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

Spencer Ware

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Spencer Ware

Top 37% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter⭐ Shooting Star · 2016

Height5'10"

Weight229 lb

BornNov 23, 1991

Age34

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 6, Pick 194 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 31 · #2647 · Role Player

Worth 31 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 58% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+15.5

Avg surplus

peak +23

2 seasons × ~15.5 surplus ≈ VORP 31

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													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	—	SEA	1	—	3	10	0	3.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	9.0%	—	0.0%	21	50.0%
2015	—	KC	9	—	72	403	6	5.6	8.3	19	26.4	0	6	6	5	0	100.0%	0.8	0.8	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	159	29.3%	—	0.0%	68	28.1%
2015	—	LV	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	KC	14	—	214	921	3	4.3	1.4	47	22.0	2	42	33	447	2	78.6%	13.5	10.6	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	544	61.6%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2018	—	KC	11	—	51	246	2	4.8	3.9	14	27.5	0	23	20	224	0	87.0%	11.2	9.7	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	247	27.5%	—	0.0%	62	18.3%
2018	—	BAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	KC	3	—	17	51	0	3.0	0.0	3	17.6	0	7	5	22	0	71.4%	4.4	3.1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	81	38.0%	—	0.0%	8	12.0%
Career		—	41	—	357	1,631	11	4.6	3.1	84	23.5	2	78	64	698	2	82.1%	10.9	8.9	—	27	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,038	33.1%	—	0.0%	160	22.3%

Career EPA1.7·-18 rushing · 20 receiving·0.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2013	22	SEA	1	—	3	10	0	3.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—
2015	24	KC	9	0*	72	403	6	5.6	8.3	19	26.4	0	8
2016	25	KC	14	9*	214	921	3	4.3	1.4	47	22.0	2	13.4
2018	27	KC	11	0*	51	246	2	4.8	3.9	14	27.5	0	6.6
2019	28	KC	3	—	17	51	0	3.0	0.0	3	17.6	0	—
Career			38	9*	357	1,631	11	4.6	—	84	—	2	28

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2015	24	KC	9	0*	6	6	5	0	100.0%	0.8	0.8	—	0
2016	25	KC	14	9*	42	33	447	2	78.6%	13.5	10.6	—	17
2018	27	KC	11	0*	23	20	224	0	87.0%	11.2	9.7	—	9
2019	28	KC	3	—	7	5	22	0	71.4%	4.4	3.1	—	1
Career			37	9*	78	64	698	2	82.1%	10.9	8.9	—	27

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	22	SEA	2	—	7	9.0%	—	0.0%	21	50.0%
2015	24	KC	11	0*	159	29.3%	—	0.0%	68	28.1%
2016	25	KC	14	9*	544	61.6%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2018	27	KC	13	0*	247	27.5%	—	0.0%	62	18.3%
2019	28	KC	3	—	81	38.0%	—	0.0%	8	12.0%
Career			43	9*	1,038	—	—	—	160	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2013	22	—	—	—	—	0.9	—	0	0
2015	24	—	—	0*	—	9.9	-4.7	0	-7
2016	25	—	—	9*	—	-26.4	12.2	0	116
2018	27	—	—	0*	—	-1.4	14.5	0	5
2019	28	—	—	—	—	-1.2	-2.1	0	2
Career				9*	—	—	—	0	116

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	27	KC	13	0*	150	2.9	96	1.9	3	17.0	14
2019	28	KC	3	—	21	1.2	30	1.8	2	8.5	3
Career			16		171	—	126	—	5	—	17

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	27	KC	13	0*	0.2	-1.1	12.3	4	2	0.1	9	107.2
2019	28	KC	3	—	0.3	1.4	3.0	0	0	0.0	1	74.7
Career			16		—	—	—	4	2	—	10	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 53 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

62

Sustained

career value

×.6

60

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 53· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 47.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 60elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

12

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

0.34 EPA/season over 5 seasons50

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

61

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.244 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.244Touch rate0.419EPA/snap0.002Snap share33.1%Off snaps1,038ReliableCV 0.36

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2013

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2013 class

4.62s

40-Yard

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 55thClass Pos 34thClass All 62th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-7%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,329

1,631 rush · 698 recv

Total TDs

13

11 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

421

357 carries · 64 rec

Yds / Touch

5.5

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att24Yds102TD2Y/A4.3TD%8.31D71D%29.2

Receiving

Tgt5Rec3Yds22Ctch%60.0%Y/R7.3Y/Tgt4.41D1

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.9Rec EPA-2.1Rec AirYd32

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #194

#185DeVonte HollomanMLB #186Justin BrownWR #187Andre EllingtonRB #188Cornelius WashingtonDE #189Mike JamesRB #190Rex BurkheadRB #191Bacarri RamboFS #193Nate PalmerLB #196Jeff BacaG #197Cobi HamiltonWR #199Theo RiddickRB #200Kapron Lewis-MooreDE #202Khalid WootenCB #203Ryan JensenC #205Stacy McGeeDT #206Vince WilliamsILB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Spencer inherited the Kansas City Chiefs RB room from Charcandrick West (2014–2018), and handed it to Kareem Hunt (2017–2025).

Jim Hadnot 1980–1983Joe Delaney 1981–1982Billy Jackson 1981–1984Herman Heard 1984–1989Larry Moriarty 1986–1988Paul Palmer

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

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Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with KC
2015team change
Joined KC (from SEA)
2013draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 6, Pick 194

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 229 lb

Frame

228 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	KC	0	W3Questionable· KneeW15Doubtful· Shoulder / HamstringW16Doubtful· HamstringW17Questionable· HamstringW19Questionable· Hamstring
2016	KC	1	W9Out· ConcussionW17Questionable· Rib
2015	KC	0	W15Questionable· RibW19Questionable· Ankle
2013	SEA	4	W3Doubtful· AnkleW4Out· AnkleW5Out· AnkleW6Out· AnkleW7Out· Ankle

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 3-season peers. See all →

53

peak 60

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

C+2015

B+2016

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

54%

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
2015	403	44.8	809+406	47.6
2016	921	65.8	1,200+279	70.6
2018	246	22.4	370+124	21.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

31 career value over replacement — #2647 all-time of 4,642. 10.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #194 (Rd 6) · SEA · 2013 · +27.1 vs expected KV-H

53actual

25.9 expected · Δ+27.1

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