Also in other sports:mlbRoger Craig (P · 1955–1966).

Roger Craig is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 85 in the Knox value model. Craig's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#24Era-adjusted seasons· 1988of 350

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Roger Craig

★ HALL OF FAME4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time RBsIron Legend

Height6'0"

Weight222 lb

BornJul 10, 1960

Career Value · VORP

261 career value over replacement — #201 all-time of 4,695. 23.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #49 (Rd 2) · SFO · 1983 · +37.4 vs expected KV-H

85actual

47.6 expected · Δ+37.4

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 44% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

44% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader44

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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 StatsNot available for this player

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

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Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 4.0 playoffs (10 playoff seasons)

-1%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

13,070

8,159 rush · 4,911 recv

Total TDs

56 rush · 17 recv

Total Touches

2,557

1,991 carries · 566 rec

Yds / Touch

5.1

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones11

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

19841K career rushing yards
19841K career receiving yards
1984100 career receptions
19863K career rushing yards
198625 career rushing TDs
1986250 career receptions

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.

Postseason Career

Rushing

Att208Yds841TD7Y/A4.0TD%3.4

Receiving

Rec63Yds606TD2Y/R9.6

College Stats

NebraskaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Nebraska), 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

Ronnie LottSAF9y Mike WilsonWR8y Jerry RiceWR6y Charles HaleyDE5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Roger inherited the San Francisco 49ers RB room from Earl Cooper (1980–1985), and handed it to Tom Rathman (1986–1993).

Joe Perry 1948–1963Hugh McElhenny 1952–1960Delvin Williams 1974–1977Earl Cooper 1980–1985Roger Craig 1983–1990Tom Rathman

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Movementderived from season history

1993final season
Last recorded season with MIN
1992team change
Joined MIN (from LAR)
1991team change
Joined LAR (from SF)
1983draft
Drafted by SFO — Round 2, Pick 49
1983team change
Joined SF (from SFO)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 222 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 90

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

B1983

B1984

B+1985

B+1986

B+1987

A+1988

A1989

B1990

B+1991

B1992

C+1993

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
1983	725	45.3	919+194	54.1
1984	649	40.6	914+265	53.8
1985	1,020	63.8	1,376+356	81
1986	830	51.9	1,168+338	68.7
1987	815	58.2	1,393+578	81.9
1988	1,502	93.9	2,225+723	130.9
1989	1,054	65.9	1,616+562	95
1990	439	39.9	1,075+636	63.3
1991	590	39.3	1,052+462	61.9
1992	416	27.7	789+373	46.4
1993	119	8.5	392+273	23

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026