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

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Duke Johnson

Top 33% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2019 Team Carrier · #260

Height5'9"

Weight210 lb

Career Value · VORP

29 career value over replacement — #2742 all-time of 4,695. 4.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #77 (Rd 3) · CLE · 2015 · +16.2 vs expected KV-H

55actual

38.8 expected · Δ+16.2

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Combined Season Grid

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

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	21–22	CLE	16	—	104	379	0	3.6	0.0	19	18.3	0	74	61	534	2	82.4%	8.8	7.2	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	560	50.6%	—	0.0%	5	1.3%
2016	22–23	CLE	16	—	73	358	1	4.9	1.4	17	23.3	1	74	53	514	0	71.6%	9.7	6.9	—	24	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	457	44.7%	—	0.0%	33	7.3%
2017	23–24	CLE	16	—	82	348	4	4.2	4.9	26	31.7	0	93	74	693	3	79.6%	9.4	7.5	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	566	52.7%	—	0.0%	7	1.9%
2018	24–25	CLE	16	—	40	201	0	5.0	0.0	9	22.5	0	62	47	429	3	75.8%	9.1	6.9	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	459	41.7%	—	0.0%	12	2.7%
2019	25–26	HOU	16	—	83	410	2	4.9	2.4	17	20.5	1	62	44	410	3	71.0%	9.3	6.6	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	511	48.4%	—	0.0%	13	3.3%
2020	26–27	HOU	11	—	77	235	1	3.1	1.3	11	14.3	2	35	28	249	1	80.0%	8.9	7.1	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	354	52.0%	—	0.0%	3	0.9%
2021	27–28	MIA	5	—	71	330	3	4.6	4.2	18	25.4	0	5	4	41	0	80.0%	10.3	8.2	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	149	44.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	28–29	BUF	1	—	2	4	0	2.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	7.0%	—	0.0%	7	21.0%
Career		—	97	—	532	2,265	11	4.3	2.1	118	22.2	4	405	311	2,870	12	76.8%	9.2	7.1	—	132	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	3,061	47.5%	—	0.0%	80	3.0%

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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 29 · #2742 · Role Player

Worth 29 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 59% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +5.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 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

+5.8

Avg surplus

peak +8

5 seasons × ~5.8 surplus ≈