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Elvis Joseph

Retired

Jacksonville Jaguars · RB

Elvis Joseph recorded 24 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 2 rostered seasons with Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs.

▶Best highlights

12.3

rush yds/gm

7.6

rec yds/gm

0

playoff games

24

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Elvis Joseph's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2001
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DEC 3, 2001

Green Bay Packers vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Dec 3, 2001

12 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 23, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2001

86 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 7, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 7, 2001

39 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
2001
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DEC 30, 2001

Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Dec 30, 2001

29 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 1 rec

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
TENNESSEETITANS
NOV 4, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 4, 2001

22 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Elvis Joseph's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 86 rushing yards

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DEC 23, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Dec 23, 2001

86 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 12 carries

Regular Season
2001
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 7, 2001

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 7, 2001

39 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 44 receiving yards

Regular Season
2001
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DEC 3, 2001

Green Bay Packers vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Dec 3, 2001

12 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Elvis Joseph's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

01
CINJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

02
GBJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
GBFAVRE4Brett Favre
GBWHITE92Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

03
BUFJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

04
KCJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2000–2006

05
BALJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALREED20Ed Reed

A historic unit sets the franchise standard

Baltimore Ravens · Defense wins the first title

The 2000 defense overwhelmed the postseason and won Super Bowl XXXV; Reed and Jamal Lewis then helped Baltimore remain a yearly threat.

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Franchise era

2000–2010

06
JAXJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
JAXTAYLOR28Fred Taylor
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

A physical offense keeps Jacksonville dangerous

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Explosive backs and a powerful defense produced several strong teams, including the 2007 group that won a playoff game in Pittsburgh.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

07
PITJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1993–2011

08
WASJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
WASBAILEY24Champ Bailey
WASDAVIS48Stephen Davis

Frequent resets obscure isolated playoff teams

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

Ownership and coaching turnover prevented a stable successor, even as several veteran teams produced brief postseason runs.

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Franchise era

1997–2004

09
TENJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
TENMCNAIR9Steve McNair
TENGEORGE27Eddie George

The Music City Miracle launches a Super Bowl run

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

After two temporary seasons, Tennessee found its name and stadium, then came one yard short of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Franchise era

1998–2011

10
INDJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
INDMANNING18Peyton Manning
INDHARRISON88Marvin Harrison

Pre-snap command creates a perennial contender

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Manning and a precisely constructed offense won at least twelve games seven straight times and captured Super Bowl XLI after a defining comeback against New England.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

11
HOUJOSEPH—Elvis Joseph
HOUJOHNSON80Andre Johnson
HOURYANS59DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Career accomplishments

2 NFL seasons24 career games294 career rushing yards18 career receptions183 career receiving yards2 career receiving touchdowns6 career solo tacklesJersey: 350 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Oct 7, 2001Most recent: Dec 29, 2002

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history