Stevan Ridley NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Stevan Ridley

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Stevan Ridley

Top 19% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height5'11"

Weight220 lb

BornJan 27, 1989

Age37

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 3, Pick 73 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

94thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·3

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 55 · #1936 · Above Average

Worth 55 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 43% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

3 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+18.3

Avg surplus

peak +29

3 seasons × ~18.3 surplus ≈ VORP 55

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%
2011	—	NE	12	—	87	441	1	5.1	1.1	18	20.7	0	5	3	13	0	60.0%	4.3	2.6	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NE	16	—	290	1,263	12	4.4	4.1	82	28.3	2	14	6	51	0	42.9%	8.5	3.6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	14	—	178	773	7	4.3	3.9	39	21.9	3	12	10	62	0	83.3%	6.2	5.2	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	333	32.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	NE	6	—	94	340	2	3.6	2.1	16	17.0	0	5	4	20	0	80.0%	5.0	4.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	187	42.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	NYJ	8	—	36	90	0	2.5	0.0	5	13.9	0	5	4	-2	0	80.0%	-0.5	-0.4	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	16.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	ATL	1	—	3	7	0	2.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4.0%	—	0.0%	2	8.0%
2017	—	PIT	2	—	26	108	1	4.2	3.8	6	23.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	33.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	—	PIT	9	—	29	80	1	2.8	3.4	3	10.3	1	4	3	18	0	75.0%	6.0	4.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	61	10.4%	—	0.0%	12	17.0%
Career		—	69	—	743	3,102	24	4.2	3.2	170	22.9	6	45	30	162	0	66.7%	5.4	3.6	—	5	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	709	23.1%	—	0.0%	14	12.5%

Career EPA-67.2·-47 rushing · -20 receiving·-8.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2011	22	NE	12	—	87	441	1	5.1	1.1	18	20.7	0	6.2
2012	23	NE	16	—	290	1,263	12	4.4	4.1	82	28.3	2	16.2
2013	24	NE	14	0*	178	773	7	4.3	3.9	39	21.9	3	10.7
2014	25	NE	6	0*	94	340	2	3.6	2.1	16	17.0	0	4.3
2015	26	NYJ	8	0*	36	90	0	2.5	0.0	5	13.9	0	3
2016	27	ATL	1	—	3	7	0	2.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—
2017	28	PIT	2	—	26	108	1	4.2	3.8	6	23.1	0	—
2018	29	PIT	9	0*	29	80	1	2.8	3.4	3	10.3	1	3.6
Career			68		743	3,102	24	4.2	—	170	—	6	44

* 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
2011	22	NE	12	—	5	3	13	0	60.0%	4.3	2.6	—	0
2012	23	NE	16	—	14	6	51	0	42.9%	8.5	3.6	—	2
2013	24	NE	14	0*	12	10	62	0	83.3%	6.2	5.2	—	2
2014	25	NE	6	0*	5	4	20	0	80.0%	5.0	4.0	—	0
2015	26	NYJ	8	0*	5	4	-2	0	80.0%	-0.5	-0.4	—	0
2018	29	PIT	9	0*	4	3	18	0	75.0%	6.0	4.5	—	1
Career			65		45	30	162	0	66.7%	5.4	3.6	—	5

* 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	24	NE	14	0*	333	32.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	25	NE	6	0*	187	42.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	26	NYJ	8	0*	86	16.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	27	ATL	1	—	3	4.0%	—	0.0%	2	8.0%
2017	28	PIT	2	—	39	33.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	29	PIT	10	0*	61	10.4%	—	0.0%	12	17.0%
Career			41		709	—	—	—	14	—

* 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
2011	22	—	—	—	—	-0.0	-1.3	0	-4
2012	23	—	—	—	—	4.0	-6.4	0	26
2013	24	—	—	0*	—	-19.2	-3.6	0	6
2014	25	—	—	0*	—	-6.8	-0.3	0	-5
2015	26	—	—	0*	—	-9.9	-3.1	0	-11
2016	27	—	—	—	—	-0.4	—	0	0
2017	28	—	—	—	—	-1.9	—	0	0
2018	29	—	—	0*	—	-12.5	-5.5	0	9
Career					—	—	—	0	21

* 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	29	PIT	10	0*	27	0.9	53	1.8	2	14.5	3
Career			10		27	—	53	—	2	—	3

* 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	29	PIT	10	0*	2.3	2.0	4.0	0	0	0.0	1	83.3
Career			10		—	—	—	0	0	—	1	—

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

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 6 scored seasons.

60

Sustained

career value

×.6

68

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 45.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 56elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

18

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader17

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-8.4 EPA/season over 8 seasons47

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

56

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.11 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.11Touch rate0.553EPA/snap-0.089Snap share23.1%Off snaps709Emerging

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 · 2011

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

RB · 2011 class

4.65s

40-Yard

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 50thClass Pos 27thClass All 49th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 73thClass Pos 71thClass All 78th

118"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 55thClass Pos 60thClass All 63th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 15thClass All 29th

6.78s

3-Cone

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 92thClass Pos 90thClass All 82th

4.21s

Shuttle

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 71thClass Pos 50thClass All 61th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+4%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att56Yds242TD3Y/A4.3TD%5.41D131D%23.2Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds17Ctch%66.7%Y/R8.5Y/Tgt5.71D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.3Rec EPA-3.6Rec AirYd6

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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #73

#65Terrell McClainDT #66Dontay MochLB #67Nate IrvingILB #68Kelvin SheppardLB #69Rob HouslerTE #70Justin HoustonOLB #71DeMarco MurrayRB #72Martez WilsonLB #74Ryan MallettQB #75John MoffittG #76Will RackleyG #77Jurrell CaseyDE #78Austin PettisWR #79Leonard HankersonWR #80Chris CulliverDB #81DeMarcus Van DykeDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Stevan inherited the New England Patriots RB room from Shane Vereen (2011–2014), and handed it to Brandon Bolden (2012–2021).

Vagas Ferguson 1980–1982Robert Weathers 1982–1986Reggie Dupard 1986–1989Bob Perryman 1987–1990John Stephens 1988–1992Jon Vaughn

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Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2017team change
Joined PIT (from ATL)
2016team change
Joined ATL (from NYJ)
2015team change
Joined NYJ (from NE)
2011draft
Drafted by NE — Round 3, Pick 73

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 220 lb

Frame

225 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

36" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	NE	1	W7Out· Knee
2013	NE	1	W5Out· KneeW6Questionable· Knee
2011	NE	0	W1Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

63

peak 68

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

C+2011

B+2012

B2013

C2014

C2015

C2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 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
2011	441	36.8	669+228	39.4
2012	1,263	78.9	1,370+107	80.6
2013	773	55.2	1,002+229	58.9
2014	340	56.7	1,043+703	61.4
2015	90	11.3	163+73	9.6
2018	80	8.9	126+46	7.4

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

55 career value over replacement — #1936 all-time of 4,642. 9.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · NE · 2011 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

63actual

40.9 expected · Δ+22.1

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