Not to be confused withRodney Thomas (DB · 2022–2025).

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

RBATL#20ACT

Rodney Thomas

Top 18% all-time RBsIron Man

Height5'10"

Weight210 lb

BornMar 30, 1973

Age53

CollegeTexas A&M See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 3, Pick 89 · HOU

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A high-end running back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 62 · #1790 · Above Average

Worth 62 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.3

Avg surplus

peak +30

6 seasons × ~10.3 surplus ≈ VORP 62

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									Defense													Advanced (EPA)
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1995	—	TEN	16	—	251	947	5	3.8	2.0	—	—	—	—	39	204	2	—	5.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	TEN	16	—	49	151	1	3.1	2.0	—	—	—	—	13	128	0	—	9.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	TEN	16	—	67	310	3	4.6	4.5	—	—	—	—	14	111	0	—	7.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	TEN	11	—	24	100	2	4.2	8.3	—	—	—	—	6	55	0	—	9.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	TEN	14	—	43	164	1	3.8	2.3	8	18.6	0	10	8	67	0	80.0%	8.4	6.7	—	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5	0.1	0	0
2000	—	TEN	13	—	61	175	0	2.9	0.0	6	9.8	0	11	8	35	1	72.7%	4.4	3.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-18.5	-3.4	0	0
2001	—	ATL	8	—	37	126	0	3.4	0.0	5	13.5	0	3	2	26	0	66.7%	13.0	8.7	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0	1.1	0	0
Career		—	95	—	532	1,973	12	3.7	2.3	19	3.6	0	24	90	626	3	375.0%	7.0	26.1	—	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-30.0	-2.1	0	0

Career EPA-32.2·-30 rushing · -2 receiving·-10.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1995	22	TEN	16	—	251	947	5	3.8	2.0	—	—	—	16.4
1996	23	TEN	16	—	49	151	1	3.1	2.0	—	—	—	8.3
1997	24	TEN	16	—	67	310	3	4.6	4.5	—	—	—	10.5
1998	25	TEN	11	—	24	100	2	4.2	8.3	—	—	—	6.6
1999	26	TEN	14	—	43	164	1	3.8	2.3	8	18.6	0	6.3
2000	27	TEN	13	—	61	175	0	2.9	0.0	6	9.8	0	6.3
2001	28	ATL	8	—	37	126	0	3.4	0.0	5	13.5	0	3.2
Career			94		532	1,973	12	3.7	—	19	—	0	57.6

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	22	TEN	16	—	—	39	204	2	—	5.2	—	—	—
1996	23	TEN	16	—	—	13	128	0	—	9.8	—	—	—
1997	24	TEN	16	—	—	14	111	0	—	7.9	—	—	—
1998	25	TEN	11	—	—	6	55	0	—	9.2	—	—	—
1999	26	TEN	14	—	10	8	67	0	80.0%	8.4	6.7	—	3
2000	27	TEN	13	—	11	8	35	1	72.7%	4.4	3.2	—	2
2001	28	ATL	8	—	3	2	26	0	66.7%	13.0	8.7	—	1
Career			94		24	90	626	3	375.0%	7.0	26.1	—	6

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	26	—	—	—	—	-4.5	0.1
2000	27	—	—	—	—	-18.5	-3.4
2001	28	—	—	—	—	-7.0	1.1
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 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 62.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1995bestavg 58elite 702001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-10.72 EPA/season over 3 seasons46

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: 89%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 3.7 regular season → 3.6 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-3%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,599

1,973 rush · 626 recv

Total TDs

12 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

622

532 carries · 90 rec

Yds / Touch

4.2

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att5Yds18Y/A3.61D31D%60.0

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.4

College Stats

Texas A&MCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas A&M), 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.

1995 Draft Class· this player went #89

#79Zack CrockettRB #80Stoney CaseQB #81Tamarick VanoverWR #83Sean HarrisLB #84Eric ZeierQB #86Joe AskaRB #87Evan PilgrimG #88Jimmy HitchcockDB #90Antonio FreemanWR #91Brenden StaiG #92Charlie WilliamsDB #94Mike FrederickDE #99Rob JohnsonQB #101Michael RoanTE #102Sam ShadeS #104Aaron HaydenRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rodney inherited the Tennessee Titans RB room from Todd McNair (1994–1995), and handed it to Eddie George (1997–2003).

Stan Edwards 1982–1986Larry Moriarty 1983–1986Butch Woolfolk 1985–1986Spencer Tillman 1987–1994Todd McNair 1994–1995Rodney Thomas

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001team change
Joined ATL (from TEN)
2001final season
Last recorded season with ATL
1995draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 3, Pick 89
1995team change
Joined TEN (from HOU)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 210 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

A1995

C+1996

B1997

C+1998

C+1999

C+2000

C2001

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

84%

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
1995	947	59.2	1,400+453	82.4
1996	151	9.4	482+331	28.4
1997	310	19.4	625+315	36.8
1998	100	9.1	422+322	24.8
1999	164	11.7	451+287	26.5
2000	175	13.5	428+253	25.2
2001	126	15.8	397+271	23.4

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), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

62 career value over replacement — #1790 all-time of 4,642. 8.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #89 (Rd 3) · HOU · 1995 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H

63actual

38.7 expected · Δ+24.3

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Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #89

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator