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

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Richard Huntley

Top 26% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter

Height5'11"

Weight225 lb

BornSep 18, 1972

Age53

CollegeWinston Salem State University See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 4, Pick 117 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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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 47 · #2145 · Above Average

Worth 47 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.8

Avg surplus

peak +17

4 seasons × ~11.8 surplus ≈ VORP 47

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									Passing													Defense
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	—	ATL	1	—	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	1	14	0	—	14.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	PIT	16	—	55	242	1	4.4	1.8	—	—	—	—	3	18	0	—	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PIT	16	—	92	571	5	6.2	5.4	28	30.4	2	38	26	235	3	68.4%	9.0	6.2	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	PIT	13	—	46	215	3	4.7	6.5	13	28.3	1	19	10	91	0	52.6%	9.1	4.8	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	LAC	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	CAR	13	—	165	665	2	4.0	1.2	29	17.6	1	32	21	101	1	65.6%	4.8	3.2	—	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	DET	1	—	3	4	0	1.3	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	65	—	363	1,705	11	4.7	3.0	70	19.3	4	89	61	459	4	68.5%	7.5	5.2	—	20	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-26.3·-4 passing · -20 rushing · -2 receiving·-6.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2001	29	CAR	13	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	9.7
Career			13		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	1	40.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1996	24	ATL	1	—	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—
1998	26	PIT	16	—	55	242	1	4.4	1.8	—	—	—
1999	27	PIT	16	—	92	571	5	6.2	5.4	28	30.4	2
2000	28	PIT	13	—	46	215	3	4.7	6.5	13	28.3	1
2001	29	CAR	13	—	165	665	2	4.0	1.2	29	17.6	1
2002	30	DET	1	—	3	4	0	1.3	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			60		363	1,705	11	4.7	—	70	—	4

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1996	24	ATL	1	—	—	1	14	0	—	14.0	—	—	—
1998	26	PIT	16	—	—	3	18	0	—	6.0	—	—	—
1999	27	PIT	16	—	38	26	235	3	68.4%	9.0	6.2	—	13
2000	28	PIT	13	—	19	10	91	0	52.6%	9.1	4.8	—	4
2001	29	CAR	13	—	32	21	101	1	65.6%	4.8	3.2	—	3
Career			59		89	61	459	4	68.5%	7.5	5.2	—	20

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	27	—	—	—	—	13.7	9.4
2000	28	—	—	—	—	-5.4	-4.6
2001	29	—	—	—	-4.3	-26.2	-7.1
2002	30	—	—	—	—	-1.8	—
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 43.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 622001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-6.58 EPA/season over 4 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: 87%.

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

Winston Salem State UniversityCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Winston Salem State University), 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #117

#103Ricky WhittleRB #108Jevon LangfordDE #109Jon RunyanOT #110Reggie BarlowWR #111Emmanuel McDanielDB #112Aaron GrahamC #115Brian MilneRB #116Paul GrasmanisDT #118Stanley PritchettRB #119Chris SullivanDE #120Sean MoranDE #122Darrius JohnsonDB #126Earl HolmesMLB #127Juran BoldenCB #130Danny KanellQB #132Jahine ArnoldWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Richard inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from Jerome Bettis (1996–2005), and handed it to Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (1998–2002).

Frank Pollard 1980–1988Walter Abercrombie 1982–1987Rich Erenberg 1984–1986Earnest Jackson 1986–1988Rodney Carter 1987–1989Merril Hoge

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2002team change
Joined DET (from CAR)
2002final season
Last recorded season with DET
2001team change
Joined CAR (from PIT)
1998team change
Joined PIT (from ATL)
1996draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 4, Pick 117

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 225 lb

Frame

Knox

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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

B1998

B1999

C+2000

B2001

Availability

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

74%

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
1998	242	15.1	529+287	31.1
1999	571	35.7	831+260	48.9
2000	215	16.5	473+258	27.8
2001	665	51.2	928+263	54.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

47 career value over replacement — #2145 all-time of 4,642. 11.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #117 (Rd 4) · ATL · 1996 · +23.6 vs expected KV-H

58actual

34.4 expected · Δ+23.6

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #117

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

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