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

RBNO#46RES

Ladell Betts

Top 26% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -31% playoffsTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #329

Height5'11"

Weight224 lb

BornAug 27, 1979

Age46

CollegeIowa See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 2, Pick 56 · WAS

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 44 · #2222 · Above Average

Worth 44 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 49% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+6.3

Avg surplus

peak +22

7 seasons × ~6.3 surplus ≈ VORP 44

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													Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2002	—	WAS	10	—	65	307	1	4.7	1.5	13	20.0	0	17	12	154	0	70.6%	12.8	9.1	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9.5	4.0	0	0
2003	—	WAS	9	—	77	255	2	3.3	2.6	15	19.5	0	15	15	167	0	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0	7.8	0	0
2004	—	WAS	13	—	90	371	1	4.1	1.1	19	21.1	0	15	15	108	0	100.0%	7.2	7.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.9	1.6	0	0
2005	—	WAS	12	—	89	338	1	3.8	1.1	17	19.1	2	10	10	78	1	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-14.6	8.3	0	0
2006	—	WAS	16	—	245	1,154	4	4.7	1.6	59	24.1	2	53	53	445	1	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	ATL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5	24.5	0	10
2007	—	WAS	16	—	93	335	1	3.6	1.1	16	17.2	1	21	21	174	1	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-17.3	4.6	0	-18
2008	—	WAS	13	—	61	206	1	3.4	1.6	15	24.6	1	22	22	200	0	100.0%	9.1	9.1	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-12.8	5.0	0	23
2009	—	WAS	10	—	56	210	2	3.8	3.6	7	12.5	0	20	17	179	0	85.0%	10.5	8.9	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0	7.7	0	-15
2010	—	NO	7	—	45	150	2	3.3	4.4	11	24.4	1	31	23	141	0	74.2%	6.1	4.5	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.4	-22.5	0	-16
Career		—	116	—	821	3,326	15	4.1	1.8	172	21.0	7	204	188	1,646	3	92.2%	8.8	8.1	—	72	10	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-90.9	41.0	0	-16

Career EPA-50.0·-91 rushing · 41 receiving·-5.5/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2002	23	WAS	10	—	65	307	1	4.7	1.5	13	20.0	0	6.1
2003	24	WAS	9	—	77	255	2	3.3	2.6	15	19.5	0	6.3
2004	25	WAS	13	—	90	371	1	4.1	1.1	19	21.1	0	6.8
2005	26	WAS	12	—	89	338	1	3.8	1.1	17	19.1	2	7.4
2006	27	WAS	16	—	245	1,154	4	4.7	1.6	59	24.1	2	16.2
2007	28	WAS	16	—	93	335	1	3.6	1.1	16	17.2	1	8.9
2008	29	WAS	13	—	61	206	1	3.4	1.6	15	24.6	1	7.1
2009	30	WAS	10	—	56	210	2	3.8	3.6	7	12.5	0	6.4
2010	31	NO	7	—	45	150	2	3.3	4.4	11	24.4	1	5.2
Career			106		821	3,326	15	4.1	—	172	—	7	70.4

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2002	23	WAS	10	—	17	12	154	0	70.6%	12.8	9.1	—	5
2003	24	WAS	9	—	15	15	167	0	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	8
2004	25	WAS	13	—	15	15	108	0	100.0%	7.2	7.2	—	4
2005	26	WAS	12	—	10	10	78	1	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	4
2006	27	WAS	16	—	53	53	445	1	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	22
2007	28	WAS	16	—	21	21	174	1	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	7
2008	29	WAS	13	—	22	22	200	0	100.0%	9.1	9.1	—	6
2009	30	WAS	10	—	20	17	179	0	85.0%	10.5	8.9	—	10
2010	31	NO	7	—	31	23	141	0	74.2%	6.1	4.5	—	6
Career			106		204	188	1,646	3	92.2%	8.8	8.1	—	72

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2004	25	PIT	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2005	26	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	27	ATL	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2008	29	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2009	30	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	31	ARI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			10		10	10	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2002	23	—	—	—	—	-9.5	4.0	0
2003	24	—	—	—	—	-5.0	7.8	0
2004	25	—	—	—	—	-2.9	1.6	0
2005	26	—	—	—	—	-14.6	8.3	0
2006	27	—	—	—	—	-13.5	24.5	10
2007	28	—	—	—	—	-17.3	4.6	-18
2008	29	—	—	—	—	-12.8	5.0	23
2009	30	—	—	—	—	-5.0	7.7	-15
2010	31	—	—	—	—	-10.4	-22.5	-16
Career					—	—	—	-16

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.5

Availability 15.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 54elite 702010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #329 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2006 WAS·5 team wins#13

Rushing Yards · 1,154 · score 26

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader18

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-5.55 EPA/season over 9 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: 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+).

Combine · 2002

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

RB · 2002 class

4.62s

40-Yard

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 55thClass Pos 31thClass All 58th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 87thClass Pos 75thClass All 80th

116"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 46thClass Pos 39thClass All 51th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 63thClass Pos 65thClass All 60th

7.06s

3-Cone

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 62thClass Pos 63thClass All 59th

4.06s

Shuttle

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 93thClass Pos 82thClass All 83th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 2.8 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-31%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,972

3,326 rush · 1,646 recv

Total TDs

15 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

1,009

821 carries · 188 rec

Yds / Touch

4.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att16Yds45Y/A2.81D11D%6.3

Receiving

Tgt6Rec6Yds51Ctch%100.0%Y/R8.5Y/Tgt8.51D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-6.0Rec EPA2.8Rec AirYd-1

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #56

#48Reche CaldwellWR #49Levar FisherOLB #50Chester PittsG #51Clinton PortisRB #52Anthony WeaverDE #53Langston WalkerOT #54Maurice MorrisRB #55Doug JolleyTE #57Jon McGrawS #58Michael LewisS #59Sheldon BrownCB #60Anton PalepoiDE #61Ryan DenneyDE #62Antwaan Randle ElWR #63Antonio BryantWR #64Travis FisherDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ladell inherited the Washington Commanders RB room from Larry Centers (1999–2000), and handed it to Rock Cartwright (2002–2009).

Otis Wonsley 1981–1985Keith Griffin 1984–1988George Rogers 1985–1987Kelvin Bryant 1986–1990Jamie Morris 1988–1989Gerald Riggs

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined NO (from WAS)
2010final season
Last recorded season with NO
2002draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 2, Pick 56

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 224 lb

Frame

220 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

38" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	NO	2	W12Out· Neck / HeadW13Out· Neck
2009	WAS	0	W10Questionable· Ankle

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+2002

C+2003

C+2004

C+2005

B+2006

C+2007

C+2008

C2009

C2010

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 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
2002	307	30.7	597+290	35.1
2003	255	28.3	536+281	31.5
2004	371	28.5	520+149	30.6
2005	338	28.2	497+159	29.2
2006	1,154	72.1	1,060-94	62.4
2007	335	20.9	347+12	20.4
2008	206	15.8	273+67	16.1
2009	210	21	352+142	20.7
2010	150	21.4	395+245	23.2

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

44 career value over replacement — #2222 all-time of 4,642. 4.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #56 (Rd 2) · WAS · 2002 · +11.1 vs expected KV-H

58actual

46.9 expected · Δ+11.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #56

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator