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

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Darren Sproles

3× Pro BowlTop 26% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -19% playoffs

Height5'6"

Weight190 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

54 career value over replacement — #1993 all-time of 4,695. 4.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler37% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #130 (Rd 4) · LAC · 2005 · +27.4 vs expected KV-H

58actual

30.6 expected · Δ+27.4

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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%
2005	22	SD	7	—	8	50	0	6.3	0.0	2	25.0	0	3	3	10	0	100.0%	3.3	3.3	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	24	SD	9	—	37	164	2	4.4	5.4	6	16.2	0	10	10	31	0	100.0%	3.1	3.1	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	25	SD	15	—	61	330	1	5.4	1.6	15	24.6	0	29	29	342	5	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	26	SD	16	—	93	343	3	3.7	3.2	15	16.1	0	57	45	497	4	78.9%	11.0	8.7	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	27	SD	16	—	51	270	0	5.3	0.0	10	19.6	1	75	59	520	2	78.7%	8.8	6.9	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	28	NO	16	—	88	604	2	6.9	2.3	27	30.7	0	112	86	710	7	76.8%	8.3	6.3	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	29	NO	13	—	48	244	1	5.1	2.1	9	18.8	0	104	75	667	7	72.1%	8.9	6.4	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	30	NO	15	—	53	220	2	4.2	3.8	11	20.8	1	89	71	604	2	79.8%	8.5	6.8	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	357	33.3%	—	0.0%	119	27.7%
2014	31	PHI	15	—	57	329	6	5.8	10.5	18	31.6	1	62	40	387	0	64.5%	9.7	6.2	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	338	30.7%	—	0.0%	89	18.5%
2015	32	PHI	16	—	83	317	3	3.8	3.6	21	25.3	0	83	55	388	1	66.3%	7.1	4.7	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	393	34.6%	—	0.0%	93	18.6%
2016	33	PHI	15	—	94	438	2	4.7	2.1	22	23.4	0	71	52	427	2	73.2%	8.2	6.0	—	19	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	509	48.7%	1	0.1%	62	14.9%
2017	34	PHI	3	—	15	61	0	4.1	0.0	4	26.7	0	12	7	73	0	58.3%	10.4	6.1	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	89	41.7%	—	0.0%	11	13.0%
2018	35	PHI	6	—	29	120	1	4.1	3.4	6	20.7	0	23	15	160	2	65.2%	10.7	7.0	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	149	35.8%	—	0.0%	29	19.2%
2019	36	PHI	6	—	17	66	0	3.9	0.0	3	17.6	0	10	6	24	0	60.0%	4.0	2.4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	103	23.0%	—	0.0%	32	19.0%
Career		—	168	—	734	3,556	23	4.8	3.1	169	23.0	3	740	553	4,840	32	74.7%	8.8	6.5	—	215	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

54thPlayoff Receptions·49 56thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·4 88thPlayoff Rushing Yards·298 yds 93rdPlayoff Receiving Yards·477 yds 95th

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A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 54 · #1993 · Above Average

Worth 54 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 43% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +13

9 seasons × ~6 surplus ≈