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Wendell Smallwood

RBWAS#34DEV

Wendell Smallwood

Top 49% all-time RBsSolid ContributorTwo-Way Profile

Height5'10"

Weight208 lb

BornJan 20, 1994

Age32

CollegeWest Virginia See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 153 · PHI

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 8 · #3762 · Role Player

Worth 8 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 82% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

2 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

×

+4

Avg surplus

peak +5

2 seasons × ~4 surplus ≈ VORP 8

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%
2016	—	PHI	12	—	77	312	1	4.1	1.3	20	26.0	1	13	6	55	0	46.2%	9.2	4.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	164	18.0%	—	0.0%	134	36.6%
2017	—	PHI	8	—	47	174	1	3.7	2.1	9	19.1	0	18	13	103	0	72.2%	7.9	5.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	173	30.6%	—	0.0%	47	22.6%
2017	—	DAL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	PHI	13	—	87	364	3	4.2	3.4	22	25.3	0	35	28	230	2	80.0%	8.2	6.6	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	324	29.3%	—	0.0%	215	49.3%
2019	—	WAS	11	—	22	81	0	3.7	0.0	4	18.2	0	13	9	64	0	69.2%	7.1	4.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	134	20.5%	—	0.0%	221	60.5%
2020	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	2	8.0%
2021	—	WAS	2	—	5	25	0	5.0	0.0	2	40.0	0	5	4	22	0	80.0%	5.5	4.4	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	16.0%	—	0.0%	21	28.3%
Career		—	49	—	238	956	5	4.0	2.1	57	23.9	1	84	60	474	2	71.4%	7.9	5.6	—	20	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	816	22.9%	—	0.0%	640	34.2%

Career EPA-17.4·-22 rushing · 4 receiving·-3.5/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2016	22	PHI	12	0*	77	312	1	4.1	1.3	20	26.0	1	5.6
2017	23	PHI	8	0*	47	174	1	3.7	2.1	9	19.1	0	4.4
2018	24	PHI	13	0*	87	364	3	4.2	3.4	22	25.3	0	9.5
2019	25	WAS	11	0*	22	81	0	3.7	0.0	4	18.2	0	4.3
2021	27	WAS	2	—	5	25	0	5.0	0.0	2	40.0	0	—
Career			46		238	956	5	4.0	—	57	—	1	23.8

* 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
2016	22	PHI	12	0*	13	6	55	0	46.2%	9.2	4.2	—	1
2017	23	PHI	8	0*	18	13	103	0	72.2%	7.9	5.7	—	6
2018	24	PHI	13	0*	35	28	230	2	80.0%	8.2	6.6	—	9
2019	25	WAS	11	0*	13	9	64	0	69.2%	7.1	4.9	—	4
2021	27	WAS	2	—	5	4	22	0	80.0%	5.5	4.4	—	0
Career			46		84	60	474	2	71.4%	7.9	5.6	—	20

* 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
2017	23	DAL	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
Career			2		2	2	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	1	—	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%
2016	22	PHI	13	0*	164	18.0%	—	0.0%	134	36.6%
2017	23	PHI	8	0*	173	30.6%	—	0.0%	47	22.6%
2018	24	PHI	16	0*	324	29.3%	—	0.0%	215	49.3%
2019	25	WAS	15	0*	134	20.5%	—	0.0%	221	60.5%
2020	26	PIT	1	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	2	8.0%
2021	27	WAS	3	—	21	16.0%	—	0.0%	21	28.3%
Career			56		816	—	—	—	640	—

* 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
2016	22	—	—	0*	—	-8.6	-6.5	0	1
2017	23	—	—	0*	—	-9.1	3.4	0	21
2018	24	—	—	0*	—	2.9	8.0	0	5
2019	25	—	—	0*	—	-7.7	1.0	0	28
2021	27	—	—	—	—	0.8	-1.5	0	3
Career					—	—	—	0	58

* 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	24	PHI	16	0*	186	2.1	178	2.0	5	17.4	22
2019	25	WAS	15	0*	47	2.1	34	1.5	1	22.0	4
2021	27	WAS	3	—	17	3.4	8	1.6	0	—	2
Career			34		250	—	220	—	6	—	28

* 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	24	PHI	16	0*	0.3	0.1	8.1	1	2	0.1	9	113.1
2019	25	WAS	15	0*	2.2	1.6	5.6	0	1	0.1	4	80.3
2021	27	WAS	3	—	0.6	2.0	3.5	0	0	0.0	0	85.0
Career			34		—	—	—	1	3	—	13	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 47 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

50

Sustained

career value

×.6

51

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 50.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 47· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 35.9

Availability 14.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 502019

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-3.47 EPA/season over 5 seasons49

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

50

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.752 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.752Touch rate0.395EPA/snap-0.021Snap share22.9%Off snaps816ReliableCV 0.41

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 · 2016

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

RB · 2016 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 83thClass Pos 80thClass All 89th

33.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 49thClass Pos 28thClass All 60th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 64thClass Pos 48thClass All 68th

14 reps

Bench

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 13thClass Pos 9thClass All 19th

6.83s

3-Cone

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 88thClass Pos 88thClass All 91th

4.28s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 60thClass Pos 42thClass All 66th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att18Yds53Y/A2.91D11D%5.6

Receiving

Tgt4Rec3Yds26Ctch%75.0%Y/R8.7Y/Tgt6.51D2

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-4.5Rec EPA-3.5Rec AirYd-6

College Stats

West VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (West 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #153

#145John TheusOT #146Matthew JudonOLB #147Quinton JeffersonDE #148Caleb BenenochG #149Paul PerkinsRB #150Jordan HowardRB #151Joe DahlC #152Matthew IoannidisDT #154Jordan PaytonWR #155Joe HaegOT #156Jonathan WilliamsRB #157LeShaun SimsCB #158Brandon ShellOT #159K.J. DillonDB #160Kentrell BrothersLB #161Christian WestermanG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Wendell inherited the Philadelphia Eagles RB room from Ryan Mathews (2015–2016), and handed it to Corey Clement (2017–2020).

Perry Harrington 1980–1983Hubie Oliver 1981–1985Michael Haddix 1983–1988Junior Tautalatasi 1986–1988Anthony Toney 1986–1990Keith Byars

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Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined WAS (from PIT)
2021final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2020team change
Joined PIT (from WAS)
2019team change
Joined WAS (from PHI)
2016draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 5, Pick 153

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 208 lb

Frame

208 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

14 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	PHI	0	W5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· 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 4-season peers. See all →

47

peak 51

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

C+2016

C2017

C+2018

C2019

Availability

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

58%

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
2016	312	26	435+123	25.6
2017	174	21.8	358+184	21.1
2018	364	28	473+109	27.8
2019	81	7.4	82+1	4.8

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

8 career value over replacement — #3762 all-time of 4,642. 2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #153 (Rd 5) · PHI · 2016 · +14 vs expected KV-H

47actual

33 expected · Δ+14

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