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

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#16Comeback seasonsof 200

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Lamar Smith

Top 12% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +5% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2000

Height5'11"

Weight224 lb

Career Value · VORP

122 career value over replacement — #879 all-time of 4,695. 13.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · SEA · 1994 · +27.8 vs expected KV-H

68actual

40.2 expected · Δ+27.8

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing
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
1994	23–24	SEA	2	—	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	24–25	SEA	12	—	36	215	0	6.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	1	10	0	—	10.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	25–26	SEA	16	—	153	680	8	4.4	5.2	—	—	—	—	9	58	0	—	6.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	26–27	SEA	12	—	91	392	2	4.3	2.2	—	—	—	—	23	183	0	—	8.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	27–28	NO	14	—	138	457	1	3.3	0.7	—	—	—	—	24	249	2	—	10.4	—	—	—	1	2	50.0%	20	1	0	50.0	0.0	10.0	20.0	—	125.0	0
1999	28–29	NO	13	—	60	205	0	3.4	0.0	13	21.7	0	30	20	151	1	66.7%	7.5	5.0	—	9	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
2000	29–30	MIA	14	—	281	1,063	14	3.8	5.0	59	21.0	2	34	27	180	2	79.4%	6.7	5.3	—	8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
2001	30–31	MIA	16	—	313	968	6	3.1	1.9	47	15.0	3	35	30	234	2	85.7%	7.8	6.7	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	31–32	CAR	11	—	209	737	7	3.5	3.3	32	15.3	1	26	20	167	0	76.9%	8.3	6.4	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	32–33	NO	4	—	11	61	0	5.5	0.0	4	36.4	0	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	114	—	1,294	4,777	38	3.7	2.9	155	12.0	6	126	155	1,234	7	123.0%	8.0	9.8	—	33	1	4	25.0%	20	1	0	25.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	—	87.5	0

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 122 · #879 · High-Value

Worth 122 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 20% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +25

8 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈