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Theo Riddick

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Theo Riddick

Top 42% all-time RBsSolid Contributor⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2016

Height5'9"

Weight201 lb

BornMay 4, 1991

Age35

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 6, Pick 199 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 10 · #3650 · Role Player

Worth 10 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 80% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

5 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+5

Avg surplus

peak +5

2 seasons × ~5 surplus ≈ VORP 10

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%
2013	—	DET	9	—	9	25	1	2.8	11.1	2	22.2	0	8	4	26	0	50.0%	6.5	3.3	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	48	6.5%	—	0.0%	249	60.6%
2014	—	DET	13	—	20	51	0	2.5	0.0	2	10.0	0	50	34	316	4	68.0%	9.3	6.3	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	172	18.7%	—	0.0%	101	40.3%
2015	—	DET	16	—	43	133	0	3.1	0.0	6	14.0	1	99	80	697	3	80.8%	8.7	7.0	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	470	42.8%	—	0.0%	106	30.4%
2015	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DET	10	—	92	357	1	3.9	1.1	19	20.7	0	67	53	371	5	79.1%	7.0	5.5	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	423	65.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	DET	16	—	84	286	3	3.4	3.6	11	13.1	1	71	53	444	2	74.6%	8.4	6.3	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	469	45.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	14	—	40	171	0	4.3	0.0	8	20.0	0	74	61	384	0	82.4%	6.3	5.2	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	415	43.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	—	LV	4	—	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	6	5	43	0	83.3%	8.6	7.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	16.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	85	—	294	1,037	5	3.5	1.7	49	16.7	2	375	290	2,281	14	77.3%	7.9	6.1	—	104	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,045	34.0%	—	0.0%	456	43.8%

Career EPA-36.6·-55 rushing · 18 receiving·-5.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2013	22	DET	9	0*	9	25	1	2.8	11.1	2	22.2	0	3.5
2014	23	DET	13	0*	20	51	0	2.5	0.0	2	10.0	0	9.4
2015	24	DET	16	0*	43	133	0	3.1	0.0	6	14.0	1	13.7
2016	25	DET	10	7*	92	357	1	3.9	1.1	19	20.7	0	9.8
2017	26	DET	16	0*	84	286	3	3.4	3.6	11	13.1	1	12.2
2018	27	DET	14	0*	40	171	0	4.3	0.0	8	20.0	0	8.1
2020	29	LV	4	0*	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	1.6
Career			82	7*	294	1,037	5	3.5	—	49	—	2	58.3

* 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
2013	22	DET	9	0*	8	4	26	0	50.0%	6.5	3.3	—	1
2014	23	DET	13	0*	50	34	316	4	68.0%	9.3	6.3	—	14
2015	24	DET	16	0*	99	80	697	3	80.8%	8.7	7.0	—	32
2016	25	DET	10	7*	67	53	371	5	79.1%	7.0	5.5	—	20
2017	26	DET	16	0*	71	53	444	2	74.6%	8.4	6.3	—	20
2018	27	DET	14	0*	74	61	384	0	82.4%	6.3	5.2	—	16
2020	29	LV	4	0*	6	5	43	0	83.3%	8.6	7.2	—	1
Career			82	7*	375	290	2,281	14	77.3%	7.9	6.1	—	104

* 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	22	DET	14	0*	48	6.5%	—	0.0%	249	60.6%
2014	23	DET	14	0*	172	18.7%	—	0.0%	101	40.3%
2015	24	DET	16	0*	470	42.8%	—	0.0%	106	30.4%
2016	25	DET	10	7*	423	65.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	26	DET	16	0*	469	45.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	27	DET	14	0*	415	43.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	29	LV	4	0*	48	16.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			88	7*	2,045	—	—	—	456	—

* 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
2013	22	—	—	0*	—	-1.0	-1.1	0	38
2014	23	—	—	0*	—	-7.5	13.8	0	93
2015	24	—	—	0*	—	-14.8	17.9	0	74
2016	25	—	—	7*	—	-7.8	2.5	0	23
2017	26	—	—	0*	—	-17.6	-3.0	0	69
2018	27	—	—	0*	—	-5.5	-11.7	0	53
2020	29	—	—	0*	—	-0.5	-0.3	0	10
Career				7*	—	—	—	0	360

* 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	27	DET	14	0*	92	2.3	79	2.0	4	10.0	8
2020	29	LV	4	0*	4	0.7	10	1.7	0	—	1
Career			18		96	—	89	—	4	—	9

* 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	27	DET	14	0*	0.7	-0.4	6.7	3	6	0.1	16	82.7
2020	29	LV	4	0*	1.7	2.0	6.6	0	0	0.0	1	96.5
Career			18		—	—	—	3	6	—	17	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 50 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

48

Sustained

career value

×.6

52

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 50· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 48

On-field 31.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 452020

All-Time Standing

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

20

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Receptions leader19

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-5.24 EPA/season over 7 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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

47

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.622 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.622Touch rate0.327EPA/snap-0.018Snap share34%Off snaps2,045VolatileCV 0.43

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 · 2013

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

RB · 2013 class

4.68s

40-Yard

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 47thClass Pos 23thClass All 53th

32"

Vertical

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 35thClass Pos 25thClass All 40th

118"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 55thClass Pos 29thClass All 53th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

3,318

1,037 rush · 2,281 recv

Total TDs

19

5 rush · 14 recv

Total Touches

584

294 carries · 290 rec

Yds / Touch

5.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt7Rec4Yds39Ctch%57.1%Y/R9.8Y/Tgt5.61D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-0.3Rec AirYd11

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #199

#188Cornelius WashingtonDE #189Mike JamesRB #190Rex BurkheadRB #191Bacarri RamboFS #193Nate PalmerLB #194Spencer WareRB #196Jeff BacaG #197Cobi HamiltonWR #200Kapron Lewis-MooreDE #202Khalid WootenCB #203Ryan JensenC #205Stacy McGeeDT #206Vince WilliamsILB #207Mike CatapanoOLB #208Jeremy HarrisDB #209Brice ButlerWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Theo inherited the Detroit Lions RB room from Reggie Bush (2013–2014), and handed it to Kerryon Johnson (2018–2020).

Billy Sims 1980–1984Garry James 1986–1988Barry Sanders 1989–1998Ron Rivers 1995–1999Tommy Vardell 1997–1998Cory Schlesinger

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Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined LV (from DET)
2020final season
Last recorded season with LV
2013draft
Drafted by DET — Round 6, Pick 199

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 201 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.68s

Size-speed

32" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	DET	2	W7Out· KneeW8Out· Knee
2016	DET	3	W6Out· AnkleW7Out· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· WristW15Doubtful· WristW16Doubtful· WristW17Out· Wrist
2015	DET	0	W6Questionable· Groin
2014	DET	1	W5Out· HamstringW7Doubtful· Hamstring
2013	DET	1	W6Out· ConcussionW7Questionable· Concussion

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 →

50

peak 52

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

C2013

C2014

C+2015

C+2016

C+2017

C+2018

F2020

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
2013	25	2.8	79+54	4.7
2014	51	3.9	71+20	4.2
2015	133	8.3	106-27	6.3
2016	357	35.7	622+265	36.6
2017	286	17.9	287+1	16.9
2018	171	12.2	186+15	11
2020	14	3.5	50+36	2.9

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

10 career value over replacement — #3650 all-time of 4,642. 1.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #199 (Rd 6) · DET · 2013 · +24.1 vs expected KV-H

50actual

25.9 expected · Δ+24.1

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