Nyheim Hines NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Nyheim Hines

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Nyheim Hines

Top 35% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +182% playoffsTwo-Way Profile

Height5'9"

Weight196 lb

BornNov 12, 1996

Age29

CollegeN.C. State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 4, Pick 104 · IND

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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 18 · #3208 · Role Player

Worth 18 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 70% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+4.5

Avg surplus

peak +7

4 seasons × ~4.5 surplus ≈ VORP 18

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%
2018	—	IND	16	—	85	314	2	3.7	2.4	17	20.0	0	81	63	425	2	77.8%	6.7	5.2	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	499	43.3%	—	0.0%	16	14.0%
2018	—	NE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	IND	16	—	52	199	2	3.8	3.8	16	30.8	0	58	44	320	0	75.9%	7.3	5.5	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	339	31.6%	—	0.0%	87	23.4%
2019	—	JAX	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	IND	16	—	89	380	3	4.3	3.4	24	27.0	0	76	63	482	4	82.9%	7.7	6.3	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	392	35.8%	—	0.0%	76	17.5%
2020	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	IND	17	—	56	276	2	4.9	3.6	15	26.8	0	57	40	310	1	70.2%	7.8	5.4	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	352	31.4%	—	0.0%	73	16.5%
2022	—	BUF	16	—	24	33	1	1.4	4.2	2	8.3	0	37	30	241	1	81.1%	8.0	6.5	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	208	19.3%	—	0.0%	113	27.3%
2022	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	LAC	1	—	2	-2	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	3.0%	—	0.0%	11	20.0%
Career		—	89	—	308	1,200	10	3.9	3.2	74	24.0	0	309	240	1,778	8	77.7%	7.4	5.8	—	94	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,795	27.4%	—	0.0%	376	19.8%

Career EPA-9.4·-33 rushing · 23 receiving·-1.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2018	22	IND	16	0*	85	314	2	3.7	2.4	17	20.0	0	11.6
2019	23	IND	16	0*	52	199	2	3.8	3.8	16	30.8	0	9.3
2020	24	IND	16	0*	89	380	3	4.3	3.4	24	27.0	0	14.6
2021	25	IND	17	0*	56	276	2	4.9	3.6	15	26.8	0	9.4
2022	26	BUF	16	0*	24	33	1	1.4	4.2	2	8.3	0	8.1
2025	29	LAC	1	—	2	-2	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			82		308	1,200	10	3.9	—	74	—	0	53

* 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
2018	22	IND	16	0*	81	63	425	2	77.8%	6.7	5.2	—	29
2019	23	IND	16	0*	58	44	320	0	75.9%	7.3	5.5	—	15
2020	24	IND	16	0*	76	63	482	4	82.9%	7.7	6.3	—	24
2021	25	IND	17	0*	57	40	310	1	70.2%	7.8	5.4	—	15
2022	26	BUF	16	0*	37	30	241	1	81.1%	8.0	6.5	—	11
Career			81		309	240	1,778	8	77.7%	7.4	5.8	—	94

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2018	22	NE	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	23	JAX	3	0*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	24	GB	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2022	26	JAX	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			7		7	7	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* 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%
2018	22	IND	16	0*	499	43.3%	—	0.0%	16	14.0%
2019	23	IND	16	0*	339	31.6%	—	0.0%	87	23.4%
2020	24	IND	16	0*	392	35.8%	—	0.0%	76	17.5%
2021	25	IND	17	0*	352	31.4%	—	0.0%	73	16.5%
2022	26	BUF	16	0*	208	19.3%	—	0.0%	113	27.3%
2025	29	LAC	2	—	5	3.0%	—	0.0%	11	20.0%
Career			83		1,795	—	—	—	376	—

* 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
2018	22	—	—	0*	—	-12.3	0.7	0	167
2019	23	—	—	0*	—	0.5	-3.1	0	77
2020	24	—	—	0*	—	-11.4	8.8	0	52
2021	25	—	—	0*	—	4.0	4.3	0	113
2022	26	—	—	0*	—	-13.3	12.3	0	116
Career					—	—	—	0	525

* 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
2018	22	IND	16	0*	163	1.9	151	1.8	3	28.3	17
2019	23	IND	16	0*	118	2.3	81	1.6	2	26.0	16
2020	24	IND	16	0*	224	2.5	156	1.8	8	11.1	24
2021	25	IND	17	0*	145	2.6	131	2.3	7	8.0	15
2022	26	2TM	16	0*	24	1.0	9	0.4	0	—	2
2025	29	LAC	3	—	-3	-1.5	1	0.5	0	—	0
Career			84		671	—	529	—	20	—	74

* 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
2018	22	IND	16	0*	2.1	1.2	5.5	3	4	0.0	29	86.5
2019	23	IND	16	0*	1.3	0.1	7.2	4	2	0.0	15	88.3
2020	24	IND	16	0*	0.7	0.2	7.5	5	1	0.0	24	110.6
2021	25	IND	17	0*	2.0	0.9	6.9	2	2	0.0	15	89.1
2022	26	2TM	16	0*	3.1	1.7	6.3	3	2	0.1	11	102.8
Career			81		—	—	—	17	11	—	94	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

55

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 53.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 33.3

Availability 19.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 532022

All-Time Standing

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

18

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Receptions leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-1.88 EPA/season over 5 seasons49

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

48

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.659 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.659Touch rate0.344EPA/snap-0.005Snap share27.4%Off snaps1,795VolatileCV 0.43

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 · 2018

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

RB · 2018 class

4.38s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 95thClass Pos 97thClass All 96th

35.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 69thClass Pos 60thClass All 73th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 60thClass Pos 25thClass All 53th

7.18s

3-Cone

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 47thClass Pos 5thClass All 39th

4.35s

Shuttle

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 48thClass Pos 13thClass All 54th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 3.9 regular season → 11.0 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+182%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,978

1,200 rush · 1,778 recv

Total TDs

18

10 rush · 8 recv

Total Touches

548

308 carries · 240 rec

Yds / Touch

5.4

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att9Yds99Y/A11.01D31D%33.3

Receiving

Tgt6Rec3Yds19Ctch%50.0%Y/R6.3Y/Tgt3.21D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA4.5Rec EPA0.8Rec AirYd17

College Stats

N.C. StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (N.C. 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #104

#96Harrison PhillipsDT #97Mason ColeC #98Jordan AkinsTE #99Isaac YiadomCB #100Dorian O'DanielLB #101Ian ThomasTE #102Jalyn HolmesDT #103Keke CouteeWR #105Antonio CallawayWR #106Josey JewellILB #107Chris HerndonTE #108Kyle LaulettaQB #109Troy ApkeDB #110Nick NelsonCB #112Mark WaltonRB #113DaeSean HamiltonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Nyheim inherited the Indianapolis Colts RB room from Marlon Mack (2017–2021), and handed it to Jordan Wilkins (2018–2022).

Curtis Dickey 1980–1985Randy McMillan 1984–1986George Wonsley 1984–1988Owen Gill 1985–1986Eric Dickerson 1987–1991Ken Clark

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined LAC (from BUF)
2025final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2022team change
Joined BUF (from IND)
2018draft
Drafted by IND — Round 4, Pick 104

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 196 lb

Frame

198 lb at 4.38s

Size-speed

35.5" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CLE	2	W5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW7Questionable· Knee
2022	IND	0	W6Questionable· Concussion

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 5-season peers. See all →

54

peak 55

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

C+2018

C+2019

C+2020

C+2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

85%

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
2018	314	19.6	321+7	18.9
2019	199	12.4	177-22	10.4
2020	380	23.8	399+19	23.5
2021	276	16.2	267-9	15.7
2022	33	2.1	24-9	1.4

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

18 career value over replacement — #3208 all-time of 4,642. 3.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #104 (Rd 4) · IND · 2018 · +17.2 vs expected KV-H

54actual

36.8 expected · Δ+17.2

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