Brandon Jacobs is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Jacobs in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Jacobs's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2005 | 23 | NYG | 13 | — | 38 | 99 | 7 | 2.6 | 18.4 | 19 | 50.0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 24 | NYG | 15 | — | 96 | 423 | 9 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 33 | 34.4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 149 | 0 | 100.0% | 13.5 | 13.5 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 25 | NYG | 11 | — | 200 | 1,011 | 4 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 49 | 24.5 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 174 | 2 | 100.0% | 7.6 | 7.6 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 26 | NYG | 13 | — | 219 | 1,089 | 15 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 57 | 26.0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 100.0% | 6.0 | 6.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 27 | NYG | 15 | — | 224 | 835 | 5 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 43 | 19.2 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 184 | 1 | 58.1% | 10.2 | 5.9 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 28 | NYG | 16 | — | 147 | 823 | 9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 39 | 26.5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 53.8% | 8.4 | 4.5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 29 | NYG | 14 | — | 152 | 571 | 7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 32 | 21.1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 128 | 1 | 65.2% | 8.5 | 5.6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 30 | SF | 2 | — | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 31 | NYG | 7 | — | 58 | 238 | 4 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 16 | 27.6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 28.6% | 6.5 | 1.9 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 142 | 30.9% | — | 0.0% | 36 | 16.4% |
| Career | — | 106 | — | 1,139 | 5,096 | 60 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 289 | 25.4 | 10 | 114 | 82 | 743 | 4 | 71.9% | 9.1 | 6.5 | — | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 142 | 30.9% | — | 0.0% | 36 | 16.4% | |
Career Value · VORP
99 career value over replacement — #1159 all-time of 4,695. 12.4/season above a replacement-level RB.
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Pick #110 (Rd 4) · NYG · 2005 · +29.3 vs expected KV-H
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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 99 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 26% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.5 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~16.5 surplus ≈ VORP 99
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87% match