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

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Justin Fargas

Top 21% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2007Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #246

Height6'1"

Weight220 lb

BornJan 25, 1980

Age46

CollegeUSC; Michigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 3, Pick 96 · LV

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 57 · #1892 · Above Average

Worth 57 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 42% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.3

Avg surplus

peak +20

4 seasons × ~14.3 surplus ≈ VORP 57

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													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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2003	—	LV	9	—	40	203	0	5.1	0.0	10	25.0	1	2	2	2	0	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-5.2	-1.1	0	0
2004	—	LV	10	—	35	126	1	3.6	2.9	9	25.7	0	11	11	68	0	100.0%	6.2	6.2	—	3	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2	-2.2	0	0
2005	—	LV	4	—	5	28	0	5.6	0.0	2	40.0	0	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0	0.5	0	0
2006	—	LV	16	—	178	659	1	3.7	0.6	27	15.2	0	13	13	91	0	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	LA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-19.4	3.3	0	6
2007	—	LV	14	—	222	1,009	4	4.5	1.8	52	23.4	1	23	23	188	0	100.0%	8.2	8.2	—	11	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.9	10.3	0	27
2008	—	LV	14	—	219	855	1	3.9	0.5	32	14.6	1	10	10	52	0	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-39.8	0.8	0	-7
2009	—	LV	12	—	129	491	3	3.8	2.3	23	17.8	0	21	17	113	0	81.0%	6.6	5.4	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-13.9	-3.7	0	3
Career		—	85	—	828	3,371	10	4.1	1.2	155	18.7	3	81	77	523	0	95.1%	6.8	6.5	—	24	8	7	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-90.4	7.9	0	29

Career EPA-82.6·-90 rushing · 8 receiving·-11.8/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2003	23	LV	9	—	40	203	0	5.1	0.0	10	25.0	1	3.7
2004	24	LV	10	—	35	126	1	3.6	2.9	9	25.7	0	4.7
2005	25	LV	4	—	5	28	0	5.6	0.0	2	40.0	0	1.5
2006	26	LV	16	—	178	659	1	3.7	0.6	27	15.2	0	8.8
2007	27	LV	14	—	222	1,009	4	4.5	1.8	52	23.4	1	10.6
2008	28	LV	14	—	219	855	1	3.9	0.5	32	14.6	1	8.3
2009	29	LV	12	—	129	491	3	3.8	2.3	23	17.8	0	8.2
Career			79		828	3,371	10	4.1	—	155	—	3	45.8

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2003	23	LV	9	—	2	2	2	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	0
2004	24	LV	10	—	11	11	68	100.0%	6.2	6.2	—	3
2005	25	LV	4	—	1	1	9	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0
2006	26	LV	16	—	13	13	91	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	3
2007	27	LV	14	—	23	23	188	100.0%	8.2	8.2	—	11
2008	28	LV	14	—	10	10	52	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	2
2009	29	LV	12	—	21	17	113	81.0%	6.6	5.4	—	5
Career			79		81	77	523	95.1%	6.8	6.5	—	24

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2003	23	KC	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2004	24	LV	2	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2006	26	LA	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2007	27	LV	1	—	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	28	HOU	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2009	29	PHI	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			9		8	7	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2003	23	—	—	—	—	-5.2	-1.1	0
2004	24	—	—	—	—	-0.2	-2.2	0
2005	25	—	—	—	—	-1.0	0.5	0
2006	26	—	—	—	—	-19.4	3.3	6
2007	27	—	—	—	—	-10.9	10.3	27
2008	28	—	—	—	—	-39.8	0.8	-7
2009	29	—	—	—	—	-13.9	-3.7	3
Career					—	—	—	29

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 42.6

Availability 15.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2003bestavg 53elite 702009

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #246 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2007 LV·4 team wins#16

Rushing Yards · 1,009 · score 30

2008 LV·5 team wins#21

Rushing Yards · 855 · score 10

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader18

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-11.79 EPA/season over 7 seasons46

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: 88%.

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 · 2003

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

RB · 2003 class

4.35s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 97thClass Pos 98thClass All 98th

137"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 96thClass All 99th

27 reps

Bench

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 83thClass Pos 88thClass All 77th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,894

3,371 rush · 523 recv

Total TDs

10 rush · 0 recv

Total Touches

905

828 carries · 77 rec

Yds / Touch

4.3

rushing + receiving

College Stats

USC; MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC; Michigan), 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.

2003 Draft Class· this player went #96

#88Dave RagoneQB #89Andrew WilliamsDE #90Donald StricklandDB #91Visanthe ShiancoeTE #92Julian BattleCB #93Chris BrownRB #94Angelo CrowellLB #95Billy McMullenWR #97Chris SimmsQB #99Artose PinnerRB #100Todd JohnsonDB #101Domanick WilliamsRB #102Montrae HollandG #103Bradie JamesILB #104George WrighsterTE #105Onterrio SmithRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Justin inherited the Las Vegas Raiders RB room from Charlie Garner (2001–2003), and handed it to LaMont Jordan (2005–2007).

Chester Willis 1981–1984Frank Hawkins 1981–1987Steve Strachan 1985–1988Vance Mueller 1986–1990Napoleon McCallum 1986–1994Bo Jackson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with LV
2003draft
Drafted by LV — Round 3, Pick 96

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 220 lb

Frame

219 lb at 4.35s

Size-speed

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	OAK	0	W1Questionable· HamstringW16Doubtful· KneeW17Doubtful· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+2003

C2004

F2005

B2006

B+2007

B2008

C+2009

Availability

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

71%

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
2003	203	22.6	454+251	26.7
2004	126	12.6	299+173	17.6
2005	28	7	202+174	11.9
2006	659	41.2	635-24	37.4
2007	1,009	72.1	1,090+81	64.1
2008	855	61.1	930+75	54.7
2009	491	40.9	656+165	38.6

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

57 career value over replacement — #1892 all-time of 4,642. 8.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #96 (Rd 3) · LV · 2003 · +22.3 vs expected KV-H

61actual

38.7 expected · Δ+22.3

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2003

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2003 Draft Class· this player went #96

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography