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

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Justin Forsett

1× Pro BowlTop 17% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -13% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2014

Height5'8"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

84 career value over replacement — #1405 all-time of 4,695. 10.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #233 (Rd 7) · SEA · 2008 · +45.2 vs expected KV-H

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18.8 expected · Δ+45.2

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2009	23–24	SEA	16	—	114	619	4	5.4	3.5	29	25.4	1	57	41	350	1	71.9%	8.5	6.1	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	24–25	SEA	16	—	118	523	2	4.4	1.7	25	21.2	0	50	33	249	0	66.0%	7.5	5.0	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25–26	SEA	16	—	46	145	1	3.2	2.2	6	13.0	0	34	23	128	0	67.6%	5.6	3.8	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	26–27	HOU	11	—	63	374	1	5.9	1.6	14	22.2	0	5	3	38	0	60.0%	12.7	7.6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	27–28	JAX	9	—	6	31	0	5.2	0.0	1	16.7	0	16	15	82	0	93.8%	5.5	5.1	—	5	99	16.8%	—	0.0%	7	2.8%
2014	28–29	BAL	16	—	235	1,266	8	5.4	3.4	56	23.8	0	59	44	263	0	74.6%	6.0	4.5	—	10	707	66.1%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2015	29–30	BAL	10	—	151	641	2	4.2	1.3	41	27.2	0	41	31	153	0	75.6%	4.9	3.7	—	4	475	67.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	30–31	BAL / DEN / DET	9	—	87	291	1	3.3	1.1	10	11.5	1	27	20	85	0	74.1%	4.3	3.1	—	4	265	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	103	—	820	3,890	19	4.7	2.3	182	22.2	2	289	210	1,348	1	72.7%	6.4	4.7	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	—

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 84 · #1405 · High-Value

Worth 84 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 31% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12

Avg surplus

peak +32

7 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈