Not to be confused withSteven Jackson (RB · 2006).

Also in other sports:mlbSteven Jackson (P · 2009–2010).

Steven Jackson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Jackson in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jackson a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks8 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2005–12

RBNE#39ACT

Steven Jackson

3× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 12 seasons · 2 titles Top 4% all-time RBsIron Legend📉 Fades · -23% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2006Two-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

243 career value over replacement — #248 all-time of 4,695. 22.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler38% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · LA · 2004 · +21.7 vs expected KV-H

78actual

56.3 expected · Δ+21.7

💔+45.1 stolen VORP·2.04 szns lost

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Height6'2"

Weight240 lb

BornJul 22, 1983

Age43

CollegeOregon State See College Stats

ConferencePacific Ten

Rookie yr2004

Draft2004 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · LA

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #449 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2014 ATL·6 team wins#22

Rushing Yards · 707 · score 4

2014 ATL·6 team wins#22

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 4

2013 ATL·4 team wins#25

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 62% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

62% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader62

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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 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)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

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

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.907 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.907Touch rate0.511EPA/snap0Snap share40.3%Off snaps870Emerging

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

= this player (normalized to own peak). = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2004

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

RB · 2004 class

4.55s

40-Yard

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 70thClass Pos 63thClass All 71th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 3.2 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-23%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

15,122

11,447 rush · 3,675 recv

Total TDs

69 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

3,226

2,766 carries · 460 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones11

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

20051K career rushing yards
20063K career rushing yards
200625 career rushing TDs
20061K career receiving yards
2006100 career receptions
20085K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att29Yds92TD1Y/A3.2TD%3.41D51D%17.2

Receiving

Tgt4

College Stats

Oregon StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon State), 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

Ronald BartellCB7y Leonard LittleDE6y Marc BulgerQB6y Oshiomogho AtogweFS6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Steven inherited the Los Angeles Rams RB room from Marshall Faulk (1999–2005), and handed it to Todd Gurley (2015–2019).

Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch 1949–1957Ollie Matson 1959–1962Lawrence McCutcheon 1973–1979John Cappelletti 1974–1978Cullen Bryant 1974–1987Mike Guman

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined NE (from ATL)
2015final season
Last recorded season with NE
2013team change
Joined ATL (from STL)
2004draft
Drafted by LA — Round 1, Pick 24
2004team change
Joined STL (from LA)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 240 lb

Frame

241 lb at 4.55s

Size-speed

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 79

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

B2004

B+2005

A2006

B+2007

B+2008

A2009

B+2010

B+2011

B+2012

B2013

B2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 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
2004	673	48.1	781+108	46
2005	1,046	69.7	1,072+26	63.1
2006	1,528	95.5	1,380-148	81.2
2007	1,002	83.5	1,243+241	73.1
2008	1,043	86.9	1,292+249	76
2009	1,424	94.9	1,456+32	85.6
2010	1,241	77.6	1,254+13	73.8
2011	1,145	76.3	1,288+143	75.8
2012	1,045	65.3	1,149+104	67.6
2013	543	45.3	835+292	49.1
2014	707	47.1	887+180	52.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

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.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

250 career receptions

20118K career rushing yards

201150 career rushing TDs

201210K career rushing yards

20123K career receiving yards

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.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Steven Jackson 2004–2012

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

20042015

2015 · cause not documented · 13%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

12%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 46.7%Longevity 29.6%Pro Bowls 17.8%All-Time Ranks 5.9%

Monitor score 50.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity83

Peak79

Accolades8

Consistency68

Per-Snap50

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2004–2015) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

LAR 2004–2012 ATL 2013–2014 NE 2015

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Steven Jackson

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2004

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2004 Draft Class· this player went #24

Career Geography