Rodney Hampton ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Hampton in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hampton a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#36Era-adjusted seasons· 1993of 350

Streaks5 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 1991–95

RBNYG#27ACT

Rodney Hampton

2× Pro BowlTop 1% all-time RBsIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 🏟️ New York Giants IconTwo-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

229 career value over replacement — #286 all-time of 4,695. 32.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · NYG · 1990 · +29.7 vs expected KV-H

86actual

56.3 expected · Δ+29.7

💔+49.7 stolen VORP·1.52 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 38% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

38% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader38

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 89%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

8,206

6,897 rush · 1,309 recv

Total TDs

49 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

1,998

1,824 carries · 174 rec

Yds / Touch

4.1

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones6

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19911K career rushing yards
199225 career rushing TDs
1992100 career receptions
19933K career rushing yards
19941K career receiving yards
19955K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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.

Top Teammates

Howard CrossTE8y Corey MillerLB7y Keith HamiltonDT6y Chris CallowayWR6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rodney inherited the New York Giants RB room from Dave Meggett (1989–1994), and handed it to Tiki Barber (1997–2006).

Alphonse Leemans 1936–1943Frank Gifford 1952–1964Joe Morris 1982–1988Dave Meggett 1989–1994Rodney Hampton 1990–1997Tiki Barber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1997final season
Last recorded season with NYG
1990draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 228 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 89

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

B1990

A1991

A1992

A+1993

A1994

A1995

B+1996

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1990	455	30.3	857+402	50.4
1991	1,059	75.6	1,857+798	109.3
1992	1,141	71.3	1,723+582	101.4
1993	1,077	89.8	2,077+1,000	122.2
1994	1,075	76.8	1,706+631	100.3
1995	1,182	73.9	1,626+444	95.7
1996	827	55.1	1,293+466	76.1

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, 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 8/31/2026

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

13%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 68.3%Longevity 16.8%Pro Bowls 11.2%All-Time Ranks 3.7%

Monitor score 53.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity76

Peak89

Accolades5

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

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Rodney Hampton

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1990 Draft Class· this player went #24

Career Geography