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Brandon Bolden

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Brandon Bolden

Top 43% all-time RBsDurable Contributor📉 Fades · -16% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012Two-Way Profile

Height5'11"

Weight220 lb

BornJan 26, 1990

Age36

CollegeMississippi See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2012

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 7 · #3768 · Role Player

Worth 7 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 82% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +2.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

5 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+2.3

Avg surplus

peak +3

3 seasons × ~2.3 surplus ≈ VORP 7

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	—	NE	8	—	56	274	2	4.9	3.6	18	32.1	0	2	2	11	0	100.0%	5.5	5.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	10	—	55	271	3	4.9	5.5	14	25.5	0	29	21	152	0	72.4%	7.2	5.2	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	269	33.5%	—	0.0%	152	39.8%
2014	—	NE	9	—	28	89	1	3.2	3.6	4	14.3	0	6	2	8	0	33.3%	4.0	1.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73	9.4%	—	0.0%	285	61.1%
2015	—	NE	11	—	63	207	0	3.3	0.0	9	14.3	0	30	19	180	2	63.3%	9.5	6.0	—	8	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	191	23.8%	—	0.0%	263	65.4%
2016	—	NE	3	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	4	2	15	0	50.0%	7.5	3.8	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	13	5.3%	—	0.0%	264	67.4%
2017	—	NE	3	—	13	67	0	5.2	0.0	3	23.1	0	4	1	7	0	25.0%	7.0	1.8	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	42	17.0%	—	0.0%	271	60.2%
2018	—	MIA	5	—	8	91	2	11.4	25.0	4	50.0	1	3	3	13	1	100.0%	4.3	4.3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	9.4%	—	0.0%	295	66.1%
2019	—	NE	9	—	15	68	3	4.5	20.0	5	33.3	0	11	9	111	1	81.8%	12.3	10.1	—	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	95	9.8%	—	0.0%	321	75.6%
2021	—	NE	16	—	44	226	1	5.1	2.3	12	27.3	0	49	41	405	2	83.7%	9.9	8.3	—	21	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	342	32.7%	—	0.0%	278	63.2%
2022	—	LV	8	—	17	66	0	3.9	0.0	3	17.6	0	9	9	57	1	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	82	12.8%	—	0.0%	257	60.1%
2022	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	LV	3	—	4	31	1	7.8	25.0	2	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2.7%	—	0.0%	356	81.8%
Career		—	86	—	304	1,394	13	4.6	4.3	74	24.3	1	147	109	959	7	74.1%	8.8	6.5	—	47	7	7	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,137	15.6%	—	0.0%	2,742	64.1%

Career EPA-6.7·-18 rushing · 12 receiving·-0.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2012	22	NE	8	—	56	274	2	4.9	3.6	18	32.1	0	4.6
2013	23	NE	10	0*	55	271	3	4.9	5.5	14	25.5	0	6.7
2014	24	NE	9	0*	28	89	1	3.2	3.6	4	14.3	0	3.8
2015	25	NE	11	0*	63	207	0	3.3	0.0	9	14.3	0	7.3
2016	26	NE	3	0*	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
2017	27	NE	3	0*	13	67	0	5.2	0.0	3	23.1	0	—
2018	28	MIA	5	0*	8	91	2	11.4	25.0	4	50.0	1	3.5
2019	29	NE	9	0*	15	68	3	4.5	20.0	5	33.3	0	5.8
2021	31	NE	16	0*	44	226	1	5.1	2.3	12	27.3	0	9.7
2022	32	LV	8	0*	17	66	0	3.9	0.0	3	17.6	0	3.9
2023	33	LV	3	0*	4	31	1	7.8	25.0	2	50.0	0	—
Career			85		304	1,394	13	4.6	—	74	—	1	45.3

* 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	NE	8	—	2	2	11	0	100.0%	5.5	5.5	—	1
2013	23	NE	10	0*	29	21	152	0	72.4%	7.2	5.2	—	6
2014	24	NE	9	0*	6	2	8	0	33.3%	4.0	1.3	—	0
2015	25	NE	11	0*	30	19	180	2	63.3%	9.5	6.0	—	8
2016	26	NE	3	0*	4	2	15	0	50.0%	7.5	3.8	—	1
2017	27	NE	3	0*	4	1	7	0	25.0%	7.0	1.8	—	1
2018	28	MIA	5	0*	3	3	13	1	100.0%	4.3	4.3	—	1
2019	29	NE	9	0*	11	9	111	1	81.8%	12.3	10.1	—	6
2021	31	NE	16	0*	49	41	405	2	83.7%	9.9	8.3	—	21
2022	32	LV	8	0*	9	9	57	1	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	2
Career			82		147	109	959	7	74.1%	8.8	6.5	—	47

* 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
2015	25	NE	2	0*	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2016	26	NE	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2017	27	NE	3	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	29	NE	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	31	NE	4	0*	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2022	32	LAC	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			12		7	7	0	1	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	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%
2013	23	NE	12	0*	269	33.5%	—	0.0%	152	39.8%
2014	24	NE	16	0*	73	9.4%	—	0.0%	285	61.1%
2015	25	NE	15	0*	191	23.8%	—	0.0%	263	65.4%
2016	26	NE	14	0*	13	5.3%	—	0.0%	264	67.4%
2017	27	NE	16	0*	42	17.0%	—	0.0%	271	60.2%
2018	28	MIA	16	0*	25	9.4%	—	0.0%	295	66.1%
2019	29	NE	15	0*	95	9.8%	—	0.0%	321	75.6%
2021	31	NE	17	0*	342	32.7%	—	0.0%	278	63.2%
2022	32	LV	16	0*	82	12.8%	—	0.0%	257	60.1%
2023	33	LV	17	0*	5	2.7%	—	0.0%	356	81.8%
Career			154		1,137	—	—	—	2,742	—

* 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
2012	22	—	—	—	—	3.5	0.2	0	1
2013	23	—	—	0*	—	-3.0	-3.6	0	13
2014	24	—	—	0*	—	-2.6	-5.0	0	-4
2015	25	—	—	0*	—	-16.4	2.2	0	65
2016	26	—	—	0*	—	-0.0	-2.6	0	33
2017	27	—	—	0*	—	-0.1	-1.1	0	-5
2018	28	—	—	0*	—	1.6	1.6	0	-6
2019	29	—	—	0*	—	3.2	-0.2	0	66
2021	31	—	—	0*	—	-2.1	19.1	0	14
2022	32	—	—	0*	—	-6.3	1.0	0	30
2023	33	—	—	0*	—	3.7	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	207

* 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	28	MIA	16	0*	84	10.5	7	0.9	0	—	4
2019	29	NE	15	0*	46	3.1	22	1.5	2	7.5	5
2021	31	NE	17	0*	105	2.4	121	2.8	2	22.0	12
2022	32	LV	16	0*	50	2.9	16	0.9	0	—	3
2023	33	LV	17	0*	28	7.0	3	0.8	0	—	2
Career			81		313	—	169	—	4	—	26

* 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	28	MIA	16	0*	-2.0	-2.0	6.3	0	0	0.0	1	124.3
2019	29	NE	15	0*	6.0	5.8	6.6	1	1	0.1	6	101.1
2021	31	NE	17	0*	0.3	-0.3	10.1	10	2	0.0	21	106.2
2022	32	LV	16	0*	3.3	3.3	3.0	1	0	0.0	2	130.1
Career			64		—	—	—	12	3	—	30	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 49 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

46

Sustained

career value

×.6

52

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 48.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 46

On-field 33.5

Availability 12.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 452022

All-Time Standing

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

11

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader8

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-0.61 EPA/season over 11 seasons50

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

52

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.819 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.819Touch rate0.346EPA/snap-0.009Snap share15.6%Off snaps1,137ConsistentCV 0.20

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

4.55s

40-Yard

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 68thClass Pos 30thClass All 63th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 87thClass Pos 92thClass All 92th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 60thClass Pos 56thClass All 61th

21 reps

Bench

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 50thClass Pos 59thClass All 49th

6.96s

3-Cone

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 74thClass Pos 74thClass All 74th

4.44s

Shuttle

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 35thClass Pos 3thClass All 35th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 3.8 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-16%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,353

1,394 rush · 959 recv

Total TDs

20

13 rush · 7 recv

Total Touches

413

304 carries · 109 rec

Yds / Touch

5.7

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att12Yds46TD1Y/A3.8TD%8.31D41D%33.3

Receiving

Tgt11Rec8Yds64Ctch%72.7%Y/R8.0Y/Tgt5.81D4

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.3Rec EPA1.5Rec AirYd61

College Stats

MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brandon inherited the New England Patriots RB room from Stevan Ridley (2011–2014), and handed it to LeGarrette Blount (2013–2016).

Vagas Ferguson 1980–1982Robert Weathers 1982–1986Reggie Dupard 1986–1989Bob Perryman 1987–1990John Stephens 1988–1992Jon Vaughn

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Movementderived from season history

2023final season
Last recorded season with LV
2022team change
Joined LV (from NE)
2019team change
Joined NE (from MIA)
2018team change
Joined MIA (from NE)
2012signing
Entered the NFL with NE

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 220 lb

Frame

222 lb at 4.55s

Size-speed

38" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	LV	0	W2Doubtful· HamstringW13Questionable· Calf
2021	NE	0	W7Questionable· ThighW11Questionable· HipW13Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2019	NE	1	W2Out· Hamstring
2018	MIA	0	W5Questionable· Hamstring
2017	NE	0	W16Questionable· Groin
2016	NE	1	W5Out· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW20Questionable· Knee
2015	NE	0	W7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring
2013	NE	0	W1Questionable· KneeW2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· Knee
2012	NE	3	W5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Out· KneeW8Out· KneeW10Out· 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 8-season peers. See all →

49

peak 52

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

C+2012

C+2013

C2014

C2015

F2018

C2019

C+2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

91%

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	274	34.3	640+366	37.7
2013	271	27.1	507+236	29.8
2014	89	9.9	181+92	10.6
2015	207	18.8	309+102	18.2
2018	91	18.2	295+204	17.3
2019	68	7.6	86+18	5
2021	226	14.1	231+5	13.6
2022	66	8.3	133+67	7.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

7 career value over replacement — #3768 all-time of 4,642. 0.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

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