654	67.3%	—	0.0%	4	14.0%
2016	—	WAS	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CHI	16	—	276	1,122	9	4.1	3.3	61	22.1	1	32	23	125	0	71.9%	5.4	3.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	576	58.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	—	CHI	16	—	250	935	9	3.7	3.6	53	21.2	1	27	20	145	0	74.1%	7.3	5.4	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	624	58.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	PHI	9	—	119	525	6	4.4	5.0	28	23.5	0	14	10	69	1	71.4%	6.9	4.9	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	280	40.0%	—	0.0%	5	21.0%
2020	—	PHI	7	—	35	60	4	1.7	11.4	7	20.0	0	1	1	-3	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	MIA	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	15.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	PHI	7	—	86	406	3	4.7	3.5	24	27.9	0	5	2	19	0	40.0%	9.5	3.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	153	33.9%	—	0.0%	16	15.8%
2022	—	NO	1	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	82	—	1,019	4,362	37	4.3	3.6	243	23.8	3	129	85	653	2	65.9%	7.7	5.1	—	28	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,359	39.6%	—	0.0%	25	16.9%

Career EPA-53.3·-49 rushing · -4 receiving·-7.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	22	CHI	15	10*	252	1,313	6	5.2	2.4	70	27.8	1	14.9
2017	23	CHI	16	9*	276	1,122	9	4.1	3.3	61	22.1	1	15.1
2018	24	CHI	16	9*	250	935	9	3.7	3.6	53	21.2	1	13.1
2019	25	PHI	9	0*	119	525	6	4.4	5.0	28	23.5	0	8.4
2020	26	PHI	7	0*	35	60	4	1.7	11.4	7	20.0	0	4.1
2021	27	PHI	7	0*	86	406	3	4.7	3.5	24	27.9	0	4.6
2022	28	NO	1	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			71	28*	1,019	4,362	37	4.3	—	243	—	3	60.2

* 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
2016	22	CHI	15	10*	50	29	298	1	58.0%	10.3	6.0	—	12
2017	23	CHI	16	9*	32	23	125	0	71.9%	5.4	3.9	—	4
2018	24	CHI	16	9*	27	20	145	0	74.1%	7.3	5.4	—	7
2019	25	PHI	9	0*	14	10	69	1	71.4%	6.9	4.9	—	3
2020	26	PHI	7	0*	1	1	-3	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0
2021	27	PHI	7	0*	5	2	19	0	40.0%	9.5	3.8	—	2
Career			70	28*	129	85	653	2	65.9%	7.7	5.1	—	28

* 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%
2016	22	CHI	15	10*	654	67.3%	—	0.0%	4	14.0%
2017	23	CHI	16	9*	576	58.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	24	CHI	16	9*	624	58.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	25	PHI	10	0*	280	40.0%	—	0.0%	5	21.0%
2020	26	MIA	7	0*	68	15.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	27	PHI	7	0*	153	33.9%	—	0.0%	16	15.8%
2022	28	NO	2	—	4	4.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			73	28*	2,359	—	—	—	25	—

* 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
2016	22	—	—	10*	—	-1.1	7.5	0	56
2017	23	—	—	9*	—	-14.8	-8.0	0	-26
2018	24	—	—	9*	—	-25.2	-2.4	0	21
2019	25	—	—	0*	—	-0.5	0.9	0	1
2020	26	—	—	0*	—	-6.9	-1.0	0	-4
2021	27	—	—	0*	—	-0.6	-0.8	0	9
2022	28	—	—	—	—	-0.5	—	0	0
Career				28*	—	—	—	0	57

* 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	24	CHI	16	9*	443	1.8	492	2.0	8	31.3	53
2019	25	PHI	10	0*	243	2.0	282	2.4	4	29.8	28
2020	26	2TM	7	0*	16	0.5	44	1.3	1	35.0	7
2021	27	PHI	7	0*	208	2.4	198	2.3	7	12.3	24
2022	28	NO	2	—	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	—	—
Career			42	9*	910	—	1,017	—	20	—	112

* 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	24	CHI	16	9*	0.8	0.9	6.4	1	0	0.0	7	89.4
2019	25	PHI	10	0*	0.1	0.0	6.9	1	1	0.1	3	106.0
2020	26	2TM	7	0*	-4.0	-3.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2021	27	PHI	7	0*	1.8	2.5	7.0	0	1	0.2	2	51.2
Career			40	9*	—	—	—	2	2	—	12	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

68

Sustained

career value

×.6

77

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 52

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 63elite 702021

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #21 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

198

4 qualifying seasons

2016 CHI·3 team wins#2

Rushing Yards · 1,313 · score 96

2017 CHI·5 team wins#3

Rushing Touchdowns · 9 · score 46

2017 CHI·5 team wins#6

Rushing Yards · 1,122 · score 40

All-Time Standing

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

24

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader24

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.62 EPA/season over 7 seasons47

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

62

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.126 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.126Touch rate0.487EPA/snap-0.023Snap share39.6%Off snaps2,359ConsistentCV 0.19

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 · 2016

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

RB · 2016 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 64thClass Pos 32thClass All 68th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 54thClass Pos 35thClass All 63th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 74thClass Pos 68thClass All 78th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 22thClass Pos 18thClass All 29th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

5,015

4,362 rush · 653 recv

Total TDs

39

37 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

1,104

1,019 carries · 85 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att10Yds35Y/A3.51D21D%20.0

Receiving

Tgt2Rec1Yds7Ctch%50.0%Y/R7.0Y/Tgt3.5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.9Rec EPA-1.9Rec AirYd-4

College Stats

Indiana; UABCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Indiana; UAB), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #150

#142Ronald BlairDE #143DeAndre WashingtonRB #144Connor McGovernG #145John TheusOT #146Matthew JudonOLB #147Quinton JeffersonDE #148Caleb BenenochG #149Paul PerkinsRB #151Joe DahlC #152Matthew IoannidisDT #153Wendell SmallwoodRB #154Jordan PaytonWR #155Joe HaegOT #156Jonathan WilliamsRB #157LeShaun SimsCB #158Brandon ShellOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jordan inherited the Chicago Bears RB room from Jeremy Langford (2015–2016), and handed it to Tarik Cohen (2017–2020).

Matt Suhey 1980–1989Dennis Gentry 1982–1992Thomas Sanders 1985–1989Neal Anderson 1986–1993Brad Muster 1988–1992Mark Green

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

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Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined NO (from PHI)
2022final season
Last recorded season with NO
2019team change
Joined PHI (from CHI)
2016draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 5, Pick 150

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 222 lb

Frame

230 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

34" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	PHI	2	W12Out· KneeW13Out· KneeW17Questionable· Stinger
2019	PHI	0	W11Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· ShoulderW14Questionable· ShoulderW15Questionable· ShoulderW16Questionable· Shoulder
2017	CHI	0	W2Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

72

peak 77

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

A2016

B+2017

B+2018

B2019

D2020

C+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

64%

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
2016	1,313	87.5	1,618+305	95.2
2017	1,122	70.1	1,242+120	73.1
2018	935	58.4	1,025+90	60.3
2019	525	58.3	1,034+509	60.8
2020	60	8.6	137+77	8.1
2021	406	58	986+580	58

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

94 career value over replacement — #1216 all-time of 4,642. 15.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #150 (Rd 5) · CHI · 2016 · +39 vs expected KV-H

72actual

33 expected · Δ+39

💔+39.8 stolen VORP·2.52 szns lost

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