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

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Larry Kinnebrew

Top 13% all-time RBsElite Playmaker

Height6'1"

Weight266 lb

BornJun 11, 1959

Age67

CollegeTennessee State See College Stats

Rookie yr1983

Draft1983 · Rd 6, Pick 165 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

17thRushing Touchdowns·88 90thRushing Yards·6,266 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 98 · #1157 · High-Value

Worth 98 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.3

Avg surplus

peak +22

6 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 98

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

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
1983	—	CIN	16	—	39	156	3	4.0	7.7	—	—	—	—	2	4	0	—	2.0	—	—	—
1984	—	CIN	16	—	154	623	9	4.0	5.8	—	—	—	—	19	159	1	—	8.4	—	—	—
1985	—	CIN	12	—	170	714	9	4.2	5.3	—	—	—	—	22	187	1	—	8.5	—	—	—
1986	—	CIN	16	—	131	519	8	4.0	6.1	—	—	—	—	13	136	1	—	10.5	—	—	—
1987	—	CIN	11	—	145	570	8	3.9	5.5	—	—	—	—	9	114	0	—	12.7	—	—	—
1989	—	BUF	15	—	131	533	6	4.1	4.6	—	—	—	—	5	60	0	—	12.0	—	—	—
1990	—	BUF	2	—	9	18	1	2.0	11.1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
Career		—	88	—	1,558	6,266	88	4.0	5.6	—	—	—	0	140	1,320	6	—	9.4	—	—	—

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1983	24	CIN	16	—	39	156	3	4.0	7.7	—	—	—	8.8
1984	25	CIN	16	—	154	623	9	4.0	5.8	—	—	—	16.6
1985	26	CIN	12	—	170	714	9	4.2	5.3	—	—	—	12.3
1986	27	CIN	16	—	131	519	8	4.0	6.1	—	—	—	14.4
1987	28	CIN	11	—	145	570	8	3.9	5.5	—	—	—	11.7
1989	30	BUF	15	—	131	533	6	4.1	4.6	—	—	—	13.3
1990	31	BUF	2	—	9	18	1	2.0	11.1	—	—	—	—
Career			88		1,558	6,266	88	4.0	—	—	—	—	77.1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1983	24	CIN	16	—	—	2	4	0	—	2.0	—	—	—
1984	25	CIN	16	—	—	19	159	1	—	8.4	—	—	—
1985	26	CIN	12	—	—	22	187	1	—	8.5	—	—	—
1986	27	CIN	16	—	—	13	136	1	—	10.5	—	—	—
1987	28	CIN	11	—	—	9	114	0	—	12.7	—	—	—
1989	30	BUF	15	—	—	5	60	0	—	12.0	—	—	—
1990	31	BUF	2	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
Career			88		0	140	1,320	6	—	9.4	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 47.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

1983bestavg 66elite 701989

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 54% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

54% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader54

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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: 92%.

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

7,586

6,266 rush · 1,320 recv

Total TDs

88 rush · 6 recv

Total Touches

1,698

1,558 carries · 140 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

Rushing

Att14Yds34Y/A2.4

Receiving

Rec2Yds14Y/R7.0

College Stats

Tennessee StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee State), 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.

1983 Draft Class· this player went #165

#138Dokie WilliamsWR #140Gregg GarrityWR #141Trumaine JohnsonWR #145Tim StrackaTE #147Victor OatisWR #153Kevin BelcherC #159Mike JonesWR #161Grant FeaselC #167Reggie RobyP #168Babe LaufenbergQB #169Alvin MooreRB #170Herkie WallsWR #173Ken ThomasRB #176Rocky BelkWR #181Mike BlackP #187Craig JamesRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Larry opened the Cincinnati Bengals RB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Stanford Jennings (1984–1990).

Larry Kinnebrew 1983–1987Stanford Jennings 1984–1990James Brooks 1984–1991Ickey Woods 1988–1991Craig Taylor 1989–1991Eric Ball 1989–1994

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1990final season
Last recorded season with BUF
1989team change
Joined BUF (from CIN)
1983draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 6, Pick 165

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 266 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

C+1983

B1984

B+1985

B1986

B+1987

B1989

Availability

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

79%

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
1983	156	9.8	283+127	16.6
1984	623	38.9	879+256	51.7
1985	714	59.5	1,276+562	75.1
1986	519	32.4	769+250	45.2
1987	570	51.8	1,260+690	74.1
1989	533	35.5	926+393	54.5

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

Career Value · VORP

98 career value over replacement — #1157 all-time of 4,642. 16.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #165 (Rd 6) · CIN · 1983 · +39.8 vs expected KV-H

67actual

27.2 expected · Δ+39.8

💔+26 stolen VORP·1.47 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1983 Draft Class· this player went #165

Franchise Succession

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