Khalil Herbert NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Khalil Herbert

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Khalil Herbert

Top 33% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter

Height5'9"

Weight212 lb

BornApr 21, 1998

Age28

CollegeVirginia Tech See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 6, Pick 217 · CHI

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 33 · #2561 · Role Player

Worth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+11

Avg surplus

peak +15

3 seasons × ~11 surplus ≈ VORP 33

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
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2021	—	CHI	14	—	103	433	2	4.2	1.9	24	23.3	0	16	14	96	0	87.5%	6.9	6.0	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	313	29.3%	—	0.0%	154	49.1%
2021	—	MIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	CHI	13	—	129	731	4	5.7	3.1	26	20.2	0	12	9	57	1	75.0%	6.3	4.8	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	301	37.5%	—	0.0%	69	31.8%
2022	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	CHI	12	—	132	611	2	4.6	1.5	25	18.9	0	31	20	134	1	64.5%	6.7	4.3	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	357	45.7%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2024	—	CIN	8	—	36	130	1	3.6	2.8	10	27.8	0	11	10	25	0	90.9%	2.5	2.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	139	14.5%	—	0.0%	108	33.6%
2025	—	NYJ	3	—	16	52	0	3.3	0.0	2	12.5	0	4	1	4	0	25.0%	4.0	1.0	—	0	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	50	31.7%	—	0.0%	62	35.5%
Career		—	52	—	416	1,957	9	4.7	2.2	87	20.9	0	74	54	316	2	73.0%	5.9	4.3	—	17	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,160	31.7%	—	0.0%	394	30.8%

Career EPA-24.8·-2 rushing · -22 receiving·-6.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2021	23	CHI	14	0*	103	433	2	4.2	1.9	24	23.3	0	6.8
2022	24	CHI	13	0*	129	731	4	5.7	3.1	26	20.2	0	9.2
2023	25	CHI	12	0*	132	611	2	4.6	1.5	25	18.9	0	8.2
2024	26	CIN	8	0*	36	130	1	3.6	2.8	10	27.8	0	3.5
2025	27	NYJ	3	0*	16	52	0	3.3	0.0	2	12.5	0	—
Career			50		416	1,957	9	4.7	—	87	—	0	27.7

* 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	CHI	14	0*	16	14	96	0	87.5%	6.9	6.0	—	6
2022	24	CHI	13	0*	12	9	57	1	75.0%	6.3	4.8	—	2
2023	25	CHI	12	0*	31	20	134	1	64.5%	6.7	4.3	—	9
2024	26	CIN	8	0*	11	10	25	0	90.9%	2.5	2.3	—	0
2025	27	NYJ	3	0*	4	1	4	0	25.0%	4.0	1.0	—	0
Career			50		74	54	316	2	73.0%	5.9	4.3	—	17

* 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	CHI	17	0*	313	29.3%	—	0.0%	154	49.1%
2022	24	CHI	13	0*	301	37.5%	—	0.0%	69	31.8%
2023	25	CHI	12	0*	357	45.7%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2024	26	CIN	14	0*	139	14.5%	—	0.0%	108	33.6%
2025	27	NYJ	7	0*	50	31.7%	—	0.0%	62	35.5%
Career			63		1,160	—	—	—	394	—

* 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*	—	-3.0	-0.8	0	-5
2022	24	—	—	0*	—	1.2	-0.9	0	-29
2023	25	—	—	0*	—	-2.6	-16.8	0	17
2024	26	—	—	0*	—	2.0	-4.0	0	-23
Career					—	—	—	0	-40

* 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	CHI	17	0*	247	2.4	186	1.8	9	11.4	24
2022	24	CHI	13	0*	404	3.1	327	2.5	9	14.3	26
2023	25	CHI	12	0*	329	2.5	282	2.1	13	10.2	25
2024	26	2TM	14	0*	74	2.1	56	1.6	0	—	10
2025	27	NYJ	7	0*	15	0.9	37	2.3	0	—	2
Career			63		1,069	—	888	—	31	—	87

* 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	CHI	17	0*	-0.3	-0.4	7.2	1	1	0.1	6	91.7
2022	24	CHI	13	0*	-2.4	-2.7	9.0	0	1	0.1	2	112.2
2023	25	CHI	12	0*	0.6	-0.2	6.9	2	1	0.0	9	57.7
2024	26	2TM	14	0*	-2.1	-1.9	4.4	0	1	0.1	0	79.2
2025	27	NYJ	7	0*	-3.3	-5.0	9.0	0	1	0.3	0	39.6
Career			63		—	—	—	3	5	—	17	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

58

Sustained

career value

×.6

61

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43.7

Availability 14.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 572024

All-Time Standing

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

14

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-6.21 EPA/season over 4 seasons48

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

55

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.959 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.959Touch rate0.422EPA/snap-0.021Snap share31.7%Off snaps1,160ReliableCV 0.34

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+).

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 · 2021

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

RB · 2021 class

4.46s

40-Yard

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 84thClass Pos 74thClass All 77th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 44thClass Pos 26thClass All 43th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 42thClass Pos 20thClass All 34th

22 reps

Bench

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 56thClass Pos 79thClass All 55th

6.96s

3-Cone

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 74thClass Pos 65thClass All 73th

4.31s

Shuttle

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 55thClass Pos 45thClass All 60th

College Stats

Virginia TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia Tech), 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #217

#209Jalen CampWR #210Victor DimukejeLB #211Demetric FeltonRB #212Damar HamlinSAF #213Rachad WildgooseCB #214Cole Van LanenG #215Brady BreezeSAF #216Quincy RocheLB #218Sam EhlingerQB #219Seth WilliamsWR #220Isaiah McDuffieLB #221Dazz NewsomeWR #223Tay GowanCB #224JaCoby StevensLB #225Camaron CheesemanLS #226Trey SmithG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Khalil inherited the Chicago Bears RB room from David Montgomery (2019–2022), and handed it to Roschon Johnson (2023–2025).

Matt Suhey 1980–1989Dennis Gentry 1982–1992Thomas Sanders 1985–1989Neal Anderson 1986–1993Brad Muster 1988–1992Mark Green

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NYJ (from CIN)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2024team change
Joined CIN (from CHI)
2021draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 6, Pick 217

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 212 lb

Frame

210 lb at 4.46s

Size-speed

33" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	CHI	1	W6Out· AnkleW10Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Back / Not injury related - personal matter

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 4-season peers. See all →

55

peak 61

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

C+2021

B2022

B2023

C2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

74%

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	433	30.9	520+87	30.6
2022	731	56.2	977+246	57.5
2023	611	50.9	858+247	50.5
2024	130	16.3	277+147	16.3

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

33 career value over replacement — #2561 all-time of 4,642. 8.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #217 (Rd 6) · CHI · 2021 · +31.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

23.9 expected · Δ+31.1

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