Brian Leonard NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Brian Leonard is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Leonard in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Leonard's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Brian Leonard

RBNO#40CUT

Brian Leonard

Top 40% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🏆 Clutch · +140% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2007Two-Way Profile

Height6'1"

Weight225 lb

BornFeb 3, 1984

Age42

CollegeRutgers See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 2, Pick 52 · LA

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 7 · #3769 · Role Player

Worth 7 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 82% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +3.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

4 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

×

+3.5

Avg surplus

peak +4

2 seasons × ~3.5 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%
2007	—	LA	15	—	86	303	0	3.5	0.0	14	16.3	0	30	30	183	0	100.0%	6.1	6.1	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	ATL	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	LA	1	—	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CIN	14	—	27	84	0	3.1	0.0	6	22.2	0	35	30	217	0	85.7%	7.2	6.2	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	11	—	9	61	0	6.8	0.0	4	44.4	0	26	20	137	1	76.9%	6.8	5.3	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CIN	13	—	17	85	0	5.0	0.0	5	29.4	0	31	22	210	0	71.0%	9.5	6.8	—	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CIN	12	—	33	106	0	3.2	0.0	7	21.2	0	15	11	67	0	73.3%	6.1	4.5	—	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	16	—	47	182	0	3.9	0.0	12	25.5	0	37	29	179	0	78.4%	6.2	4.8	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	291	28.4%	—	0.0%	181	40.4%
2013	—	MIA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	15	0	100.0%	15.0	15.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1.0%	—	0.0%	12	60.0%
Career		—	89	—	221	828	0	3.7	0.0	48	21.7	0	175	143	1,008	1	81.7%	7.0	5.8	—	52	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	292	14.7%	—	0.0%	193	50.2%

Career EPA-4.9·-18 rushing · 13 receiving·-0.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2007	23	LA	15	—	86	303	0	3.5	0.0	14	16.3	0	7.2
2008	24	LA	1	—	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
2009	25	CIN	14	—	27	84	0	3.1	0.0	6	22.2	0	7
2010	26	CIN	11	—	9	61	0	6.8	0.0	4	44.4	0	6.3
2011	27	CIN	13	—	17	85	0	5.0	0.0	5	29.4	0	6.6
2012	28	CIN	12	—	33	106	0	3.2	0.0	7	21.2	0	4.8
2013	29	TB	16	0*	47	182	0	3.9	0.0	12	25.5	0	7.2
Career			82		221	828	0	3.7	—	48	—	0	39.1

* 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
2007	23	LA	15	—	30	30	183	0	100.0%	6.1	6.1	—	8
2009	25	CIN	14	—	35	30	217	0	85.7%	7.2	6.2	—	13
2010	26	CIN	11	—	26	20	137	1	76.9%	6.8	5.3	—	9
2011	27	CIN	13	—	31	22	210	0	71.0%	9.5	6.8	—	10
2012	28	CIN	12	—	15	11	67	0	73.3%	6.1	4.5	—	2
2013	29	TB	16	0*	37	29	179	0	78.4%	6.2	4.8	—	9
2014	30	NO	1	—	1	1	15	0	100.0%	15.0	15.0	—	1
Career			82		175	143	1,008	1	81.7%	7.0	5.8	—	52

* 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
2007	23	ATL	2	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	25	NYJ	2	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	27	CIN	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	28	CIN	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	29	MIA	2	0*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			8		7	7	0	0	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	29	TB	16	0*	291	28.4%	—	0.0%	181	40.4%
2014	30	NO	1	—	1	1.0%	—	0.0%	12	60.0%
Career			17		292	—	—	—	193	—

* 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
2007	23	—	—	—	—	-13.5	2.2	0	51
2008	24	—	—	—	—	-1.3	—	0	0
2009	25	—	—	—	—	-2.4	8.6	0	56
2010	26	—	—	—	—	6.3	0.9	0	67
2011	27	—	—	—	—	0.0	5.0	0	53
2012	28	—	—	—	—	-6.0	-0.1	0	-5
2013	29	—	—	0*	—	-1.4	-4.8	0	77
2014	30	—	—	—	—	—	1.6	0	5
Career					—	—	—	0	304

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

50

Sustained

career value

×.6

52

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 50.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 51· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 32.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 502013

All-Time Standing

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

12

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receptions leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-0.61 EPA/season over 8 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+

—

below snap floor

Yards / snap:1.288 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.288Touch rate0.291EPA/snap-0.016Snap share14.7%Off snaps292Emerging

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 · 2007

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

RB · 2007 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 73thClass Pos 65thClass All 70th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 59thClass Pos 40thClass All 54th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 74thClass Pos 71thClass All 76th

28 reps

Bench

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 87thClass Pos 97thClass All 83th

6.88s

3-Cone

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 83thClass Pos 79thClass All 80th

4.22s

Shuttle

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 69thClass Pos 69thClass All 76th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 3.7 regular season → 9.0 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+140%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

1,836

828 rush · 1,008 recv

Total TDs

1

0 rush · 1 recv

Total Touches

364

221 carries · 143 rec

Yds / Touch

5.0

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds36Y/A9.01D21D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt10Rec8Yds43Ctch%80.0%Y/R5.4Y/Tgt4.31D3

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.6Rec EPA-1.5Rec AirYd1

College Stats

RutgersCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Rutgers), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #52

#43Drew StantonQB #44Sidney RiceWR #45Dwayne JarrettWR #46LaMarr WoodleyOLB #47David HarrisOLB #48Justin DurantOLB #50Chris HenryRB #51Steve SmithWR #53Eric WrightDB #54Turk McBrideDE #55Josh WilsonDB #56Tim CrowderDE #57Victor AbiamiriDE #58Ikaika Alama-FrancisLB #59Ryan KalilC #60Samson SateleC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Cincinnati Bengals RB room from Bernard Scott (2009–2012), and handed it to BenJarvus Green-Ellis (2012–2013).

Larry Kinnebrew 1983–1987Stanford Jennings 1984–1990James Brooks 1984–1991Ickey Woods 1988–1991Craig Taylor 1989–1991Eric Ball

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Movementderived from season history

2014team change
Joined NO (from TB)
2014final season
Last recorded season with NO
2013team change
Joined TB (from CIN)
2009team change
Joined CIN (from LA)
2007draft
Drafted by LA — Round 2, Pick 52

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 225 lb

Frame

226 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

28 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	CIN	0	W7Doubtful· Ribs
2011	CIN	0	W10Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW15Doubtful· Knee
2010	CIN	2	W1Questionable· FootW2Questionable· FootW7Out· ThighW8Questionable· ThighW16Out· Ankle
2009	CIN	0	W6Doubtful· Groin

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 6-season peers. See all →

51

peak 52

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

C+2007

C2009

C2010

C2011

C2012

C+2013

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

65%

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
2007	303	20.2	336+33	19.8
2009	84	6	122+38	7.2
2010	61	5.5	147+86	8.6
2011	85	6.5	190+105	11.2
2012	106	8.8	225+119	13.2
2013	182	11.4	230+48	13.6

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

7 career value over replacement — #3769 all-time of 4,642. 1.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #52 (Rd 2) · LA · 2007 · +2.1 vs expected KV-H

51actual

48.9 expected · Δ+2.1

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