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

RBNE#33ACT

Kevin Faulk

👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 2 titles Top 22% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +16% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000Two-Way Profile

Height5'8"

Weight202 lb

BornJun 5, 1976

Age50

CollegeLSU See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 2, Pick 46 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

52ndPlayoff Receptions·51 61stPlayoff Rushing Yards·425 yds

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 66 · #1701 · Above Average

Worth 66 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.6

Avg surplus

peak +15

10 seasons × ~6.6 surplus ≈ VORP 66

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									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	NE	11	—	66	227	1	3.4	1.5	7	10.6	2	19	12	98	1	63.2%	8.2	5.2	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	NE	15	—	164	570	4	3.5	2.4	32	19.5	2	68	51	465	1	75.0%	9.1	6.8	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	MIA	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	NE	15	—	41	169	1	4.1	2.4	9	22.0	0	36	30	189	2	83.3%	6.3	5.3	—	9	1	1	100.0%	23	0	0	0.0	0.0	23.0	23.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	NE	15	—	52	271	2	5.2	3.8	8	15.4	0	53	37	379	3	69.8%	10.2	7.2	—	14	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	NE	15	—	178	638	0	3.6	0.0	28	15.7	3	48	48	440	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	20	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NE	11	—	54	255	2	4.7	3.7	14	25.9	0	26	26	248	1	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	MIA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2005	—	NE	8	—	51	144	0	2.8	0.0	5	9.8	1	29	29	260	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	NE	15	—	25	123	1	4.9	4.0	6	24.0	0	43	43	356	2	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	IND	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	NE	16	—	63	268	0	4.3	0.0	15	23.8	0	47	47	383	1	100.0%	8.1	8.1	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2008	—	NE	15	—	83	507	3	6.1	3.6	24	28.9	0	58	58	486	3	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	23	1	1	100.0%	-2	0	0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	-2.0	—	79.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	NE	15	—	62	335	2	5.4	3.2	18	29.0	0	53	37	301	1	69.8%	8.1	5.7	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	NE	2	—	8	45	0	5.6	0.0	1	12.5	0	10	6	62	0	60.0%	10.3	6.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NE	5	—	17	57	0	3.4	0.0	1	5.9	0	9	7	34	0	77.8%	4.9	3.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	174	—	864	3,609	16	4.2	1.9	168	19.4	8	499	431	3,701	15	86.4%	8.6	7.4	—	166	2	4	50.0%	21	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.3	—	65.6	0	16	16	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	—	0	0

Career EPA51.6·-0 passing · -72 rushing · 124 receiving·4.0/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2001	25	NE	15	—	1	1	100.0%	23	23.0	23.0	—	118.8	10.1
2002	26	NE	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	12.1
2003	27	NE	15	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	11.1
2008	32	NE	15	—	1	1	100.0%	-2	-2.0	-2.0	—	79.2	13.8
Career			60		2	4	50.0%	21	5.3	—	—	65.6	116.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	23	NE	11	—	66	227	1	3.4	1.5	7	10.6	2
2000	24	NE	15	—	164	570	4	3.5	2.4	32	19.5	2
2001	25	NE	15	—	41	169	1	4.1	2.4	9	22.0	0
2002	26	NE	15	—	52	271	2	5.2	3.8	8	15.4	0
2003	27	NE	15	—	178	638	0	3.6	0.0	28	15.7	3
2004	28	NE	11	—	54	255	2	4.7	3.7	14	25.9	0
2005	29	NE	8	—	51	144	0	2.8	0.0	5	9.8	1
2006	30	NE	15	—	25	123	1	4.9	4.0	6	24.0	0
2007	31	NE	16	—	63	268	0	4.3	0.0	15	23.8	0
2008	32	NE	15	—	83	507	3	6.1	3.6	24	28.9	0
2009	33	NE	15	—	62	335	2	5.4	3.2	18	29.0	0
2010	34	NE	2	—	8	45	0	5.6	0.0	1	12.5	0
2011	35	NE	5	—	17	57	0	3.4	0.0	1	5.9	0
Career			158		864	3,609	16	4.2	—	168	—	8

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	23	NE	11	—	19	12	98	1	63.2%	8.2	5.2	—	3
2000	24	NE	15	—	68	51	465	1	75.0%	9.1	6.8	—	18
2001	25	NE	15	—	36	30	189	2	83.3%	6.3	5.3	—	9
2002	26	NE	15	—	53	37	379	3	69.8%	10.2	7.2	—	14
2003	27	NE	15	—	48	48	440	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	20
2004	28	NE	11	—	26	26	248	1	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	14
2005	29	NE	8	—	29	29	260	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	13
2006	30	NE	15	—	43	43	356	2	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	15
2007	31	NE	16	—	47	47	383	1	100.0%	8.1	8.1	—	20
2008	32	NE	15	—	58	58	486	3	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	23
2009	33	NE	15	—	53	37	301	1	69.8%	8.1	5.7	—	13
2010	34	NE	2	—	10	6	62	0	60.0%	10.3	6.2	—	2
2011	35	NE	5	—	9	7	34	0	77.8%	4.9	3.8	—	2
Career			158		499	431	3,701	15	86.4%	8.6	7.4	—	166

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2000	24	MIA	5	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	—
2001	25	LA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2002	26	NYJ	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2003	27	IND	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2004	28	MIA	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	—
2005	29	CAR	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2006	30	IND	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	31	BAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	—
2008	32	LA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	33	NO	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			16		16	16	—	—	2	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-19.2	0.9	0	0
2000	24	—	—	—	—	-28.8	-6.9	0	0
2001	25	—	—	—	1.8	-0.6	3.4	0	0
2002	26	—	—	—	-0.4	5.0	7.5	0	0
2003	27	—	—	—	-0.4	-33.4	23.4	0	0
2004	28	—	—	—	—	5.7	10.5	0	0
2005	29	—	—	—	—	-16.4	10.6	0	0
2006	30	—	—	—	—	-1.0	19.7	0	115
2007	31	—	—	—	—	-2.2	25.0	0	45
2008	32	—	—	—	-1.0	17.2	30.3	-4	28
2009	33	—	—	—	—	3.8	2.1	0	70
2010	34	—	—	—	—	0.5	-0.2	0	46
2011	35	—	—	—	—	-2.7	-2.6	0	-5
Career					—	—	—	-4	299

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 37.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 532011

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 28% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

28% of the all-time Receptions leader28

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

3.97 EPA/season over 13 seasons51

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: 90%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 4.8 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

+16%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

7,310

3,609 rush · 3,701 recv

Total TDs

16 rush · 15 recv

Total Touches

1,295

864 carries · 431 rec

Yds / Touch

5.6

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

17 playoff games

Rushing

Att88Yds425Y/A4.81D211D%23.9Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt55Rec51Yds412TD1Ctch%92.7%Y/R8.1Y/Tgt7.51D21

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-1.0Rush EPA-4.2Rec EPA23.1Rec AirYd53

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #46

#38Mike RuckerDE #39J.J. JohnsonRB #40Tony BryantDE #41Dre' BlyCB #42Reggie KellyTE #43Rob KonradFB #44Jimmy KleinsasserTE #45Rahim AbdullahOLB #47Fred VinsonCB #48Russell DavisDT #49Joe MontgomeryRB #50Shaun KingQB #51Johnny RutledgeLB #52John ThorntonDT #53Peerless PriceWR #54Mike CloudRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kevin inherited the New England Patriots RB room from Tony Carter (1998–2000), and handed it to Patrick Pass (2000–2006).

Vagas Ferguson 1980–1982Robert Weathers 1982–1986Reggie Dupard 1986–1989Bob Perryman 1987–1990John Stephens 1988–1992Jon Vaughn

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with NE
1999draft
Drafted by NE — Round 2, Pick 46

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'8" / 202 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	NE	0	W9Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· 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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+1999

B2000

C+2001

C+2002

B2003

C+2004

C2005

C+2006

C+2007

C+2008

C+2009

F2011

Availability

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
1999	227	20.6	592+365	34.9
2000	570	38	784+214	46.1
2001	169	11.3	330+161	19.4
2002	271	18.1	419+148	24.6
2003	638	42.5	737+99	43.4
2004	255	23.2	445+190	26.2
2005	144	18	355+211	20.9
2006	123	8.2	182+59	10.7
2007	268	16.8	286+18	16.8
2008	507	33.8	534+27	31.4
2009	335	22.3	372+37	21.9
2011	57	11.4	267+210	15.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

66 career value over replacement — #1701 all-time of 4,642. 5.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #46 (Rd 2) · NE · 1999 · +10.2 vs expected KV-H

60actual

49.8 expected · Δ+10.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #46

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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