Thomas Jones ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Jones in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jones a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Streaks5 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2005–09

RBKC#20ACT

Thomas Jones

1× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time RBsIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2009 Team Carrier · #129

Height5'10"

Weight212 lb

BornAug 19, 1978

Age48

CollegeVirginia

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #129 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

2007 NYJ·4 team wins#10

Rushing Yards · 1,119 · score 48

2004 CHI·5 team wins#19

Rushing Yards · 948 · score 14

2004 CHI

Career Value · VORP

218 career value over replacement — #328 all-time of 4,695. 18.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler35% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · ARI · 2000 · +10.7 vs expected KV-H

74actual

63.3 expected · Δ+10.7

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader58

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 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)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

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.

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

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 · 2000

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

RB · 2000 class

4.45s

40-Yard

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 87thClass Pos 91thClass All 92th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.0 regular season → 4.1 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+4%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,609

10,586 rush · 2,023 recv

Total TDs

68 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

2,988

2,680 carries · 308 rec

Yds / Touch

4.2

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones10

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

20021K career rushing yards
20041K career receiving yards
2004100 career receptions
20053K career rushing yards
200525 career rushing TDs
20065K career rushing yards
2008250 career receptions
20098K career rushing yards
200950 career rushing TDs
201010K 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.

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.

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.

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att125Yds513TD5Y/A4.1TD%4.01D241D%19.2

Receiving

Tgt13Rec12Yds90Ctch%92.3%Y/R7.5Y/Tgt6.91D5

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.

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with KC
2010team change
Joined KC (from NYJ)
2007team change
Joined NYJ (from CHI)
2004team change
Joined CHI (from TB)
2003team change
Joined TB (from ARI)
2000draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 7

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 212 lb

Frame

216 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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

C+2000

C+2001

B2002

B2003

B2004

B+2005

B+2006

B+2007

B+2008

B+2009

B2010

B2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

93%

20002011

2002 · cause not documented · 56%

Durability IQ

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

Iron

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
2000	373	26.6	607+234	35.7
2001	380	23.8	510+130	30
2002	511	56.8	945+434	55.6
2003	627	41.8	721+94	42.4
2004	948	67.7	1,046+98	61.5
2005	1,335	89	1,335	78.5
2006	1,205	75.3	1,106-99	65.1
2007	1,119	69.9	1,051-68	61.8
2008	1,312	82	1,222-90	71.9
2009	1,402	87.6	1,347-55	79.3
2010	896	56	925+29	54.4
2011	478	29.9	562+84	33

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

Career Geography

Journeyman · 5 crestsLeague board →

Wore 5 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2000–2011) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

ARI 2000–2002 TB 2003 CHI 2004–2006 NYJ 2007–2009 KC 2010–2011

Thomas Jones

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #7

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography