← 2009 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R7 · #240 OVERALL · RB

LaRod Stephens-Howling

Drafted by ARI · GM Rod Graves · Pittsburgh

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow LaRod Stephens-Howling across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played58
Games started10
Weighted career AV9
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2009 · Round 7 · #240

ARI draft credit

GM Rod Graves

Team games57
Team starts10
On-team AV10
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Excellent+1.11 contribution8th of 70 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Excellent pick

LaRod Stephens-Howling was Rod Graves's 8th-best of 70 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +1.11. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Rod Graves's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
57
on drafting team · 58 full-career
Games started
10
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
10
modeled; full weighted AV 9
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Rod Graves's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Rod Graves pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. LaRod Stephens-Howling totals +1.11. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-3-2-10+1+2+3+45. Peterson#5 · Patrick Peterson · aggregate +4.48Peterson +4.564. Dockett#64 · Darnell Dockett · aggregate +4.20Dockett +4.247. Washington#47 · Daryl Washington · aggregate +2.15Washington +2.1177. Wells#177 · Reggie Wells · aggregate +2.01Wells +2.041. Lutui#41 · Deuce Lutui · aggregate +1.50142. Breaston#142 · Steve Breaston · aggregate +1.3470. Hayes#70 · Gerald Hayes · aggregate +1.21240. Stephens-Howling#240 · LaRod Stephens-Howling · aggregate +1.11Stephens-Howling +1.1107. Watson#107 · Gabe Watson · aggregate +1.0795. Johnson#95 · Rashad Johnson · aggregate +1.06215. Patrick#215 · Ben Patrick · aggregate +0.9675. Green#75 · Eric Green · aggregate +0.9354. Boldin#54 · Anquan Boldin · aggregate +0.9269. Housler#69 · Rob Housler · aggregate +0.82155. Skelton#155 · John Skelton · aggregate +0.62185. Lindley#185 · Ryan Lindley · aggregate +0.60225. Keith#225 · Brandon Keith · aggregate +0.5881. Doucet#81 · Early Doucet · aggregate +0.55100. Stepanovich#100 · Alex Stepanovich · aggregate +0.53167. Leckey#167 · Nick Leckey · aggregate +0.44221. Potter#221 · Nate Potter · aggregate +0.3526. Williams#26 · Dan Williams · aggregate +0.32202. Navarre#202 · John Navarre · aggregate +0.31184. Carter#184 · David Carter · aggregate +0.3144. Arrington#44 · J.J. Arrington · aggregate +0.27111. Brown#111 · Elton Brown · aggregate +0.25204. Davis#204 · Will Davis · aggregate +0.2431. Wells#31 · Beanie Wells · aggregate +0.14226. McCoy#226 · LeRon McCoy · aggregate +0.13116. Iwebema#116 · Kenny Iwebema · aggregate -0.03249. Sampson#249 · DeMarco Sampson · aggregate -0.05141. King#141 · Kenny King · aggregate -0.083. Fitzgerald#3 · Larry Fitzgerald · aggregate -0.1013. Floyd#13 · Michael Floyd · aggregate -0.11149. Hightower#149 · Tim Hightower · aggregate -0.12218. Watkins#218 · Todd Watkins · aggregate -0.13177. Lewis#177 · Jonathan Lewis · aggregate -0.155. Brown#5 · Levi Brown · aggregate -0.19185. Harrington#185 · Chris Harrington · aggregate -0.21168. Mitchell#168 · Lance Mitchell · aggregate -0.23233. Dray#233 · Jim Dray · aggregate -0.23201. Calvin#201 · Jorrick Calvin · aggregate -0.25130. Schofield#130 · O'Brien Schofield · aggregate -0.31254. Canfield#254 · Trevor Canfield · aggregate -0.33103. Acho#103 · Sam Acho · aggregate -0.3772. Pope#72 · Leonard Pope · aggregate -0.38167. Johnson#167 · Herman Johnson · aggregate -0.56171. Sturdivant#171 · Quan Sturdivant · aggregate -0.5680. Fleming#80 · Jamell Fleming · aggregate -0.57131. Toler#131 · Greg Toler · aggregate -0.61112. Massie#112 · Bobby Massie · aggregate -0.6895. Blackstock#95 · Darryl Blackstock · aggregate -0.77210. Gilbert#210 · Tony Gilbert · aggregate -0.9869. Davis#69 · Buster Davis · aggregate -1.02177. Bethel#177 · Justin Bethel · aggregate -1.0263. Brown#63 · Cody Brown · aggregate -1.1333. Dansby#33 · Karlos Dansby · aggregate -1.1717. Johnson#17 · Bryant Johnson · aggregate -1.18142. Johnson#142 · Brandon Johnson · aggregate -1.1838. Williams#38 · Ryan Williams · aggregate -1.2410. Leinart#10 · Matt Leinart · aggregate -1.2650. Campbell#50 · Calais Campbell · aggregate -1.38135. Smith#135 · Antonio Smith · aggregate -1.73136. Sherman#136 · Anthony Sherman · aggregate -2.19Sherman -2.28. Rolle#8 · Antrel Rolle · aggregate -2.34Rolle -2.388. Roberts#88 · Andre Roberts · aggregate -2.81Roberts -2.8151. Kelemete#151 · Senio Kelemete · aggregate -2.82Kelemete -2.833. Branch#33 · Alan Branch · aggregate -3.25Branch -3.316. Rodgers-Cromartie#16 · Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie · aggregate -3.51Rodgers-Cromartie -3.518. Pace#18 · Calvin Pace · aggregate -3.88Pace -3.9

Incremental contribution by season

-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+102003 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.002003 · Gerald Hayes · incremental -0.062003 · Kenny King · incremental -0.192003 · Anquan Boldin · incremental -0.242003 · Bryant Johnson · incremental -0.982003 · Tony Gilbert · incremental -1.592003 · Calvin Pace · incremental -3.502004 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.032004 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.082004 · Nick Leckey · incremental +0.162004 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.202004 · Alex Stepanovich · incremental +0.412004 · John Navarre · incremental +0.422004 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.532004 · Bryant Johnson · incremental -0.222004 · Calvin Pace · incremental -0.392004 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental -0.442004 · Antonio Smith · incremental -0.522004 · Karlos Dansby · incremental -3.462005 · John Navarre · incremental +0.032005 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.072005 · Elton Brown · incremental +0.112005 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.152005 · LeRon McCoy · incremental +0.192005 · Alex Stepanovich · incremental +0.262005 · Eric Green · incremental +0.272005 · Nick Leckey · incremental +0.282005 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.312005 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.692005 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.732005 · J.J. Arrington · incremental -0.052005 · Bryant Johnson · incremental -0.112005 · Calvin Pace · incremental -0.202005 · Lance Mitchell · incremental -0.402005 · Antonio Smith · incremental -0.422005 · Darryl Blackstock · incremental -0.512005 · Antrel Rolle · incremental -1.362006 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.102006 · Alex Stepanovich · incremental +0.142006 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.152006 · J.J. Arrington · incremental +0.192006 · Nick Leckey · incremental +0.312006 · Gabe Watson · incremental +0.332006 · Eric Green · incremental +0.402006 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.412006 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.412006 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.572006 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.712006 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.722006 · Leonard Pope · incremental -0.242006 · Bryant Johnson · incremental -0.252006 · Todd Watkins · incremental -0.282006 · Jonathan Lewis · incremental -0.302006 · Darryl Blackstock · incremental -0.402006 · Antonio Smith · incremental -0.472006 · Antrel Rolle · incremental -0.502006 · Calvin Pace · incremental -0.592006 · Matt Leinart · incremental -1.222006 · Brandon Johnson · incremental -1.362007 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.042007 · Elton Brown · incremental +0.122007 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.132007 · J.J. Arrington · incremental +0.202007 · Steve Breaston · incremental +0.232007 · Ben Patrick · incremental +0.282007 · Eric Green · incremental +0.432007 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.482007 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.482007 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.572007 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.702007 · Gabe Watson · incremental +0.752007 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +1.842007 · Leonard Pope · incremental -0.172007 · Bryant Johnson · incremental -0.192007 · Darryl Blackstock · incremental -0.202007 · Matt Leinart · incremental -0.372007 · Antrel Rolle · incremental -0.432007 · Brandon Johnson · incremental -0.492007 · Antonio Smith · incremental -0.662007 · Levi Brown · incremental -0.992007 · Calvin Pace · incremental -1.492007 · Alan Branch · incremental -1.492007 · Buster Davis · incremental -1.652008 · Early Doucet · incremental +0.052008 · J.J. Arrington · incremental +0.082008 · Elton Brown · incremental +0.152008 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.152008 · Levi Brown · incremental +0.192008 · Gabe Watson · incremental +0.202008 · Ben Patrick · incremental +0.332008 · Eric Green · incremental +0.392008 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.412008 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.542008 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.592008 · Steve Breaston · incremental +0.692008 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.722008 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.732008 · Brandon Keith · incremental -0.022008 · Alan Branch · incremental -0.082008 · Leonard Pope · incremental -0.102008 · Matt Leinart · incremental -0.112008 · Kenny Iwebema · incremental -0.152008 · Tim Hightower · incremental -0.272008 · Chris Harrington · incremental -0.432008 · Antrel Rolle · incremental -0.502008 · Antonio Smith · incremental -0.542008 · Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie · incremental -2.492008 · Calais Campbell · incremental -3.402008 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental -5.942009 · Tim Hightower · incremental +0.032009 · Brandon Keith · incremental +0.042009 · Kenny Iwebema · incremental +0.062009 · Anquan Boldin · incremental +0.062009 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.092009 · Will Davis · incremental +0.112009 · Early Doucet · incremental +0.152009 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.152009 · Levi Brown · incremental +0.192009 · Gabe Watson · incremental +0.322009 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.402009 · Ben Patrick · incremental +0.422009 · LaRod Stephens-Howling · incremental +0.432009 · Steve Breaston · incremental +0.492009 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.532009 · Reggie Wells · incremental +0.572009 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.682009 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.982009 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +1.932009 · Beanie Wells · incremental -0.032009 · Matt Leinart · incremental -0.202009 · Greg Toler · incremental -0.252009 · Trevor Canfield · incremental -0.572009 · Alan Branch · incremental -0.812009 · Antrel Rolle · incremental -0.882009 · Herman Johnson · incremental -0.942009 · Cody Brown · incremental -1.842009 · Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie · incremental -2.072010 · Tim Hightower · incremental +0.022010 · Kenny Iwebema · incremental +0.052010 · Beanie Wells · incremental +0.092010 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.092010 · Gerald Hayes · incremental +0.142010 · Gabe Watson · incremental +0.142010 · Early Doucet · incremental +0.192010 · Levi Brown · incremental +0.192010 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.212010 · Will Davis · incremental +0.232010 · John Skelton · incremental +0.262010 · Brandon Keith · incremental +0.362010 · Dan Williams · incremental +0.392010 · LaRod Stephens-Howling · incremental +0.442010 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.472010 · Ben Patrick · incremental +0.512010 · Steve Breaston · incremental +0.522010 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.642010 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +1.802010 · Daryl Washington · incremental +1.992010 · O'Brien Schofield · incremental -0.102010 · Jim Dray · incremental -0.132010 · Jorrick Calvin · incremental -0.502010 · Greg Toler · incremental -0.522010 · Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie · incremental -1.192010 · Alan Branch · incremental -2.702010 · Andre Roberts · incremental -3.872011 · Jim Dray · incremental +0.062011 · Dan Williams · incremental +0.072011 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.102011 · Beanie Wells · incremental +0.112011 · David Carter · incremental +0.182011 · Deuce Lutui · incremental +0.192011 · Levi Brown · incremental +0.192011 · Early Doucet · incremental +0.322011 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.342011 · LaRod Stephens-Howling · incremental +0.422011 · John Skelton · incremental +0.482011 · Brandon Keith · incremental +0.512011 · Daryl Washington · incremental +0.582011 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.692011 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.762011 · Rob Housler · incremental +1.172011 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +4.052011 · O'Brien Schofield · incremental -0.062011 · DeMarco Sampson · incremental -0.082011 · Ryan Williams · incremental -0.142011 · Sam Acho · incremental -0.632011 · Andre Roberts · incremental -0.912011 · Quan Sturdivant · incremental -0.972011 · Anthony Sherman · incremental -2.602012 · Beanie Wells · incremental +0.062012 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.082012 · Jim Dray · incremental +0.082012 · Dan Williams · incremental +0.102012 · Early Doucet · incremental +0.182012 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.252012 · John Skelton · incremental +0.302012 · David Carter · incremental +0.302012 · Rob Housler · incremental +0.352012 · LaRod Stephens-Howling · incremental +0.522012 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.632012 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.712012 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.742012 · Nate Potter · incremental +1.072012 · Ryan Lindley · incremental +1.562012 · Daryl Washington · incremental +1.892012 · Michael Floyd · incremental -0.122012 · Sam Acho · incremental -0.132012 · Greg Toler · incremental -0.172012 · O'Brien Schofield · incremental -0.362012 · Anthony Sherman · incremental -0.712012 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.882012 · Bobby Massie · incremental -0.922012 · Jamell Fleming · incremental -0.942012 · Andre Roberts · incremental -0.962012 · Ryan Williams · incremental -1.812012 · Senio Kelemete · incremental -4.442013 · Nate Potter · incremental +0.042013 · Levi Brown · incremental +0.052013 · Michael Floyd · incremental +0.062013 · Dan Williams · incremental +0.082013 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.102013 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.202013 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.312013 · Rob Housler · incremental +0.352013 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.472013 · Daryl Washington · incremental +0.502013 · Darnell Dockett · incremental +0.762013 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +1.262013 · Sam Acho · incremental -0.022013 · Bobby Massie · incremental -0.072013 · Jim Dray · incremental -0.212013 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.272013 · Andre Roberts · incremental -0.802014 · Michael Floyd · incremental +0.062014 · Dan Williams · incremental +0.092014 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.102014 · Ryan Lindley · incremental +0.162014 · Rob Housler · incremental +0.212014 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.402014 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.412014 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.462014 · Sam Acho · incremental -0.102014 · Bobby Massie · incremental -0.272014 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.282015 · Michael Floyd · incremental +0.052015 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.102015 · Rashad Johnson · incremental +0.402015 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.522015 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +1.242015 · Bobby Massie · incremental -0.272015 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.362016 · Michael Floyd · incremental +0.052016 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.122016 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.682016 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.682016 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.282017 · Jim Dray · incremental +0.012017 · Karlos Dansby · incremental +0.152017 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.662017 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.672017 · Justin Bethel · incremental -0.282018 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.442018 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.662019 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.212019 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.472020 · Larry Fitzgerald · incremental +0.362020 · Patrick Peterson · incremental +0.392025 · Calais Campbell · incremental +0.04Pace -3.5Dansby -3.5Rodgers-Cromartie -2.5Campbell -3.4Fitzgerald -5.9Stephens-Howling +0.4Rodgers-Cromartie -2.1Stephens-Howling +0.4Washington +2.0Branch -2.7Roberts -3.9Stephens-Howling +0.4Peterson +4.0Sherman -2.6Stephens-Howling +0.5Kelemete -4.420037 players200412 players200518 players200622 players200724 players200826 players200928 players201027 players201124 players201227 players201317 players201411 players20157 players20165 players20175 players20182 players20192 players20202 players20251 player
Above expectationBelow expectationLaRod Stephens-HowlingGM total -11.7LaRod Stephens-Howling by season +1.8

How much retained production did LaRod Stephens-Howling return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of LaRod Stephens-Howling since 2010 (18 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50Model value above slot240. Stephens-HowlingLaRod Stephens-Howling · model value +0.4+0.4245. Croskey-MerrittJacory Croskey-Merritt · model value +0.4236. AllenLeQuint Allen · model value +0.2237. McIntoshKenny McIntosh · model value +0.1239. MafahPhil Mafah · model value +0.1235. NicholsLew Nichols · model value 0237. D'ImperioRyan D'Imperio · model value 0240. HaviliStanley Havili · model value 0235. HilliardKenny Hilliard · model value -0.1237. LascoDaniel Lasco · model value -0.1242. MarshallKeith Marshall · model value -0.1238. MaysDevante Mays · model value -0.1241. MuhammadKhalfani Muhammad · model value -0.1242. HoodElijah Hood · model value -0.1236. ScarbroughBo Scarbrough · model value -0.2245. CalaisRaymond Calais · model value -0.2244. DoaksGerrid Doaks · model value -0.2237. BawdenNick Bawden · model value -0.3236. WashingtonDwayne Washington · model value -0.7
LaRod Stephens-HowlingSlot-similar peers (18)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'10'12'1303581001Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2009ARI1622
2010ARI1323
2011ARI1413
2012ARI1452
2013PIT1019-1.200.0

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