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.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 6.4 in 2010

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.8 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2010 · +0.5 wins

Rushing+0.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2008	22–23	DEN	7	—	68	343	5	5.0	7.4	24	35.3	0	4
2009	23–24	DEN	8	—	13	54	1	4.2	7.7	4	30.8	0	0
2010	24–25	CLE	16	—	270	1,177	11	4.4	4.1	57	21.1	5	6.4
2011	25–26	CLE	10	—	161	587	3	3.6	1.9	33	20.5	1	0
2012	26–27	KC	13	—	85	309	1	3.6	1.2	19	22.4	2	0
2013	27–28	NYG	7	0*	73	247	2	3.4	2.7	12	16.4	0	0
2014	28–29	NYG	6	0*	26	115	0	4.4	0.0	4	15.4	0	0
Career			67		696	2,832	23	4.1	3.3	153	22.0	8	10.4

* 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
2008	22–23	DEN	7	—	14	14	179	1	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	9
2009	23–24	DEN	8	—	6	4	19	0	66.7%	4.8	3.2	—	0
2010	24–25	CLE	16	—	77	61	477	2	79.2%	7.8	6.2	—	25
2011	25–26	CLE	10	—	34	22	130	0	64.7%	5.9	3.8	—	5
2012	26–27	KC	13	—	14	10	62	0	71.4%	6.2	4.4	—	2
2013	27–28	NYG	7	0*	21	13	96	0	61.9%	7.4	4.6	—	5
2014	28–29	NYG	6	0*	16	10	87	0	62.5%	8.7	5.4	—	2
Career			67		182	134	1,050	3	73.6%	7.8	5.8	—	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%
2013	27–28	NYG	7	0*	202	42.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	28–29	NYG	9	0*	109	17.7%	—	0.0%	86	34.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

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

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate
2010	24–25	CLE	16	—	1	2	50.0%	13	6.5	6.5	—	70.8
2012	26–27	KC	13	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6
Career			29		1	3	33.3%	13	4.3	4.3	—	47.9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 42.8

Availability 13.2

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Peyton Hillis

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Passing

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · RB