Kene Nwangwu
Role Player
Height6'1"
Weight210 lb
BornFeb 9, 1998
Age28
CollegeIowa StateSee College Stats
ConferenceBig Twelve
Rookie yr2021
Draft2021 · Rd 4, Pick 119 · MIN
A running back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||
| 2021 | — | MIN | 6 | — | 13 | 61 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 80.0% | 2.3 | 1.8 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 9.0% | — | 0.0% | 79 | 24.7% |
| 2022 | — | MIN | 3 | — | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 100.0% | 10.5 | 10.5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 9.3% | — | 0.0% | 154 | 31.6% |
| 2022 | — | CHI | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | MIN | 3 | — | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 6.0% | — | 0.0% | 93 | 41.1% |
| 2024 | — | NYJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0% | — | 0.0% | 29 | 52.5% |
| 2025 | — | NYJ | 2 | — | 13 | 49 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 17.7% | — | 0.0% | 108 | 33.4% |
| Career | — | 17 | — | 40 | 137 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 6 | 15.0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 75.0% | 5.0 | 3.8 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 89 | 8.6% | — | 0.0% | 463 | 36.7% | |
Career EPA-6.6·-5 rushing · -2 receiving·-1.7/season
Rushing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | MIN | 6 | 0* | 13 | 61 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 24 | MIN | 3 | 0* | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | MIN | 3 | 0* | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 27 | NYJ | 2 | 0* | 13 | 49 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | — |
| Career | 14 | 40 | 137 | 0 | 3.4 | — | 6 | — | 0 | 1.9 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | MIN | 6 | 0* | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 80.0% | 2.3 | 1.8 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | 24 | MIN | 3 | 0* | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 100.0% | 10.5 | 10.5 | — | 1 |
| 2025 | 27 | NYJ | 2 | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| Career | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 75.0% | 5.0 | 3.8 | — | 1 |
* 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | MIN | 11 | 0* | 29 | 9.0% | — | 0.0% | 79 | 24.7% |
| 2022 | 24 | MIN | 17 | 0* | 18 | 9.3% | — | 0.0% | 154 | 31.6% |
| 2023 | 25 | MIN | 9 | 0* | 13 | 6.0% | — | 0.0% | 93 | 41.1% |
| 2024 | 26 | NYJ | 2 | — | 1 | 1.0% | — | 0.0% | 29 | 52.5% |
| 2025 | 27 | NYJ | 12 | 0* | 28 | 17.7% | — | 0.0% | 108 | 33.4% |
| Career | 51 | 89 | — | — | — | 463 | — |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | — | 0* | — | 0.3 | -3.0 | 0 | -6 |
| 2022 | 24 | — | — | 0* | — | -4.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 25 | — | — | 0* | — | -0.8 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | -6 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | MIN | 11 | 0* | 32 | 2.5 | 29 | 2.2 | 2 | 6.5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 24 | MIN | 17 | 0* | 4 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2023 | 25 | MIN | 9 | 0* | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2025 | 27 | NYJ | 12 | 0* | 24 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.9 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Career | 49 | 68 | — | 69 | — | 2 | — | 6 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | MIN | 11 | 0* | -1.2 | -2.5 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| 2022 | 24 | MIN | 17 | 0* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 110.4 |
| 2025 | 27 | NYJ | 12 | 0* | -6.0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Career | 40 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 21 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 21 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 1 scored season, with a short career trimming the score.
29
Sustained
career value
×.6
29
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.72
Longevity
career length
Blend 29 × longevity 0.72 = KV-H 21· confidence 75%
What builds the career mark of 29
On-field 23.7
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
2021bestavg 292021
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position6
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader1
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-1.66 EPA/season over 4 seasons49
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: 91%.
Per-Snap Impact
Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+—
below snap floor
Yards/snap1.898Touch rate0.545EPA/snap-0.075Snap share10.5%Off snaps88Emerging
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+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa State), 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.
Top Teammates
Greg JosephK4yHarrison SmithFS3yKirk CousinsQB3yDanielle HunterDE3yAndrew DePaolaLS3yC.J. HamFB3yBrian O'NeillOT3yHarrison PhillipsDT3yJosh MetellusSAF3yJustin JeffersonWR3yGarrett BradburyC3yTroy DyeLB3yAlexander MattisonRB3yD.J. WonnumLB3yCamryn BynumSAF3yOlisaemeka UdohOT3yK.J. OsbornWR3yChristian DarrisawOT3yBlake BrandelOT3yPatrick Jones IILB3yT.J. SmithDT3yPatrick PetersonCB2yAdam ThielenWR2yEric KendricksMLB2y
2021 Draft Class· this player went #119
#111Cameron SampleDE#112Amon-Ra St. BrownWR#113Derrick BarnesLB#114Drew DalmanC#115Jabril CoxLB#116Elerson G. SmithLB#117Bobby Brown IIIDT#118Chris Rumph IILB#120Rhamondre StevensonRB#121Jordan SmithDE#122Tyler ShelvinDT#123Zech McPhearsonCB#124John BatesTE#125Camryn BynumSAF#126Chuba HubbardRB#127Kylen GransonTE
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Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
- 2024team change
Joined NYJ (from MIN)
- 2021draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 4, Pick 119
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 210 lb
Frame
Injury History
2 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NYJ | 1 | W15Out· Hand |
| 2023 | MIN | 1 | W6Questionable· BackW8Out· Illness |
| 2022 | MIN | 0 | W19Questionable· Illness |
| 2021 | MIN | 0 | W13Questionable· Illness |
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 1-season peers. See all →
21
peak 29
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
60%
20212025
2021 · cause not documented · 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | 10.2 | 163+102 | 9.6 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #119 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2021 · -13.4 vs expected KV-H
21actual
34.4 expected · Δ−13.4
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