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

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Moe Williams

Top 28% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2003Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #402

Height6'1"

Weight205 lb

BornJul 26, 1974

Age51

CollegeKentucky See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 3, Pick 75 · MIN

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 38 · #2400 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 53% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.3

Avg surplus

peak +16

6 seasons × ~6.3 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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													Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1997	—	MIN	14	—	22	59	1	2.7	4.5	—	—	—	—	4	14	0	—	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	MIN	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	64	0	—	64.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIN	7	—	24	69	1	2.9	4.2	6	25.0	0	3	1	12	0	33.3%	12.0	4.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.9	0.8	0	0
2000	—	MIN	13	—	23	67	0	2.9	0.0	4	17.4	0	7	4	31	0	57.1%	7.8	4.4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0	-0.7	0	0
2001	—	BAL	13	—	65	291	0	4.5	0.0	9	13.8	1	35	23	210	0	65.7%	9.1	6.0	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.7	0.6	0	0
2002	—	MIN	16	—	84	414	11	4.9	13.1	35	41.7	0	41	27	251	0	65.9%	9.3	6.1	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	ATL	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24.8	5.1	0	0
2003	—	MIN	16	—	174	745	5	4.3	2.9	43	24.7	1	65	65	644	3	100.0%	9.9	9.9	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.7	47.0	0	0
2004	—	MIN	13	—	30	161	3	5.4	10.0	13	43.3	0	21	21	233	1	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	10	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.3	16.1	0	0
2005	—	MIN	5	—	13	20	0	1.5	0.0	2	15.4	0	8	8	52	0	100.0%	6.5	6.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.6	1.0	0	0
Career		—	116	—	435	1,826	21	4.2	4.8	112	25.7	2	180	154	1,511	4	85.6%	9.8	8.4	—	73	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	1.2	69.8	0	0

Career EPA71.0·1 rushing · 70 receiving·10.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1997	23	MIN	14	—	22	59	1	2.7	4.5	—	—	—	6.8
1999	25	MIN	7	—	24	69	1	2.9	4.2	6	25.0	0	3.1
2000	26	MIN	13	—	23	67	0	2.9	0.0	4	17.4	0	5.1
2001	27	BAL	13	—	65	291	0	4.5	0.0	9	13.8	1	7.2
2002	28	MIN	16	—	84	414	11	4.9	13.1	35	41.7	0	14.4
2003	29	MIN	16	—	174	745	5	4.3	2.9	43	24.7	1	18.9
2004	30	MIN	13	—	30	161	3	5.4	10.0	13	43.3	0	8.8
2005	31	MIN	5	—	13	20	0	1.5	0.0	2	15.4	0	2.3
Career			97		435	1,826	21	4.2	—	112	—	2	72.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	23	MIN	14	—	—	4	14	0	—	3.5	—	—	—
1998	24	MIN	12	—	—	1	64	0	—	64.0	—	—	—
1999	25	MIN	7	—	3	1	12	0	33.3%	12.0	4.0	—	1
2000	26	MIN	13	—	7	4	31	0	57.1%	7.8	4.4	—	1
2001	27	BAL	13	—	35	23	210	0	65.7%	9.1	6.0	—	13
2002	28	MIN	16	—	41	27	251	0	65.9%	9.3	6.1	—	11
2003	29	MIN	16	—	65	65	644	3	100.0%	9.9	9.9	—	35
2004	30	MIN	13	—	21	21	233	1	100.0%	11.1	11.1	—	10
2005	31	MIN	5	—	8	8	52	0	100.0%	6.5	6.5	—	2
Career			109		180	154	1,511	4	85.6%	9.8	8.4	—	73

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2000	26	IND	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2001	27	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	28	ATL	5	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	—
2004	30	MIN	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			10		9	9	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	25	—	—	—	—	-3.9	0.8
2000	26	—	—	—	—	-7.0	-0.7
2001	27	—	—	—	—	-10.7	0.6
2002	28	—	—	—	—	24.8	5.1
2003	29	—	—	—	—	-8.7	47.0
2004	30	—	—	—	—	10.3	16.1
2005	31	—	—	—	—	-3.6	1.0
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 37.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 502005

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #402 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2002 MIN·6 team wins#8

Rushing Touchdowns · 11 · score 18

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

10.14 EPA/season over 7 seasons53

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: 86%.

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

3,337

1,826 rush · 1,511 recv

Total TDs

21 rush · 4 recv

Total Touches

589

435 carries · 154 rec

Yds / Touch

5.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att9Yds29Y/A3.21D11D%11.1

Receiving

Tgt6Rec6Yds96TD1Ctch%100.0%Y/R16.0Y/Tgt16.01D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.0Rec EPA6.5

College Stats

KentuckyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kentucky), 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #75

#64Johnny McWilliamsTE #65Detron SmithRB #66Roman ObenOT #68John BrowningDT #70Brady SmithDE #71Donnie AbrahamCB #73Winslow OliverRB #74Terry KillensLB #76Ryan StewartDB #81Brian RocheTE #82Scott SlutzkerTE #83Jerald MooreRB #85Bobby HoyingQB #86Tedy BruschiILB #87Matt StevensFS #89Terrell OwensWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Moe inherited the Minnesota Vikings RB room from Leroy Hoard (1996–1999), and handed it to Michael Bennett (2001–2005).

Darrin Nelson 1982–1992Allen Rice 1984–1990Alfred Anderson 1984–1991D.J. Dozier 1987–1990Rick Fenney 1987–1991Herschel Walker

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2002team change
Joined MIN (from BAL)
2001team change
Joined BAL (from MIN)
1996draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 3, Pick 75

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 205 lb

Frame

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+1997

C1999

C+2000

C+2001

B2002

B2003

C+2004

F2005

Availability

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

76%

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
1997	59	4.2	352+293	20.7
1999	69	9.9	422+353	24.8
2000	67	5.2	308+241	18.1
2001	291	22.4	497+206	29.2
2002	414	25.9	529+115	31.1
2003	745	46.6	794+49	46.7
2004	161	12.4	296+135	17.4
2005	20	4	160+140	9.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2400 all-time of 4,642. 4.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #75 (Rd 3) · MIN · 1996 · +17 vs expected KV-H

57actual

40 expected · Δ+17

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #75

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator