Sherman Williams is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Williams in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Williams's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1995 | 22 | DAL | 11 | — | 48 | 205 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 28 | 0 | — | 9.3 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 23 | DAL | 16 | — | 69 | 269 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 41 | 0 | — | 8.2 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 24 | DAL | 16 | — | 121 | 468 | 2 | 3.9 | 1.7 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 159 | 0 | — | 7.6 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 25 | DAL | 16 | — | 64 | 220 | 1 | 3.4 | 1.6 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 104 | 0 | — | 9.5 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 59 | — | 302 | 1,162 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.3 | — | — | — | — | 40 | 332 | 0 | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
41 career value over replacement — #2354 all-time of 4,695. 10.3/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #46 (Rd 2) · DAL · 1995 · +7.6 vs expected KV-H
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4 seasons · peak 1.1 in 1997
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.1 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1997 · +0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#356 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | — | 1.1 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 61.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
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