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

RBDET#33CUT

Olandis Gary

Top 26% all-time RBsHigh-End StarterTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #336

Height5'11"

Weight218 lb

BornMay 18, 1975

Age51

CollegeGeorgia; Marshall See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 4, Pick 127 · DEN

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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 42 · #2282 · Above Average

Worth 42 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 50% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14

Avg surplus

peak +34

3 seasons × ~14 surplus ≈ VORP 42

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
1999	—	DEN	12	—	275	1,159	7	4.2	2.5	60	21.8	2	29	21	159	0	72.4%	7.6	5.5	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-13.5	-5.3	0	0
2000	—	DEN	1	—	13	80	0	6.2	0.0	5	38.5	0	4	3	10	0	75.0%	3.3	2.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	-1.1	0	0
2001	—	DEN	8	—	57	228	1	4.0	1.8	12	21.1	0	5	4	29	0	80.0%	7.3	5.8	—	1	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2	1.1	0	0
2002	—	DEN	9	—	37	147	1	4.0	2.7	7	18.9	0	20	18	148	0	90.0%	8.2	7.4	—	5	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.8	5.7	0	0
2003	—	DET	13	—	113	384	2	3.4	1.8	19	16.8	0	13	13	69	0	100.0%	5.3	5.3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	MIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-20.6	4.3	0	0
Career		—	46	—	495	1,998	11	4.0	2.2	103	20.8	2	71	59	415	0	83.1%	7.0	5.8	—	14	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-34.4	4.6	0	0

Career EPA-29.8·-34 rushing · 5 receiving·-6.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1999	24	DEN	12	—	275	1,159	7	4.2	2.5	60	21.8	2	13.3
2000	25	DEN	1	—	13	80	0	6.2	0.0	5	38.5	0	—
2001	26	DEN	8	—	57	228	1	4.0	1.8	12	21.1	0	4.2
2002	27	DEN	9	—	37	147	1	4.0	2.7	7	18.9	0	5.4
2003	28	DET	13	—	113	384	2	3.4	1.8	19	16.8	0	7.4
Career			43		495	1,998	11	4.0	—	103	—	2	30.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	24	DEN	12	—	29	21	159	72.4%	7.6	5.5	—	5
2000	25	DEN	1	—	4	3	10	75.0%	3.3	2.5	—	0
2001	26	DEN	8	—	5	4	29	80.0%	7.3	5.8	—	1
2002	27	DEN	9	—	20	18	148	90.0%	8.2	7.4	—	5
2003	28	DET	13	—	13	13	69	100.0%	5.3	5.3	—	3
Career			43		71	59	415	83.1%	7.0	5.8	—	14

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	24	MIN	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2001	26	DEN	1	—	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	27	DEN	2	—	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	28	MIN	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			6		7	5	2	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	24	—	—	—	—	-13.5	-5.3
2000	25	—	—	—	—	1.2	-1.1
2001	26	—	—	—	—	3.2	1.1
2002	27	—	—	—	—	-4.8	5.7
2003	28	—	—	—	—	-20.6	4.3
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 48.3

Availability 13.7

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 60elite 702003

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #336 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

1999 DEN·6 team wins#11

Rushing Yards · 1,159 · score 15

1999 DEN·6 team wins#16

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 10

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-5.96 EPA/season over 5 seasons48

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: 90%.

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+).

College Stats

Georgia; MarshallCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia; Marshall), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #127

#117Donald MitchellDB #118Wane McGarityWR #119Keith NewmanLB #120Kenny WrightDB #122Bobby CollinsTE #123Jason WiltzDT #124Wali RainerLB #126Johndale CartyDB #128Damon MooreDB #129Edwin MulitaloG #130Na BrownWR #131Aaron BrooksQB #132Peppi ZellnerDE #133Josh BidwellP #134Cecil CollinsRB #135Nicolas LucheyRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Olandis inherited the Denver Broncos RB room from Howard Griffith (1997–2000), and handed it to Mike Anderson (2000–2005).

Rick Parros 1981–1984Gerald Willhite 1982–1988Sammy Winder 1982–1990Gene Lang 1984–1987Steve Sewell 1985–1991Mel Bratton

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2003team change
Joined DET (from DEN)
2003final season
Last recorded season with DET
1999draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 4, Pick 127

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 218 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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 64

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

A1999

C+2001

C2002

C+2003

Availability

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

54%

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
1999	1,159	96.6	1,795+636	105.6
2001	228	28.5	588+360	34.6
2002	147	16.3	394+247	23.2
2003	384	29.5	553+169	32.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

42 career value over replacement — #2282 all-time of 4,642. 10.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #127 (Rd 4) · DEN · 1999 · +24.5 vs expected KV-H

58actual

33.5 expected · Δ+24.5

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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

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #127

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

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