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

RBIND#29ACT

Joseph Addai

1× Pro BowlTop 13% all-time RBsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006Two-Way Profile

Height5'11"

Weight214 lb

BornMay 3, 1983

Age43

CollegeLSU See College Stats

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 1, Pick 30 · IND

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

23rdPlayoff Rushing Yards·621 yds 66thPlayoff Receptions·46 70thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·4

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end running back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 87 · #1335 · High-Value

Worth 87 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.5

Avg surplus

peak +21

6 seasons × ~14.5 surplus ≈ VORP 87

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
2006	—	IND	16	—	226	1,081	7	4.8	3.1	66	29.2	2	40	40	325	1	100.0%	8.1	8.1	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	IND	15	—	261	1,072	12	4.1	4.6	65	24.9	0	41	41	364	3	100.0%	8.9	8.9	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	IND	12	—	155	544	5	3.5	3.2	34	21.9	1	25	25	206	2	100.0%	8.2	8.2	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	IND	15	—	219	828	10	3.8	4.6	44	20.1	1	63	51	336	3	81.0%	6.6	5.3	—	17	1	1	100.0%	22	1	0	100.0	0.0	22.0	42.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	IND	8	—	116	495	4	4.3	3.4	31	26.7	1	26	19	124	0	73.1%	6.5	4.8	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	IND	12	—	118	433	1	3.7	0.8	16	13.6	0	22	15	93	0	68.2%	6.2	4.2	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	JAX	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	83	—	1,095	4,453	39	4.1	3.6	256	23.4	5	217	191	1,448	9	88.0%	7.6	6.7	—	71	1	1	100.0%	22	1	0	100.0	0.0	22.0	42.0	—	158.3	0	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA25.9·0 passing · -23 rushing · 49 receiving·4.3/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2009	26	IND	15	—	1	1	100.0%	22	1	0	100.0	0.0	22.0	42.0	—	158.3	0	18.7
Career			15		1	1	100.0%	22	1	0	100.0	0.0	22.0	—	—	158.3	0	79.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2006	23	IND	16	—	226	1,081	7	4.8	3.1	66	29.2	2
2007	24	IND	15	—	261	1,072	12	4.1	4.6	65	24.9	0
2008	25	IND	12	—	155	544	5	3.5	3.2	34	21.9	1
2009	26	IND	15	—	219	828	10	3.8	4.6	44	20.1	1
2010	27	IND	8	—	116	495	4	4.3	3.4	31	26.7	1
2011	28	IND	12	—	118	433	1	3.7	0.8	16	13.6	0
Career			78		1,095	4,453	39	4.1	—	256	—	5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2006	23	IND	16	—	40	40	325	1	100.0%	8.1	8.1	—	20
2007	24	IND	15	—	41	41	364	3	100.0%	8.9	8.9	—	15
2008	25	IND	12	—	25	25	206	2	100.0%	8.2	8.2	—	9
2009	26	IND	15	—	63	51	336	3	81.0%	6.6	5.3	—	17
2010	27	IND	8	—	26	19	124	0	73.1%	6.5	4.8	—	5
2011	28	IND	12	—	22	15	93	0	68.2%	6.2	4.2	—	5
Career			78		217	191	1,448	9	88.0%	7.6	6.7	—	71

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2006	23	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	24	TEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2009	26	JAX	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2011	28	JAX	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			5		5	5	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2006	23	—	—	—	-2.4	7.5	21.3	0	24
2007	24	—	—	—	—	5.1	26.4	0	9
2008	25	—	—	—	—	-11.2	12.8	0	43
2009	26	—	—	—	2.4	-11.3	-2.5	22	104
2010	27	—	—	—	—	3.7	-1.1	0	49
2011	28	—	—	—	—	-16.6	-8.3	0	-4
Career					—	—	—	22	225

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 67 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 67 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 48.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 65elite 702011

All-Time Standing

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

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

4.31 EPA/season over 6 seasons51

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: 93%.

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 · 2006

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

RB · 2006 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 93thClass Pos 85thClass All 91th

38.5"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 89thClass Pos 97thClass All 81th

125"

Broad Jump

Strong · 86th pct

Pos 86thAll 86thClass Pos 97thClass All 87th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 31thClass All 26th

7.09s

3-Cone

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 57thClass Pos 53thClass All 56th

4.47s

Shuttle

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 31thClass Pos 18thClass All 28th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 3.9 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

-3%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

5,901

4,453 rush · 1,448 recv

Total TDs

39 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

1,286

1,095 carries · 191 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Rushing

Att158Yds621TD4Y/A3.9TD%2.51D411D%25.9Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt47Rec46Yds298Ctch%97.9%Y/R6.5Y/Tgt6.31D13

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-8.0Rec EPA12.5Rec AirYd55

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #30

#22Manny LawsonOLB #23Davin JosephG #24Johnathan JosephCB #25Santonio HolmesWR #26John McCargoDT #27DeAngelo WilliamsRB #28Marcedes LewisTE #29Nick MangoldC #31Kelly JenningsDB #32Mathias KiwanukaDE #33DeMeco RyansILB #34D'Qwell JacksonILB #35Rocky McIntoshLB #36Chad JacksonWR #38Thomas HowardLB #39Winston JusticeOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Joseph inherited the Indianapolis Colts RB room from James Mungro (2002–2005), and handed it to Donald Brown (2009–2013).

Curtis Dickey 1980–1985Randy McMillan 1984–1986George Wonsley 1984–1988Owen Gill 1985–1986Eric Dickerson 1987–1991Ken Clark

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with IND
2006draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 30

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 214 lb

Frame

214 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

38.5" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	IND	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· HamstringW9Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW13Questionable· Hamstring
2010	IND	1	W3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· NeckW8Doubtful· NeckW9Doubtful· NeckW10Doubtful· NeckW11Questionable· NeckW12Doubtful· NeckW13Doubtful· NeckW14Out· NeckW15Questionable· Neck+1 more
2009	IND	0	W5Questionable· Hand

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 70

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

B+2006

B+2007

C+2008

B2009

B2010

C+2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

81%

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
2006	1,081	67.6	998-83	58.7
2007	1,072	71.5	1,081+9	63.6
2008	544	45.3	701+157	41.3
2009	828	55.2	874+46	51.4
2010	495	61.9	1,026+531	60.4
2011	433	36.1	659+226	38.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

87 career value over replacement — #1335 all-time of 4,642. 14.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · IND · 2006 · +12.1 vs expected KV-H

67actual

54.9 expected · Δ+12.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2006

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #30

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography