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Ki-Jana Carter

Top 46% all-time RBsSolid Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2001

Height5'10"

Weight226 lb

BornSep 12, 1973

Age52

CollegePenn State See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 1, Pick 1 · CIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 22 · #3014 · Role Player

Worth 22 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 66% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11

Avg surplus

peak +16

2 seasons × ~11 surplus ≈ VORP 22

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
1996	—	CIN	4	—	91	264	8	2.9	8.8	—	—	—	—	22	169	1	—	7.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	CIN	10	—	128	464	7	3.6	5.5	—	—	—	—	21	157	0	—	7.5	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	CIN	1	—	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	6	25	0	—	4.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CIN	3	—	6	15	1	2.5	16.7	1	16.7	0	6	3	24	0	50.0%	8.0	4.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	WAS	13	—	63	308	3	4.9	4.8	18	28.6	0	21	13	83	0	61.9%	6.4	4.0	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	NO	6	—	19	72	1	3.8	5.3	4	21.1	0	1	1	11	0	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NO	2	—	10	17	0	1.7	0.0	2	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	41	—	319	1,144	20	3.6	6.3	—	—	—	28	66	469	1	235.7%	7.1	16.8	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-9.3·2 rushing · -11 receiving·-2.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1996	23	CIN	4	—	91	264	8	2.9	8.8	—	—	—	6.2
1997	24	CIN	10	—	128	464	7	3.6	5.5	—	—	—	11.6
1998	25	CIN	1	—	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—	—
1999	26	CIN	3	—	6	15	1	2.5	16.7	1	16.7	0	—
2001	28	WAS	13	—	63	308	3	4.9	4.8	18	28.6	0	7.9
2003	30	NO	6	—	19	72	1	3.8	5.3	4	21.1	0	2.8
2004	31	NO	2	—	10	17	0	1.7	0.0	2	20.0	0	—
Career			39		319	1,144	20	3.6	—	—	—	—	28.5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1996	23	CIN	4	—	—	22	169	1	—	7.7	—	—	—
1997	24	CIN	10	—	—	21	157	0	—	7.5	—	—	—
1998	25	CIN	1	—	—	6	25	0	—	4.2	—	—	—
1999	26	CIN	3	—	6	3	24	0	50.0%	8.0	4.0	—	1
2001	28	WAS	13	—	21	13	83	0	61.9%	6.4	4.0	—	3
2003	30	NO	6	—	1	1	11	0	100.0%	11.0	11.0	—	1
Career			37		28	66	469	1	235.7%	7.1	16.8	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	26	—	—	—	—	0.1	-2.0
2001	28	—	—	—	—	6.5	-9.8
2003	30	—	—	—	—	1.1	0.7
2004	31	—	—	—	—	-5.8	—
Career					—	—	—

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1997	24	CIN	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
Career					0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 48 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 48 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 52 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 48· confidence 81%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 40.5

Availability 11.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1996bestavg 472003

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader12

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-2.32 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: 85%.

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+).

College Stats

Penn StateImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1992	Penn State	42	264	4	6.3	9.5	—	—	—
1993	Penn State	155	1,026	7	6.6	4.5	—	—	—
1994	Penn State	198	1,539	23	7.8	11.6	—	—	—
Career		395	2,829	34	7.2	8.6	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1992	Penn State	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1993	Penn State	—	6	49	—	8.2	—	—	—
1994	Penn State	—	14	123	—	8.8	—	—	—
Career		0	20	172	—	8.6	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1995 Draft Class· this player went #1

#2Tony BoselliOT #3Steve McNairQB #4Michael WestbrookWR #5Kerry CollinsQB #6Kevin CarterDE #7Mike MamulaDE #8Joey GallowayWR #9Kyle BradyTE #10J.J. StokesWR #11Derrick L. AlexanderDE #12Warren SappDT #13Mark FieldsOLB #14Ruben BrownG #15Ellis JohnsonDE #16Hugh DouglasDE #17Tyrone WheatleyRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ki-Jana inherited the Cincinnati Bengals RB room from Brian Milne (1996–1999), and handed it to Corey Dillon (1997–2003).

Larry Kinnebrew 1983–1987Stanford Jennings 1984–1990James Brooks 1984–1991Ickey Woods 1988–1991Craig Taylor 1989–1991Eric Ball

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with NO
2003team change
Joined NO (from WAS)
2001team change
Joined WAS (from CIN)
1995draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 226 lb

Frame

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 →

peak 52

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

D1996

B1997

C+2001

D2003

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

36%

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
1996	264	66	1,528+1,264	89.9
1997	464	46.4	1,113+649	65.5
2001	308	23.7	516+208	30.4
2003	72	12	305+233	17.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

22 career value over replacement — #3014 all-time of 4,642. 5.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · CIN · 1995 · -13.8 vs expected KV-H

48actual

61.8 expected · Δ−13.8

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

Passing

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

College Rushing

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #1

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography