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D'Ernest Johnson

RBNE#34ACT

D'Ernest Johnson

Top 43% all-time RBsDurable Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

Height5'10"

Weight208 lb

BornFeb 27, 1996

Age30

CollegeUniversity of South Florida See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2019

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 9 · #3667 · Role Player

Worth 9 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 80% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

1

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+9

Avg surplus

peak +9

1 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 9

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%
2019	—	CLE	3	—	4	21	0	5.3	0.0	0	0.0	0	7	6	71	0	85.7%	11.8	10.1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45	8.6%	1	1.0%	238	55.3%
2020	—	CLE	8	—	33	166	0	5.0	0.0	7	21.2	0	4	3	14	0	75.0%	4.7	3.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	81	11.1%	—	0.0%	149	42.1%
2020	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CLE	12	—	100	534	3	5.3	3.0	24	24.0	0	25	19	137	0	76.0%	7.2	5.5	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	331	36.8%	—	0.0%	146	46.3%
2022	—	CLE	3	—	4	17	0	4.3	0.0	1	25.0	0	3	3	7	0	100.0%	2.3	2.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	8.5%	—	0.0%	200	52.3%
2023	—	JAX	15	—	41	108	0	2.6	0.0	5	12.2	0	12	10	140	0	83.3%	14.0	11.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	194	16.6%	—	0.0%	143	39.0%
2024	—	JAX	12	—	32	143	0	4.5	0.0	7	21.9	0	19	12	96	0	63.2%	8.0	5.1	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	192	24.7%	—	0.0%	55	22.9%
2025	—	NE	5	—	14	25	0	1.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46	11.3%	—	0.0%	32	20.5%
Career		—	59	—	228	1,014	3	4.4	1.3	44	19.3	0	70	53	465	0	75.7%	8.8	6.6	—	17	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	924	16.8%	1	1.0%	963	39.8%

Career EPA-10.0·-8 rushing · -2 receiving·-1.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2019	23	CLE	3	0*	4	21	0	5.3	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
2020	24	CLE	8	0*	33	166	0	5.0	0.0	7	21.2	0	3.2
2021	25	CLE	12	0*	100	534	3	5.3	3.0	24	24.0	0	7.4
2022	26	CLE	3	0*	4	17	0	4.3	0.0	1	25.0	0	—
2023	27	JAX	15	0*	41	108	0	2.6	0.0	5	12.2	0	5.6
2024	28	JAX	12	0*	32	143	0	4.5	0.0	7	21.9	0	4.6
2025	29	NE	5	0*	14	25	0	1.8	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.4
Career			58		228	1,014	3	4.4	—	44	—	0	22.2

* 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
2019	23	CLE	3	0*	7	6	71	0	85.7%	11.8	10.1	—	1
2020	24	CLE	8	0*	4	3	14	0	75.0%	4.7	3.5	—	0
2021	25	CLE	12	0*	25	19	137	0	76.0%	7.2	5.5	—	7
2022	26	CLE	3	0*	3	3	7	0	100.0%	2.3	2.3	—	0
2023	27	JAX	15	0*	12	10	140	0	83.3%	14.0	11.7	—	6
2024	28	JAX	12	0*	19	12	96	0	63.2%	8.0	5.1	—	3
Career			53		70	53	465	0	75.7%	8.8	6.6	—	17

* 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%
2019	23	CLE	16	0*	45	8.6%	1	1.0%	238	55.3%
2020	24	CLE	16	0*	81	11.1%	—	0.0%	149	42.1%
2021	25	CLE	17	0*	331	36.8%	—	0.0%	146	46.3%
2022	26	CLE	15	0*	35	8.5%	—	0.0%	200	52.3%
2023	27	JAX	17	0*	194	16.6%	—	0.0%	143	39.0%
2024	28	JAX	14	0*	192	24.7%	—	0.0%	55	22.9%
2025	29	NE	8	0*	46	11.3%	—	0.0%	32	20.5%
Career			103		924	—	1	—	963	—

* 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
2019	23	—	—	0*	—	-2.0	2.1	0	34
2020	24	—	—	0*	—	-2.2	-0.9	0	0
2021	25	—	—	0*	—	6.4	0.7	0	6
2022	26	—	—	0*	—	-0.1	-1.0	0	-1
2023	27	—	—	0*	—	-13.3	9.8	0	10
2024	28	—	—	0*	—	3.2	-12.8	0	7
Career					—	—	—	0	56

* 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
2019	23	CLE	16	0*	18	4.5	3	0.8	0	—	0
2020	24	CLE	16	0*	101	3.1	65	2.0	2	16.5	7
2021	25	CLE	17	0*	299	3.0	235	2.4	10	10.0	24
2022	26	CLE	15	0*	5	1.3	12	3.0	0	—	1
2023	27	JAX	17	0*	76	1.9	32	0.8	1	41.0	5
2024	28	JAX	14	0*	79	2.5	64	2.0	0	—	7
2025	29	2TM	8	0*	16	1.1	9	0.6	1	14.0	0
Career			103		594	—	420	—	14	—	44

* 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
2019	23	CLE	16	0*	4.9	4.7	7.2	1	0	0.0	1	108.9
2020	24	CLE	16	0*	0.0	0.7	4.0	0	1	0.3	0	79.2
2021	25	CLE	17	0*	0.2	-0.1	7.3	4	3	0.1	7	88.2
2022	26	CLE	15	0*	-0.3	-0.3	2.7	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2023	27	JAX	17	0*	0.8	0.4	13.6	0	0	0.0	6	115.3
2024	28	JAX	14	0*	0.4	-0.4	8.4	0	0	0.0	3	53.8
Career			95		—	—	—	5	4	—	17	—

* 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 well-rounded profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

48

Sustained

career value

×.6

51

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 48

On-field 34.4

Availability 13.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 442025

All-Time Standing

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

10

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-1.67 EPA/season over 6 seasons49

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

47

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.601 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.601Touch rate0.323EPA/snap-0.011Snap share16.8%Off snaps924VolatileCV 0.47

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+).

College Stats

University of South FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (University of South Florida), 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.

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NE (from JAX)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NE
2023team change
Joined JAX (from CLE)
2019signing
Entered the NFL with CLE

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 208 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	JAX	0	W10Questionable· Hamstring
2023	JAX	0	W14Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

49

peak 51

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

C2020

C+2021

C2023

C2024

F2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

88%

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
2020	166	20.8	347+181	20.4
2021	534	44.5	753+219	44.3
2023	108	7.2	107-1	6.3
2024	143	11.9	203+60	12
2025	25	5	85+60	5

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

Career Value · VORP

9 career value over replacement — #3667 all-time of 4,642. 1.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

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