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.

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Ladell Betts

Top 27% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -31% playoffs Team Carrier · #309

Height5'11"

Weight224 lb

BornAug 27, 1979

Age47

CollegeIowa See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 2, Pick 56 · WAS

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
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
2002	23	WAS	10	—	65	307	1	4.7	1.5	13	20.0	0	17	12	154	0	70.6%	12.8	9.1	—	5
2003	24	WAS	9	—	77	255	2	3.3	2.6	15	19.5	0	15	15	167	0	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	8
2004	25	WAS	13	—	90	371	1	4.1	1.1	19	21.1	0	15	15	108	0	100.0%	7.2	7.2	—	4
2005	26	WAS	12	—	89	338	1	3.8	1.1	17	19.1	2	10	10	78	1	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	4
2006	27	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
2007	28	WAS	16	—	93	335	1	3.6	1.1	16	17.2	1	21	21	174	1	100.0%	8.3	8.3	—	7
2008	29	WAS	13	—	61	206	1	3.4	1.6	15	24.6	1	22	22	200	0	100.0%	9.1	9.1	—	6
2009	30	WAS	10	—	56	210	2	3.8	3.6	7	12.5	0	20	17	179	0	85.0%	10.5	8.9	—	10
2010	31	NO	7	—	45	150	2	3.3	4.4	11	24.4	1	31	23	141	0	74.2%	6.1	4.5	—	6
Career		—	106	—	821	3,326	15	4.1	1.8	172	21.0	7	204	188	1,646	3	92.2%	8.8	8.1	—	72

Career Value · VORP

43 career value over replacement — #2294 all-time of 4,695. 4.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #56 (Rd 2) · WAS · 2002 · +11.9 vs expected KV-H

58actual

46.1 expected · Δ+11.9

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Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 8.1 in 2006

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.7 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +0.6 wins

Rushing+0.5
Receiving+0.1

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.

Position percentile · RB

#327 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H

073th percentile100

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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	0.9
2003	24	WAS	9	—	77	255	2	3.3	2.6	15	19.5	0	0
2004	25	WAS	13	—	90	371	1	4.1	1.1	19	21.1	0	0
2005	26	WAS	12	—	89	338	1	3.8	1.1	17	19.1	2	0
2006	27	WAS	16	—	245	1,154	4	4.7	1.6	59	24.1	2	8.1
2007	28	WAS	16	—	93	335	1	3.6	1.1	16	17.2	1	0
2008	29	WAS	13	—	61	206	1	3.4	1.6	15	24.6	1	0
2009	30	WAS	10	—	56	210	2	3.8	3.6	7	12.5	0	0.7
2010	31	NO	7	—	45	150	2	3.3	4.4	11	24.4	1	0
Career			106		821	3,326	15	4.1	1.8	172	21.0	7	9.7

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

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 53

Rush Yds career shape vs similar running backs

2002-2010

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rush Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.