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

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Peyton Hillis

Top 25% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #134

Height6'2"

Weight250 lb

Career Value · VORP

44 career value over replacement — #2265 all-time of 4,695. 6.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #227 (Rd 7) · DEN · 2008 · +40.2 vs expected KV-H

59actual

18.8 expected · Δ+40.2

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2008	22–23	DEN	7	—	68	343	5	5.0	7.4	24	35.3	0	14	14	179	1	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	23–24	DEN	8	—	13	54	1	4.2	7.7	4	30.8	0	6	4	19	0	66.7%	4.8	3.2	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	24–25	CLE	16	—	270	1,177	11	4.4	4.1	57	21.1	5	77	61	477	2	79.2%	7.8	6.2	—	25	1	2	50.0%	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.5	6.5	—	70.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25–26	CLE	10	—	161	587	3	3.6	1.9	33	20.5	1	34	22	130	0	64.7%	5.9	3.8	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	26–27	KC	13	—	85	309	1	3.6	1.2	19	22.4	2	14	10	62	0	71.4%	6.2	4.4	—	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	27–28	NYG	7	—	73	247	2	3.4	2.7	12	16.4	0	21	13	96	0	61.9%	7.4	4.6	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	202	42.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	28–29	NYG	9	—	26	115	0	4.4	0.0	4	15.4	0	16	10	87	0	62.5%	8.7	5.4	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	109	17.7%	—	0.0%	86	34.0%
Career		—	70	—	696	2,832	23	4.1	3.3	153	22.0	8	182	134	1,050	3	73.6%	7.8	5.8	—	48	1	3	33.3%	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.3	4.3	—	47.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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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 44 · #2265 · Above Average

Worth 44 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 49% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 3 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.7

Avg surplus

peak +25

3 seasons × ~14.7 surplus ≈