Emari Demercado
Durable ContributorTwo-Way Profile
Height5'9"
Weight215 lb
BornJan 20, 1999
Age27
CollegeTCUSee College Stats
ConferenceBig Twelve
Rookie yr2023
A running back who maximized value through reliable availability. Their developmental was extended by consistently being on the field.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 3 · #4040 · Role PlayerWorth 3 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 88% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +1.5 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
2 cleared
1 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
50
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
2
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+1.5
Avg surplus
peak +2
2 seasons × ~1.5 surplus ≈ VORP 3
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 | Snap Counts | Advanced (EPA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | |||||
| 2023 | — | ARI | 11 | — | 58 | 284 | 2 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 12 | 20.7 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 119 | 0 | 70.0% | 5.7 | 4.0 | — | 4 | 292 | 30.9% | — | 0.0% | 63 | 19.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -5.3 | -14.9 | 0 | 27 |
| 2024 | — | ARI | 13 | — | 24 | 223 | 1 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 104 | 0 | 80.0% | 6.5 | 5.2 | — | 3 | 164 | 20.3% | — | 0.0% | 52 | 21.7% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.4 | -3.4 | 0 | 26 |
| 2025 | — | ARI | 11 | — | 44 | 312 | 0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 10 | 22.7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 101 | 1 | 65.0% | 7.8 | 5.0 | — | 3 | 196 | 25.2% | — | 0.0% | 70 | 22.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 35 | — | 126 | 819 | 3 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 30 | 23.8 | 1 | 70 | 50 | 324 | 1 | 71.4% | 6.5 | 4.6 | — | 10 | 652 | 25.4% | — | 0.0% | 185 | 21.0% | — | 7.1 | -18.3 | 0 | 53 | |
Career EPA-11.2·7 rushing · -18 receiving·-5.6/season
Rushing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | ARI | 11 | 0* | 58 | 284 | 2 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 12 | 20.7 | 0 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 25 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 24 | 223 | 1 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 11 | 0* | 44 | 312 | 0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 10 | 22.7 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Career | 35 | 126 | 819 | 3 | 6.5 | — | 30 | — | 1 | 17.6 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | ARI | 11 | 0* | 30 | 21 | 119 | 0 | 70.0% | 5.7 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
| 2024 | 25 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 20 | 16 | 104 | 0 | 80.0% | 6.5 | 5.2 | — | 3 |
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 11 | 0* | 20 | 13 | 101 | 1 | 65.0% | 7.8 | 5.0 | — | 3 |
| Career | 35 | 70 | 50 | 324 | 1 | 71.4% | 6.5 | 4.6 | — | 10 |
* 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | ARI | 14 | 0* | 292 | 30.9% | — | 0.0% | 63 | 19.3% |
| 2024 | 25 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 164 | 20.3% | — | 0.0% | 52 | 21.7% |
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 196 | 25.2% | — | 0.0% | 70 | 22.1% |
| Career | 40 | 652 | — | — | — | 185 | — |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | — | — | 0* | — | -5.3 | -14.9 | 0 | 27 |
| 2024 | 25 | — | — | 0* | — | 12.4 | -3.4 | 0 | 26 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 53 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 4 | 0* | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | ARI | 14 | 0* | 166 | 2.9 | 118 | 2.0 | 2 | 29.0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 25 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 86 | 3.6 | 137 | 5.7 | 3 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 194 | 4.4 | 118 | 2.7 | 4 | 11.0 | 9 |
| Career | 40 | 446 | — | 373 | — | 9 | — | 29 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24 | ARI | 14 | 0* | 0.9 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 4 | 76.9 |
| 2024 | 25 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 1.3 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 88.3 |
| 2025 | 26 | ARI | 13 | 0* | 0.6 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 94.0 |
| Career | 40 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 10 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 44 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 44 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
51
Sustained
career value
×.6
51
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 51 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 44· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 51
On-field 37.1
Availability 13.9
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
2023bestavg 512025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position8
Depth
of 100
Reached 4% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
4% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader4
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-5.62 EPA/season over 2 seasons48
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: 85%.
Per-Snap Impact
Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+45
Solid
SIS
Yards/snap1.753Touch rate0.301EPA/snap-0.017Snap share25.4%Off snaps652ConsistentCV 0.20
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 basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (TCU), 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.
Top Teammates
Kelvin BeachumOT3yBudda BakerS3yJames ConnerRB3yWill HernandezG3yJalen ThompsonDB3yKyler MurrayQB3yZaven CollinsLB3yMichael CarterRB3yGreg DortchWR3yHjalte FroholdtG3yTrey McBrideTE3yBlake GillikinP3yL.J. CollierDE3yOwen PappoeLB3yDante StillsDT3yMichael WilsonWR3yElijah HigginsTE3yKei'Trel ClarkCB3yParis Johnson Jr.OT3yJoey BlountSAF3yGarrett WilliamsCB3yTravis VokolekTE3yMatt PraterK2yZay JonesWR2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterEmari inherited the Arizona Cardinals RB room from James Conner (2021–2025), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with ARI
- 2023signing
Entered the NFL with ARI
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts5'9" / 215 lb
Frame
Injury History
4 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ARI | 1 | W13Questionable· BackW15Out· Back |
| 2023 | ARI | 3 | W9Out· ToeW10Out· ToeW11Out· ToeW12Questionable· Toe |
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →
44
peak 51
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C+2023
C+2024
C+2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.
78%
20232025
Durability IQ
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 284 | 25.8 | 427+143 | 25.1 |
| 2024 | 223 | 17.2 | 292+69 | 17.2 |
| 2025 | 312 | 28.4 | 482+170 | 28.4 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, 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
3 career value over replacement — #4040 all-time of 4,642. 1/season above a replacement-level RB.
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