Kenny Watson is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Watson in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Watson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 2002 | 24 | WAS | 15 | — | 116 | 534 | 1 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 32 | 27.6 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 253 | 1 | 74.4% | 7.9 | 5.9 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 25 | CIN | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 26 | CIN | 15 | — | 25 | 158 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 171 | 1 | 100.0% | 6.8 | 6.8 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | CIN | 15 | — | 25 | 138 | 1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 6 | 24.0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 213 | 0 | 100.0% | 9.3 | 9.3 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 29 | CIN | 15 | — | 178 | 763 | 7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 40 | 22.5 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 373 | 0 | 100.0% | 7.2 | 7.2 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 30 | CIN | 7 | — | 14 | 55 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 1.3 | 1.3 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 68 | — | 358 | 1,648 | 9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 88 | 24.6 | 2 | 146 | 135 | 1,014 | 2 | 92.5% | 7.5 | 6.9 | — | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
29 career value over replacement — #2753 all-time of 4,695. 5.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
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2001: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
5 seasons · peak 4.3 in 2007
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.5 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2007 · +0.3 wins
Latest season · 2008 · −0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#348 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 98%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
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88% match
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