Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1984 | 22 | PIT | 16 | — | 115 | 405 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 358 | 1 | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | PIT | 14 | — | 17 | 67 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 326 | 3 | — | 9.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 24 | PIT | 16 | — | 42 | 170 | 1 | 4.0 | 2.4 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 217 | 3 | — | 8.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 46 | — | 174 | 642 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.7 | — | — | — | — | 98 | 901 | 7 | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
17 career value over replacement — #3320 all-time of 4,695. 5.7/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #247 (Rd 9) · PIT · 1984 · +31 vs expected KV-H
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