T.J. Yeldon NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

T.J. Yeldon

RBBUF#22ACT

T.J. Yeldon

Top 26% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #507

Height6'1"

Weight223 lb

BornOct 2, 1993

Age32

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 2, Pick 36 · JAX

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 35 · #2503 · Role Player

Worth 35 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 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

×

+11.7

Avg surplus

peak +19

3 seasons × ~11.7 surplus ≈ VORP 35

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%
2015	—	JAX	12	—	182	740	2	4.1	1.1	25	13.7	0	46	36	279	1	78.3%	7.8	6.1	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	620	76.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	IND	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	JAX	15	—	130	465	1	3.6	0.8	21	16.2	1	68	50	312	1	73.5%	6.2	4.6	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	577	55.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	JAX	10	—	49	253	2	5.2	4.1	7	14.3	1	41	30	224	0	73.2%	7.5	5.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	226	30.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	JAX	14	—	104	414	1	4.0	1.0	16	15.4	1	78	55	487	4	70.5%	8.9	6.2	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	507	54.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	BUF	4	—	17	63	0	3.7	0.0	5	29.4	1	15	13	124	0	86.7%	9.5	8.3	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	150	35.5%	—	0.0%	39	25.2%
2019	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	BUF	3	—	10	70	0	7.0	0.0	5	50.0	0	4	1	22	1	25.0%	22.0	5.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	20.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	66	—	492	2,005	6	4.1	1.2	79	16.1	4	252	185	1,448	7	73.4%	7.8	5.7	—	72	9	8	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,122	45.7%	—	0.0%	39	25.2%

Career EPA-78.7·-66 rushing · -13 receiving·-13.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2015	22	JAX	12	9*	182	740	2	4.1	1.1	25	13.7	0	10.7
2016	23	JAX	15	8*	130	465	1	3.6	0.8	21	16.2	1	10.1
2017	24	JAX	10	0*	49	253	2	5.2	4.1	7	14.3	1	6.7
2018	25	JAX	14	8*	104	414	1	4.0	1.0	16	15.4	1	12.2
2019	26	BUF	4	0*	17	63	0	3.7	0.0	5	29.4	1	2.4
2020	27	BUF	3	—	10	70	0	7.0	0.0	5	50.0	0	—
Career			58	25*	492	2,005	6	4.1	—	79	—	4	42.1

* 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	22	JAX	12	9*	46	36	279	1	78.3%	7.8	6.1	—	14
2016	23	JAX	15	8*	68	50	312	1	73.5%	6.2	4.6	—	16
2017	24	JAX	10	0*	41	30	224	0	73.2%	7.5	5.5	—	14
2018	25	JAX	14	8*	78	55	487	4	70.5%	8.9	6.2	—	21
2019	26	BUF	4	0*	15	13	124	0	86.7%	9.5	8.3	—	6
2020	27	BUF	3	—	4	1	22	1	25.0%	22.0	5.5	—	1
Career			58	25*	252	185	1,448	7	73.4%	7.8	5.7	—	72

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	22	IND	3	3*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2016	23	BAL	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2017	24	ARI	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	25	HOU	1	1*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	26	NYJ	2	0*	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			8	5*	9	8	1	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* 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%
2015	22	JAX	12	9*	620	76.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	23	JAX	15	8*	577	55.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	24	JAX	10	0*	226	30.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	25	JAX	14	8*	507	54.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	26	BUF	6	0*	150	35.5%	—	0.0%	39	25.2%
2020	27	BUF	3	—	42	20.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			60	25*	2,122	—	—	—	39	—

* 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
2015	22	—	—	9*	—	-19.9	3.4	0	8
2016	23	—	—	8*	—	-23.8	-10.0	0	12
2017	24	—	—	0*	—	-3.6	-0.7	0	58
2018	25	—	—	8*	—	-17.4	-3.6	0	57
2019	26	—	—	0*	—	-5.2	-4.1	0	12
2020	27	—	—	—	—	4.3	1.9	0	14
Career				25*	—	—	—	0	161

* 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	25	JAX	14	8*	229	2.2	185	1.8	5	20.8	16
2019	26	BUF	6	0*	15	0.9	48	2.8	4	4.3	5
2020	27	BUF	3	—	36	3.6	34	3.4	0	—	5
Career			23	8*	280	—	267	—	9	—	26

* 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	25	JAX	14	8*	0.7	0.7	8.2	5	8	0.1	20	87.9
2019	26	BUF	6	0*	1.1	0.7	8.8	1	0	0.0	6	73.3
2020	27	BUF	3	—	3.5	22.0	0.0	0	1	0.3	1	89.6
Career			23	8*	—	—	—	6	9	—	27	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

56

Sustained

career value

×.6

62

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 40.7

Availability 15.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 512019

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #507 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

8

1 qualifying season

2015 JAX·5 team wins#22

Rushing Yards · 740 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

14

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Receptions leader12

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-13.11 EPA/season over 6 seasons46

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: 85%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

47

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.627 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.627Touch rate0.351EPA/snap-0.037Snap share45.7%Off snaps2,122ReliableCV 0.32

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 · 2015

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

RB · 2015 class

4.61s

40-Yard

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 57thClass Pos 46thClass All 61th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 73thClass Pos 62thClass All 67th

117"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 36th pct

Pos 36thAll 50thClass Pos 42thClass All 49th

22 reps

Bench

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 56thClass Pos 65thClass All 56th

7.19s

3-Cone

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 46thClass Pos 29thClass All 46th

4.22s

Shuttle

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 69thClass Pos 55thClass All 64th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 4.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+5%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,453

2,005 rush · 1,448 recv

Total TDs

13

6 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

677

492 carries · 185 rec

Yds / Touch

5.1

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att15Yds64TD1Y/A4.3TD%6.71D21D%13.3

Receiving

Tgt11Rec9Yds104Ctch%81.8%Y/R11.6Y/Tgt9.51D4

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.3Rec EPA5.9Rec AirYd26

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #36

#27Byron JonesCB #28Laken TomlinsonG #29Phillip DorsettWR #30Damarious RandallS #31Stephone AnthonyLB #32Malcom BrownDT #33Landon CollinsLB #34Donovan SmithOT #37Devin SmithWR #38Preston SmithDE #39Eddie GoldmanNT #40Dorial Green-BeckhamWR #41Devin FunchessWR #42Jalen CollinsCB #43Benardrick McKinneyILB #44Hau'oli KikahaOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

T.J. inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars RB room from Denard Robinson (2013–2016), and handed it to Chris Ivory (2016–2017).

James Stewart 1995–1999Daimon Shelton 1997–2000Fred Taylor 1998–2008Stacey Mack 1999–2002LaBrandon Toefield 2003–2007Greg Jones

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Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2019team change
Joined BUF (from JAX)
2015draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 2, Pick 36

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 223 lb

Frame

226 lb at 4.61s

Size-speed

36" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	BUF	1	W9Out· Back
2018	JAX	0	W3Questionable· Ankle
2017	JAX	0	W1Questionable· HamstringW18Questionable· Illness
2016	JAX	0	W12Questionable· Ankle
2015	JAX	1	W6Questionable· GroinW7Questionable· GroinW11Questionable· FootW15Doubtful· KneeW16Doubtful· KneeW17Out· Knee

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 5-season peers. See all →

58

peak 62

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

B2015

C+2016

C+2017

C+2018

F2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

63%

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	740	61.7	1,134+394	66.7
2016	465	31	531+66	31.3
2017	253	25.3	423+170	24.9
2018	414	29.6	501+87	29.5
2019	63	15.8	239+176	14

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

35 career value over replacement — #2503 all-time of 4,642. 7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · JAX · 2015 · +3.1 vs expected KV-H

58actual

54.9 expected · Δ+3.1

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