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Dontrell Hilliard

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Dontrell Hilliard

Role PlayerTwo-Way Profile

Height5'11"

Weight202 lb

BornFeb 26, 1995

Age31

CollegeTulane See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2018

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 0 · #4318 · Role Player

Worth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 94% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

0

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+0

Avg surplus

peak +0

0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0

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									Passing													Defense
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	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
2018	—	CLE	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	9	105	0	90.0%	11.7	10.5	—	4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	—	CLE	6	—	13	49	2	3.8	15.4	3	23.1	0	15	12	92	0	80.0%	7.7	6.1	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	—	CLE	2	—	9	48	0	5.3	0.0	3	33.3	0	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	TEN	7	—	56	350	2	6.3	3.6	15	26.8	1	26	19	87	0	73.1%	4.6	3.3	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2022	—	TEN	11	—	22	145	0	6.6	0.0	4	18.2	0	26	21	177	4	80.8%	8.4	6.8	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	36	—	100	592	4	5.9	4.0	25	25.0	1	78	62	463	4	79.5%	7.5	5.9	—	23	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA4.0·-6 passing · 8 rushing · 2 receiving·0.8/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2018	23	CLE	6	0*	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.9
Career			6		0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	—	—	0.0	0	19.5

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

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2019	24	CLE	6	0*	13	49	2	3.8	15.4	3	23.1	0
2020	25	CLE	2	0*	9	48	0	5.3	0.0	3	33.3	0
2021	26	TEN	7	0*	56	350	2	6.3	3.6	15	26.8	1
2022	27	TEN	11	0*	22	145	0	6.6	0.0	4	18.2	0
Career			26		100	592	4	5.9	—	25	—	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
2018	23	CLE	6	0*	10	9	105	0	90.0%	11.7	10.5	—	4
2019	24	CLE	6	0*	15	12	92	0	80.0%	7.7	6.1	—	4
2020	25	CLE	2	0*	1	1	2	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
2021	26	TEN	7	0*	26	19	87	0	73.1%	4.6	3.3	—	7
2022	27	TEN	11	0*	26	21	177	4	80.8%	8.4	6.8	—	8
Career			32		78	62	463	4	79.5%	7.5	5.9	—	23

* 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
2018	23	CLE	2	0*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	24	SEA	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	26	PIT	3	0*	3	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			6		5	3	2	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%
2018	23	CLE	11	0*	58	10.7%	—	0.0%	149	50.6%
2019	24	CLE	14	0*	129	13.7%	1	1.0%	223	59.3%
2020	25	CLE	7	0*	22	16.0%	—	0.0%	89	45.0%
2021	26	TEN	8	0*	198	39.9%	—	0.0%	38	17.0%
2022	27	TEN	12	0*	200	28.2%	—	0.0%	117	35.8%
Career			52		607	—	1	—	616	—

* 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
2018	23	—	—	0*	-6.4	—	2.7	12	19
2019	24	—	—	0*	—	-0.7	-1.1	0	5
2020	25	—	—	0*	—	-1.0	2.1	0	0
2021	26	—	—	0*	—	9.1	-6.9	0	-23
2022	27	—	—	0*	—	0.6	5.7	0	39
Career					—	—	—	12	40

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

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2018	23	CLE	—	0*	—	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	2.7	0	—	—
Career					—	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0	—	—

* 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	24	CLE	14	0*	36	2.8	13	1.0	0	—	3
2020	25	2TM	7	0*	19	2.1	29	3.2	1	9.0	3
2021	26	TEN	8	0*	214	3.8	136	2.4	4	14.0	15
2022	27	TEN	12	0*	109	5.0	36	1.6	0	—	4
Career			41		378	—	214	—	5	—	25

* 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
2018	23	CLE	11	0*	1.9	1.7	10.0	3	0	0.0	4	110.4
2019	24	CLE	14	0*	0.3	-0.9	8.6	0	1	0.1	4	64.4
2020	25	2TM	7	0*	0.0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	79.2
2021	26	TEN	8	0*	-0.9	-1.1	5.7	0	3	0.1	7	60.9
2022	27	TEN	12	0*	1.5	1.2	7.2	0	3	0.1	8	134.6
Career			52		—	—	—	3	7	—	23	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 36 · Depth / Rotational

A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 36 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

42

Sustained

career value

×.6

41

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 41.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 36· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 42

On-field 32.6

Availability 9.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 412022

All-Time Standing

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

8

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Receptions leader4

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

0.79 EPA/season over 5 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: 86%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

50

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.738 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.738Touch rate0.293EPA/snap0.007Snap share21.7%Off snaps607VolatileCV 0.62

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt3Rec3Yds13Ctch%100.0%Y/R4.3Y/Tgt4.31D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-0.2Rec AirYd9

College Stats

TulaneCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tulane), 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

2022final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2021team change
Joined TEN (from CLE)
2018signing
Entered the NFL with CLE

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 202 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	TEN	2	W2Out· HamstringW15Out· Neck
2019	CLE	1	W2Out· ConcussionW16Questionable· Neck

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 3-season peers. See all →

36

peak 41

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

F2019

C2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

63%

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
2019	49	8.2	97+48	5.7
2021	350	50	848+498	49.9
2022	145	13.2	220+75	12.9

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

0 career value over replacement — #4318 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level RB.

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