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

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LaMont Jordan

Top 24% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +33% playoffsTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #118

Height5'10"

Weight230 lb

BornNov 11, 1978

Age47

CollegeMaryland See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 2, Pick 49 · NYJ

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 62 · #1782 · Above Average

Worth 62 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.8 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+7.8

Avg surplus

peak +21

8 seasons × ~7.8 surplus ≈ VORP 62

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
2001	—	NYJ	13	—	39	292	1	7.5	2.6	14	35.9	0	10	7	44	1	70.0%	6.3	4.4	—	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYJ	13	—	84	316	3	3.8	3.6	17	20.2	1	23	17	160	0	73.9%	9.4	7.0	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NYJ	12	—	46	190	4	4.1	8.7	14	30.4	0	11	11	101	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NYJ	14	—	93	479	2	5.2	2.2	27	29.0	0	15	15	112	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	7	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	LV	14	—	272	1,025	9	3.8	3.3	61	22.4	1	70	70	563	2	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CLE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	LV	9	—	114	434	2	3.8	1.8	17	14.9	0	10	10	74	0	100.0%	7.4	7.4	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	LV	11	—	144	549	3	3.8	2.1	24	16.7	0	28	28	247	0	100.0%	8.8	8.8	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	NE	8	—	80	363	4	4.5	5.0	21	26.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DEN	6	—	25	86	0	3.4	0.0	4	16.0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	104	—	897	3,734	28	4.2	3.1	199	22.2	2	171	158	1,301	3	92.4%	8.2	7.6	—	62	0	2	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	50.0	0.0	-22.5	0.0	0.0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA3.7·-8 passing · -39 rushing · 50 receiving·0.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	Int	Int%	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2001	23	NYJ	13	—	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	7.2
2004	26	NYJ	14	—	1	0.0%	1	100.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	7.8
Career			27		2	0.0%	1	50.0	—	—	0.0	73.4

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2001	23	NYJ	13	—	39	292	1	7.5	2.6	14	35.9	0
2002	24	NYJ	13	—	84	316	3	3.8	3.6	17	20.2	1
2003	25	NYJ	12	—	46	190	4	4.1	8.7	14	30.4	0
2004	26	NYJ	14	—	93	479	2	5.2	2.2	27	29.0	0
2005	27	LV	14	—	272	1,025	9	3.8	3.3	61	22.4	1
2006	28	LV	9	—	114	434	2	3.8	1.8	17	14.9	0
2007	29	LV	11	—	144	549	3	3.8	2.1	24	16.7	0
2008	30	NE	8	—	80	363	4	4.5	5.0	21	26.3	0
2009	31	DEN	6	—	25	86	0	3.4	0.0	4	16.0	0
Career			100		897	3,734	28	4.2	—	199	—	2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	23	NYJ	13	—	10	7	44	1	70.0%	6.3	4.4	—	2
2002	24	NYJ	13	—	23	17	160	0	73.9%	9.4	7.0	—	8
2003	25	NYJ	12	—	11	11	101	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	5
2004	26	NYJ	14	—	15	15	112	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	7
2005	27	LV	14	—	70	70	563	2	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	25
2006	28	LV	9	—	10	10	74	0	100.0%	7.4	7.4	—	4
2007	29	LV	11	—	28	28	247	0	100.0%	8.8	8.8	—	11
2009	31	DEN	6	—	4	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
Career			92		171	158	1,301	3	92.4%	8.2	7.6	—	62

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2003	25	MIA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	26	NYJ	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	27	CLE	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2007	29	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2009	31	DEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			6		5	5	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2001	23	—	—	—	-0.8	15.3	0.8	0
2002	24	—	—	—	—	-18.2	5.7	0
2003	25	—	—	—	—	1.8	0.3	0
2004	26	—	—	—	-6.9	8.8	6.0	0
2005	27	—	—	—	—	-9.6	30.4	0
2006	28	—	—	—	—	-19.4	2.1	-14
2007	29	—	—	—	—	-13.4	7.0	5
2008	30	—	—	—	—	5.0	—	0
2009	31	—	—	—	—	-8.9	-2.4	27
Career					—	—	—	18

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 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 59 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 42.3

Availability 14.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 55elite 702009

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #118 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2005 LV·4 team wins#11

Rushing Touchdowns · 9 · score 45

2005 LV·4 team wins#15

Rushing Yards · 1,025 · score 33

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

0.41 EPA/season over 9 seasons50

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: 89%.

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 · 2001

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

RB · 2001 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 64thClass Pos 41thClass All 67th

24 reps

Bench

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 69thClass Pos 77thClass All 70th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 5.5 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+33%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

5,035

3,734 rush · 1,301 recv

Total TDs

28 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

1,055

897 carries · 158 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att39Yds216TD2Y/A5.5TD%5.11D151D%38.5

Receiving

Tgt5Rec5Yds33Ctch%100.0%Y/R6.6Y/Tgt6.61D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA12.2Rec EPA1.1

College Stats

MarylandCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Maryland), 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.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #49

#41Robert FergusonWR #42Tommy PolleyLB #43Maurice WilliamsG #44Kris JenkinsNT #45Fred SmootCB #46Aaron SchobelDE #47Jamie WinbornOLB #48Matt LightOT #50Dominic RaiolaC #52Chris ChambersWR #53Quincy CarterQB #54Michael StoneDB #55Quinton CaverLB #56Tony DixonDB #57Willie HowardDT #58Travis HenryRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

LaMont inherited the New York Jets RB room from Curtis Martin (1998–2005), and handed it to Leon Washington (2006–2009).

Freeman McNeil 1981–1992Johnny Hector 1983–1992Tony Paige 1984–1986Rocky Klever 1984–1987Nuu Faaola 1986–1988Roger Vick

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined DEN (from NE)
2009final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2008team change
Joined NE (from LV)
2005team change
Joined LV (from NYJ)
2001draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 2, Pick 49

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 230 lb

Frame

234 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	DEN	2	W11Out· BackW12Out· Back

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 62

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

C+2001

C+2002

C+2003

C+2004

B+2005

C+2006

C+2007

C+2008

D2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

69%

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
2001	292	22.5	498+206	29.3
2002	316	24.3	507+191	29.8
2003	190	15.8	359+169	21.1
2004	479	34.2	598+119	35.2
2005	1,025	73.2	1,125+100	66.2
2006	434	48.2	732+298	43.1
2007	549	49.9	768+219	45.2
2008	363	45.4	702+339	41.3
2009	86	14.3	250+164	14.7

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

62 career value over replacement — #1782 all-time of 4,642. 6.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #49 (Rd 2) · NYJ · 2001 · +10.1 vs expected KV-H

59actual

48.9 expected · Δ+10.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #49

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography