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Joshua Kelley

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Joshua Kelley

Top 41% all-time RBsSolid Contributor

Height5'11"

Weight212 lb

BornNov 20, 1997

Age28

CollegeUCLA See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 4, Pick 112 · LAC

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 13 · #3446 · Role Player

Worth 13 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 75% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+4.3

Avg surplus

peak +7

3 seasons × ~4.3 surplus ≈ VORP 13

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									Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2020	—	LAC	13	—	111	354	2	3.2	1.8	20	18.0	2	23	23	148	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	9	297	28.4%	—	0.0%	108	28.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-30.1	6.3	0	-25
2021	—	LAC	8	—	33	102	0	3.1	0.0	5	15.2	1	6	5	38	0	83.3%	7.6	6.3	—	1	139	20.6%	—	0.0%	14	11.2%	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-15.1	2.0	0	13
2022	—	LAC	12	—	69	287	2	4.2	2.9	16	23.2	0	25	14	101	0	56.0%	7.2	4.0	—	4	270	29.5%	—	0.0%	164	46.2%	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	-5.6	0	48
2023	—	LAC	17	—	107	405	2	3.8	1.9	21	19.6	1	12	8	32	0	66.7%	4.0	2.7	—	0	392	34.0%	—	0.0%	78	24.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-26.1	-5.7	0	15
2024	—	TEN	1	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3.0%	—	0.0%	3	12.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4	—	0	0
Career		—	51	—	321	1,150	6	3.6	1.9	62	19.3	4	66	50	319	0	75.8%	6.4	4.8	—	14	1,102	23.1%	—	0.0%	367	24.4%	—	-69.2	-3.0	0	51

Career EPA-72.2·-69 rushing · -3 receiving·-14.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	23	LAC	13	0*	111	354	2	3.2	1.8	20	18.0	2	7.6
2021	24	LAC	8	0*	33	102	0	3.1	0.0	5	15.2	1	2.8
2022	25	LAC	12	0*	69	287	2	4.2	2.9	16	23.2	0	6.2
2023	26	LAC	17	0*	107	405	2	3.8	1.9	21	19.6	1	7.4
2024	27	TEN	1	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			51		321	1,150	6	3.6	—	62	—	4	24

* 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
2020	23	LAC	13	0*	23	23	148	0	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	9
2021	24	LAC	8	0*	6	5	38	0	83.3%	7.6	6.3	—	1
2022	25	LAC	12	0*	25	14	101	0	56.0%	7.2	4.0	—	4
2023	26	LAC	17	0*	12	8	32	0	66.7%	4.0	2.7	—	0
Career			50		66	50	319	0	75.8%	6.4	4.8	—	14

* 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%
2020	23	LAC	14	0*	297	28.4%	—	0.0%	108	28.3%
2021	24	LAC	10	0*	139	20.6%	—	0.0%	14	11.2%
2022	25	LAC	13	0*	270	29.5%	—	0.0%	164	46.2%
2023	26	LAC	17	0*	392	34.0%	—	0.0%	78	24.3%
2024	27	TEN	3	—	4	3.0%	—	0.0%	3	12.0%
Career			57		1,102	—	—	—	367	—

* 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
2020	23	—	—	0*	—	-30.1	6.3	0	-25
2021	24	—	—	0*	—	-15.1	2.0	0	13
2022	25	—	—	0*	—	2.5	-5.6	0	48
2023	26	—	—	0*	—	-26.1	-5.7	0	15
2024	27	—	—	—	—	-0.4	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	51

* 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
2020	23	LAC	14	0*	184	1.7	170	1.5	7	15.9	20
2021	24	LAC	10	0*	59	1.8	43	1.3	2	16.5	5
2022	25	LAC	13	0*	165	2.4	122	1.8	4	17.3	16
2023	26	LAC	17	0*	216	2.0	189	1.8	6	17.8	21
2024	27	TEN	3	—	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
Career			57		626	—	524	—	19	—	62

* 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
2020	23	LAC	14	0*	-1.1	-1.1	7.5	2	0	0.0	9	93.5
2021	24	LAC	10	0*	2.2	1.4	6.2	1	0	0.0	1	93.1
2022	25	LAC	13	0*	1.9	0.9	6.3	0	5	0.2	4	65.6
2023	26	LAC	17	0*	0.4	-0.9	4.9	1	3	0.3	0	70.1
Career			54		—	—	—	4	8	—	14	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 50 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

54

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 53.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 50· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 37

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 512023

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-14.44 EPA/season over 5 seasons45

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

41

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.333 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.333Touch rate0.351EPA/snap-0.066Snap share23.1%Off snaps1,102ConsistentCV 0.17

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 · 2020

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

RB · 2020 class

4.49s

40-Yard

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 79thClass Pos 72thClass All 78th

31"

Vertical

Low · 13th pct

Pos 13thAll 28thClass Pos 9thClass All 27th

121"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 70thClass Pos 42thClass All 52th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 63thClass Pos 79thClass All 68th

6.95s

3-Cone

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 75thClass Pos 95thClass All 89th

4.28s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 60thClass Pos 53thClass All 75th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Rushing

Att7Yds20Y/A2.9

Receiving

Tgt1Rec1Yds8Ctch%100.0%Y/R8.0Y/Tgt8.0

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.7Rec EPA0.0Rec AirYd4

College Stats

UCLACollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCLA), 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #112

#104Terrell BurgessSAF #105Adam TrautmanTE #106Tyre PhillipsG #107Akeem Davis-GaitherLB #108Saahdiq CharlesOT #109John SimpsonG #110Darnay HolmesCB #111Solomon KindleyG #113Troy PrideCB #114Leki FotuDT #115Harrison BryantTE #116Ben BartchOT #117D.J. WonnumLB #118Albert OkwuegbunamTE #119Mykal WalkerLB #120La'Mical PerineRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Joshua inherited the Los Angeles Chargers RB room from Austin Ekeler (2017–2023), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

James Brooks 1981–1983Earnest Jackson 1983–1984Buford McGee 1984–1986Lionel James 1984–1988Tim Spencer 1985–1989Rod Bernstine 1987–1992

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Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined TEN (from LAC)
2024final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2020draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 4, Pick 112

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 212 lb

Frame

212 lb at 4.49s

Size-speed

31" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	LAC	1	W7Out· 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 4-season peers. See all →

50

peak 54

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

C+2020

C2021

C+2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

68%

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
2020	354	27.2	459+105	27
2021	102	12.8	207+105	12.2
2022	287	23.9	409+122	24
2023	405	23.8	392-13	23.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, 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

13 career value over replacement — #3446 all-time of 4,642. 3.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #112 (Rd 4) · LAC · 2020 · +13.2 vs expected KV-H

50actual

36.8 expected · Δ+13.2

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