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

RBIND#34ACT

Trent Richardson

Top 31% all-time RBsReliable StarterTeam Carrier · #181

Height5'9"

Weight225 lb

BornJul 10, 1990

Age36

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 46 · #2176 · Above Average

Worth 46 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +22

3 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈ VORP 46

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%
2012	—	CLE	15	—	267	950	11	3.6	4.1	36	13.5	0	70	51	367	1	72.9%	7.2	5.2	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	IND	16	—	188	563	3	3.0	1.6	28	14.9	1	52	35	316	1	67.3%	9.0	6.1	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	592	54.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	IND	15	—	159	519	3	3.3	1.9	25	15.7	1	34	27	229	0	79.4%	8.5	6.7	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	483	44.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	47	—	614	2,032	17	3.3	2.8	89	14.5	2	156	113	912	2	72.4%	8.1	5.8	—	42	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,075	49.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA-70.9·-95 rushing · 24 receiving·-23.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2012	22	CLE	15	—	267	950	11	3.6	4.1	36	13.5	0	18.8
2013	23	IND	16	9*	188	563	3	3.0	1.6	28	14.9	1	11.8
2014	24	IND	15	0*	159	519	3	3.3	1.9	25	15.7	1	10
Career			46	9*	614	2,032	17	3.3	—	89	—	2	40.6

* 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
2012	22	CLE	15	—	70	51	367	1	72.9%	7.2	5.2	—	18
2013	23	IND	16	9*	52	35	316	1	67.3%	9.0	6.1	—	15
2014	24	IND	15	0*	34	27	229	0	79.4%	8.5	6.7	—	9
Career			46	9*	156	113	912	2	72.4%	8.1	5.8	—	42

* 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	23	IND	16	9*	592	54.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	24	IND	15	0*	483	44.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			31	9*	1,075	—	—	—	—	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2012	22	—	—	—	—	-31.1	12.4	-119
2013	23	—	—	9*	—	-36.5	7.1	1
2014	24	—	—	0*	—	-27.0	4.1	-1
Career				9*	—	—	—	-119

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 65 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 45.9

Availability 19.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 65elite 702014

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #181 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2012 CLE·5 team wins#7

Rushing Touchdowns · 11 · score 38

2012 CLE·5 team wins#18

Rushing Yards · 950 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-23.64 EPA/season over 3 seasons42

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:1.513 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.513Touch rate0.403EPA/snap-0.049Snap share49.2%Off snaps1,075Emerging

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 · 2012

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

RB · 2012 class

4.48s

40-Yard

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 81thClass Pos 45thClass All 78th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,944

2,032 rush · 912 recv

Total TDs

17 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

727

614 carries · 113 rec

Yds / Touch

4.0

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds1Y/A0.3Fmb1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-7.9

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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Andrew LuckQB #1Josh GordonWR #2Robert Griffin IIIQB #4Matt KalilOT #5Justin BlackmonWR #6Morris ClaiborneCB #7Mark BarronILB #8Ryan TannehillQB #9Luke KuechlyILB #10Stephon GilmoreCB #11Dontari PoeDT #12Fletcher CoxDT #13Michael FloydWR #14Michael BrockersDT #15Bruce IrvinLB #16Quinton CoplesOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Trent inherited the Indianapolis Colts RB room from Donald Brown (2009–2013), and handed it to Frank Gore (2015–2017).

Curtis Dickey 1980–1985Randy McMillan 1984–1986George Wonsley 1984–1988Owen Gill 1985–1986Eric Dickerson 1987–1991Ken Clark

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with IND
2013team change
Joined IND (from CLE)
2012draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 225 lb

Frame

228 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	IND	0	W8Questionable· HamstringW18Questionable· Illness
2013	IND	0	W10Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· Calf
2012	CLE	1	W1Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Chest / RibW8Questionable· Chest / RibW17Out· Ankle

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

B+2012

B2013

B2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

96%

20122014

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.

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
2012	950	63.3	1,115+165	65.6
2013	563	35.2	650+87	38.2
2014	519	34.6	636+117	37.4

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

46 career value over replacement — #2176 all-time of 4,642. 15.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2012 · -5.8 vs expected KV-H

56actual

61.8 expected · Δ−5.8

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator