T.J. Duckett is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Duckett in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Duckett's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

RBSEA#42ACT

T.J. Duckett

Top 25% all-time RBsReliable Starter📉 Fades · -19% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003 Team Carrier · #160

Height6'0"

Weight254 lb

BornFeb 17, 1981

Age45

CollegeMichigan State See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 1, Pick 18 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 47 · #2149 · Above Average

Worth 47 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+7.8

Avg surplus

peak +17

6 seasons × ~7.8 surplus ≈ VORP 47

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									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2002	—	ATL	12	—	130	507	4	3.9	3.1	28	21.5	0	11	9	61	0	81.8%	6.8	5.5	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	ATL	16	—	197	779	11	4.0	5.6	39	19.8	2	11	11	94	0	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	ATL	12	—	104	509	8	4.9	7.7	30	28.8	2	3	3	15	0	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	ATL	14	—	121	380	8	3.1	6.6	24	19.8	2	6	6	63	0	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	WAS	9	—	38	132	2	3.5	5.3	9	23.7	0	2	2	16	0	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	DET	11	—	65	335	3	5.2	4.6	16	24.6	0	4	4	54	0	100.0%	13.5	13.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	SEA	15	—	62	172	8	2.8	12.9	26	41.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	91	—	717	2,814	44	3.9	6.1	172	24.0	6	37	35	303	0	94.6%	8.7	8.2	—	14	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-30.4·-1 passing · -44 rushing · 14 receiving·-4.3/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2003	22	ATL	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	14.5
Career			16		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	63.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2002	21	ATL	12	—	130	507	4	3.9	3.1	28	21.5	0
2003	22	ATL	16	—	197	779	11	4.0	5.6	39	19.8	2
2004	23	ATL	12	—	104	509	8	4.9	7.7	30	28.8	2
2005	24	ATL	14	—	121	380	8	3.1	6.6	24	19.8	2
2006	25	WAS	9	—	38	132	2	3.5	5.3	9	23.7	0
2007	26	DET	11	—	65	335	3	5.2	4.6	16	24.6	0
2008	27	SEA	15	—	62	172	8	2.8	12.9	26	41.9	0
Career			89		717	2,814	44	3.9	—	172	—	6

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2002	21	ATL	12	—	11	9	61	81.8%	6.8	5.5	—	3
2003	22	ATL	16	—	11	11	94	100.0%	8.5	8.5	—	2
2004	23	ATL	12	—	3	3	15	100.0%	5.0	5.0	—	1
2005	24	ATL	14	—	6	6	63	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	3
2006	25	WAS	9	—	2	2	16	100.0%	8.0	8.0	—	1
2007	26	DET	11	—	4	4	54	100.0%	13.5	13.5	—	4
Career			74		37	35	303	94.6%	8.7	8.2	—	14

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2002	21	—	—	—	—	-9.0	0.8	0
2003	22	—	—	—	-0.5	-10.3	2.8	0
2004	23	—	—	—	—	7.3	0.0	0
2005	24	—	—	—	—	-37.5	3.4	0
2006	25	—	—	—	—	-4.6	0.5	2
2007	26	—	—	—	—	1.8	6.4	-11
2008	27	—	—	—	—	8.6	—	0
Career					—	—	—	-9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 562008

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #160 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2003 ATL·5 team wins#8

Rushing Touchdowns · 11 · score 36

2008 SEA·4 team wins#20

Rushing Touchdowns · 8 · score 18

2003 ATL·5 team wins#23

Rushing Yards · 779 · score 6

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 27% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

27% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader27

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

-4.34 EPA/season over 7 seasons49

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: 88%.

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 · 2002

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

RB · 2002 class

4.45s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 86thClass Pos 87thClass All 93th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 3.9 regular season → 3.2 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

-19%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att41Yds130TD2Y/A3.2TD%4.91D151D%36.6

Receiving

Tgt1Rec1Yds18Ctch%100.0%Y/R18.0Y/Tgt18.01D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA4.7Rec EPA2.0

College Stats

Michigan StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan 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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #18

#10Levi JonesOT #11Dwight FreeneyDE #12Wendell BryantDT #13Donte' StallworthWR #14Jeremy ShockeyTE #15Albert HaynesworthDT #16William GreenRB #17Phillip BuchanonDB #19Ashley LelieWR #20Javon WalkerWR #21Daniel GrahamTE #22Bryan ThomasOLB #23Napoleon HarrisMLB #24Ed ReedFS #25Charles GrantDE #26Lito SheppardCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

T.J. inherited the Atlanta Falcons RB room from Bob Christian (1997–2002), and handed it to Warrick Dunn (2002–2007).

Gerald Riggs 1982–1988Cliff Austin 1984–1986Gene Lang 1988–1990Tracy Johnson 1990–1991Steve Broussard 1990–1993Erric Pegram

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008team change
Joined SEA (from DET)
2008final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2007team change
Joined DET (from WAS)
2006team change
Joined WAS (from ATL)
2002draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 18

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 254 lb

Frame

254 lb at 4.45s

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 62

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

B2002

B2003

C+2004

C+2005

C2006

C+2007

C+2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

79%

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
2002	507	42.3	760+253	44.7
2003	779	48.7	824+45	48.5
2004	509	42.4	712+203	41.9
2005	380	27.1	482+102	28.4
2006	132	14.7	271+139	15.9
2007	335	30.5	485+150	28.5
2008	172	11.5	210+38	12.3

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

Career Value · VORP

47 career value over replacement — #2149 all-time of 4,642. 6.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #18 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2002 · +2.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

56.5 expected · Δ+2.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #18

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography