Michael Carter NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Michael Carter

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Michael Carter

Top 38% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter

Height5'8"

Weight201 lb

BornMay 7, 1999

Age27

CollegeNorth Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 4, Pick 107 · NYJ

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 22 · #3021 · Role Player

Worth 22 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 66% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+7.3

Avg surplus

peak +12

3 seasons × ~7.3 surplus ≈ VORP 22

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													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2021	—	NYJ	14	—	147	639	4	4.3	2.7	29	19.7	0	55	36	325	0	65.5%	9.0	5.9	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	449	49.6%	—	0.0%	8	15.0%
2021	—	ATL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	NYJ	16	—	114	402	3	3.5	2.6	14	12.3	1	54	41	288	0	75.9%	7.0	5.3	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	496	48.0%	—	0.0%	2	7.0%
2022	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	ARI	15	—	30	187	0	6.2	0.0	9	30.0	0	31	24	101	1	77.4%	4.2	3.3	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	DAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	NYJ	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	224	22.8%	—	0.0%	12	10.3%
2024	—	ARI	3	—	35	131	1	3.7	2.9	9	25.7	0	11	11	57	0	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	132	61.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	—	ARI	13	—	92	333	1	3.6	1.1	20	21.7	0	45	33	267	0	73.3%	8.1	5.9	—	12	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	393	45.2%	—	0.0%	5	6.0%
Career		—	79	—	418	1,692	9	4.0	2.2	81	19.4	1	196	145	1,038	1	74.0%	7.2	5.3	—	48	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,694	45.5%	—	0.0%	27	9.6%

Career EPA-48.1·-25 rushing · -24 receiving·-12.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2021	22	NYJ	14	0*	147	639	4	4.3	2.7	29	19.7	0	10
2022	23	NYJ	16	0*	114	402	3	3.5	2.6	14	12.3	1	9.9
2023	24	ARI	15	0*	30	187	0	6.2	0.0	9	30.0	0	6.7
2024	25	ARI	3	—	35	131	1	3.7	2.9	9	25.7	0	—
2025	26	ARI	13	0*	92	333	1	3.6	1.1	20	21.7	0	7.2
Career			61		418	1,692	9	4.0	—	81	—	1	33.8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2021	22	NYJ	14	0*	55	36	325	0	65.5%	9.0	5.9	—	17
2022	23	NYJ	16	0*	54	41	288	0	75.9%	7.0	5.3	—	12
2023	24	ARI	15	0*	31	24	101	1	77.4%	4.2	3.3	—	5
2024	25	ARI	3	—	11	11	57	0	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	2
2025	26	ARI	13	0*	45	33	267	0	73.3%	8.1	5.9	—	12
Career			61		196	145	1,038	1	74.0%	7.2	5.3	—	48

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2021	22	NYJ	14	0*	449	49.6%	—	0.0%	8	15.0%
2022	23	NYJ	16	0*	496	48.0%	—	0.0%	2	7.0%
2023	24	NYJ	15	0*	224	22.8%	—	0.0%	12	10.3%
2024	25	ARI	3	—	132	61.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	26	ARI	13	0*	393	45.2%	—	0.0%	5	6.0%
Career			61		1,694	—	—	—	27	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2021	22	—	—	0*	—	-5.4	-5.3	0	33
2022	23	—	—	0*	—	-21.7	-4.5	0	31
2023	24	—	—	0*	—	3.1	-14.8	0	34
2024	25	—	—	—	—	-0.5	1.0	0	-16
Career					—	—	—	0	82

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2021	22	NYJ	14	0*	294	2.0	345	2.3	13	11.3	29
2022	23	NYJ	16	0*	270	2.4	132	1.2	7	16.3	14
2023	24	2TM	15	0*	128	4.3	59	2.0	1	30.0	9
2024	25	ARI	3	—	81	2.3	50	1.4	1	35.0	9
2025	26	ARI	13	0*	209	2.3	124	1.3	3	30.7	19
Career			61		982	—	710	—	25	—	80

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2021	22	NYJ	14	0*	0.6	-0.4	9.5	7	4	0.1	16	73.7
2022	23	NYJ	16	0*	0.6	0.3	6.7	3	2	0.0	12	87.6
2023	24	2TM	15	0*	1.1	0.6	3.6	2	2	0.1	5	77.5
2024	25	ARI	3	—	-1.5	-1.5	6.6	2	0	0.0	2	88.3
2025	26	ARI	13	0*	1.7	0.3	7.8	7	2	0.0	12	87.9
Career			61		—	—	—	21	10	—	47	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

56

Sustained

career value

×.6

57

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 52· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 38.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 562025

All-Time Standing

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

12

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receptions leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-12.03 EPA/season over 4 seasons46

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

47

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.612 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.612Touch rate0.362EPA/snap-0.028Snap share45.5%Off snaps1,694ReliableCV 0.23

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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 · 2021

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

RB · 2021 class

4.50s

40-Yard

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 77thClass Pos 57thClass All 70th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 54thClass Pos 50thClass All 52th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 60thClass Pos 48thClass All 51th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 22thClass Pos 18thClass All 23th

6.81s

3-Cone

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 90thClass Pos 93thClass All 92th

3.98s

Shuttle

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 97thClass Pos 97thClass All 99th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,730

1,692 rush · 1,038 recv

Total TDs

10

9 rush · 1 recv

Total Touches

563

418 carries · 145 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

College Stats

North CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North Carolina), 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #107

#99Nahshon WrightCB #100Elijah MoldenCB #101Ifeatu MelifonwuSAF #102Ambry ThomasCB #103Ernest JonesLB #104Brandon StephensCB #105Baron BrowningLB #106Jay TufeleDT #108Darren HallCB #109Dez FitzpatrickWR #110James HudsonOT #111Cameron SampleDE #112Amon-Ra St. BrownWR #113Derrick BarnesLB #114Drew DalmanC #115Jabril CoxLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Michael inherited the New York Jets RB room from Ty Johnson (2020–2022), and handed it to Breece Hall (2022–2025).

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

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2023team change
Joined ARI (from NYJ)
2021draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 4, Pick 107

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'8" / 201 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

34" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	NYJ	0	W13Doubtful· Ankle
2021	NYJ	1	W12Out· 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 4-season peers. See all →

52

peak 57

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

B2021

C+2022

C+2023

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

72%

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
2021	639	45.6	773+134	45.5
2022	402	25.1	430+28	25.3
2023	187	12.5	197+10	11.6
2025	333	25.6	435+102	25.6

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

22 career value over replacement — #3021 all-time of 4,642. 5.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #107 (Rd 4) · NYJ · 2021 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

52actual

36.8 expected · Δ+15.2

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