Chris Brown is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Brown in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Brown's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
53 career value over replacement — #2005 all-time of 4,695. 8.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
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Pick #93 (Rd 3) · TEN · 2003 · +21.5 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 2003 | 22 | TEN | 11 | — | 0.0 | 56 | 221 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 9 | 16.1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 100.0% | 7.6 | 7.6 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 23 | TEN | 11 | — | 3.4 | 220 | 1,067 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.7 | 40 | 18.2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 147 | 0 | 100.0% | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | TEN | 15 | — | 1.0 | 224 | 851 | 5 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 37 | 16.5 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 327 | 2 | 100.0% | 13.1 | 13.1 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | TEN | 5 | — | 0.0 | 41 | 156 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8 | 19.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | TEN | 12 | — | 1.7 | 101 | 464 | 5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 28 | 27.7 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 128 | 0 | 100.0% | 6.7 | 6.7 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 28 | HOU | 14 | — | 0.0 | 79 | 267 | 3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 15 | 19.0 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 74 | 0 | 76.2% | 4.6 | 3.5 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 68 | — | 6.1 | 721 | 3,026 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 137 | 19.0 | 8 | 95 | 90 | 741 | 2 | 94.7% | 8.2 | 7.8 | — | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 53 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 44% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.6 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~10.6 surplus ≈
Paul Hornung
RB
89% match
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