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

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Terry Kirby

Top 23% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter⭐ Shooting Star · 1999 Team Carrier · #282

Height6'1"

Weight225 lb

BornJan 20, 1970

Age56

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 3, Pick 78 · MIA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

22ndPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·7 92ndPlayoff Rushing Yards·300 yds 96thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·3

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 58 · #1878 · Above Average

Worth 58 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 41% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.5

Avg surplus

peak +21

4 seasons × ~14.5 surplus ≈ VORP 58

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
1993	—	MIA	8	—	119	390	3	3.3	2.5	—	—	—	—	75	874	3	—	11.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	MIA	4	—	60	233	2	3.9	3.3	—	—	—	—	14	154	0	—	11.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	MIA	4	—	108	414	4	3.8	3.7	—	—	—	—	66	618	3	—	9.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	SF	10	—	134	559	3	4.2	2.2	—	—	—	—	52	439	1	—	8.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	SF	3	—	125	418	6	3.3	4.8	—	—	—	—	23	279	1	—	12.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	SF	9	—	48	258	3	5.4	6.3	—	—	—	—	16	134	0	—	8.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CLE	16	—	130	452	6	3.5	4.6	26	20.0	1	76	57	527	3	75.0%	9.2	6.9	—	18	1	1	100.0%	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	—	79.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	LV	1	—	11	51	0	4.6	0.0	2	18.2	0	4	3	19	0	75.0%	6.3	4.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	LV	8	—	10	49	0	4.9	0.0	4	40.0	0	9	9	62	0	100.0%	6.9	6.9	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	LV	6	—	16	51	0	3.2	0.0	5	31.3	1	22	17	115	1	77.3%	6.8	5.2	—	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	72	—	761	2,875	27	3.8	3.5	37	4.9	2	111	332	3,221	12	299.1%	9.7	29.0	—	23	1	2	50.0%	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	—	56.3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-28.1·-1 passing · -26 rushing · -1 receiving·-7.0/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
1999	29	CLE	16	—	1	1	100.0%	2	2.0	2.0	—	79.2	18.1
2002	32	LV	6	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	4
Career			22		1	2	50.0%	2	1.0	—	—	56.3	66.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1993	23	MIA	8	—	119	390	3	3.3	2.5	—	—	—
1994	24	MIA	4	—	60	233	2	3.9	3.3	—	—	—
1995	25	MIA	4	—	108	414	4	3.8	3.7	—	—	—
1996	26	SF	10	—	134	559	3	4.2	2.2	—	—	—
1997	27	SF	3	—	125	418	6	3.3	4.8	—	—	—
1998	28	SF	9	—	48	258	3	5.4	6.3	—	—	—
1999	29	CLE	16	—	130	452	6	3.5	4.6	26	20.0	1
2000	30	LV	1	—	11	51	0	4.6	0.0	2	18.2	0
2001	31	LV	8	—	10	49	0	4.9	0.0	4	40.0	0
2002	32	LV	6	—	16	51	0	3.2	0.0	5	31.3	1
Career			69		761	2,875	27	3.8	—	37	—	2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1993	23	MIA	8	—	—	75	874	3	—	11.7	—	—	—
1994	24	MIA	4	—	—	14	154	0	—	11.0	—	—	—
1995	25	MIA	4	—	—	66	618	3	—	9.4	—	—	—
1996	26	SF	10	—	—	52	439	1	—	8.4	—	—	—
1997	27	SF	3	—	—	23	279	1	—	12.1	—	—	—
1998	28	SF	9	—	—	16	134	0	—	8.4	—	—	—
1999	29	CLE	16	—	76	57	527	3	75.0%	9.2	6.9	—	18
2000	30	LV	1	—	4	3	19	0	75.0%	6.3	4.8	—	1
2001	31	LV	8	—	9	9	62	0	100.0%	6.9	6.9	—	1
2002	32	LV	6	—	22	17	115	1	77.3%	6.8	5.2	—	3
Career			69		111	332	3,221	12	299.1%	9.7	29.0	—	23

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	29	—	—	—	-0.3	-13.2	7.2
2000	30	—	—	—	—	-2.5	0.2
2001	31	—	—	—	—	0.7	1.0
2002	32	—	—	—	-0.5	-10.9	-9.8
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 84%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 44.2

Availability 11.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1993bestavg 51elite 702002

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #282 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

1999 CLE·2 team wins#19

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 35

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Receptions leader21

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.02 EPA/season over 4 seasons48

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: 90%.

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 3.8 regular season → 3.7 playoffs (6 playoff seasons)

-3%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

6,096

2,875 rush · 3,221 recv

Total TDs

27 rush · 12 recv

Total Touches

1,093

761 carries · 332 rec

Yds / Touch

5.6

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att82Yds300TD3Y/A3.7TD%3.71D21D%2.4

Receiving

Tgt5Rec31Yds255TD7Ctch%620.0%Y/R8.2Y/Tgt51.01D4

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-2.6Rec EPA5.0

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), 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.

1993 Draft Class· this player went #78

#65Ray BuchananFS #66Marcus BuckleyLB #67Harold AlexanderP #68Mike ComptonG #70Jason ElamK #72James TrappCB #74Will ShieldsG #76Andre HastingsWR #79Gilbert BrownNT #81Earl DotsonOT #82John LynchFS #83Mike CaldwellLB #85Dean WellsLB #87Ronald MooreRB #89Lorenzo NealFB #91Rudy HarrisRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Terry inherited the Miami Dolphins RB room from Bernie Parmalee (1992–1998), and handed it to Keith Byars (1993–1996).

Andra Franklin 1981–1984Tommy Vigorito 1981–1985Lorenzo Hampton 1985–1989Ron Davenport 1985–1989Troy Stradford 1987–1990Marc Logan

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2002final season
Last recorded season with LV
2000team change
Joined LV (from CLE)
1999team change
Joined CLE (from SF)
1996team change
Joined SF (from MIA)
1993draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 3, Pick 78

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 225 lb

Frame

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B1993

D1994

C1995

B+1996

C+1998

B1999

C2001

D2002

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

48%

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
1993	390	48.8	1,242+852	73.1
1994	233	58.3	1,381+1,148	81.2
1995	414	103.5	2,248+1,834	132.2
1996	559	55.9	1,341+782	78.9
1998	258	28.7	770+512	45.3
1999	452	28.3	713+261	41.9
2001	49	6.1	253+204	14.9
2002	51	8.5	284+233	16.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

58 career value over replacement — #1878 all-time of 4,642. 7.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #78 (Rd 3) · MIA · 1993 · +21.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

38.7 expected · Δ+21.3

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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

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1993 Draft Class· this player went #78

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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