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

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Giovani Bernard

Top 20% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -10% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015Two-Way Profile

Height5'9"

Weight205 lb

BornNov 22, 1991

Age34

CollegeNorth Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 37 · CIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 71 · #1602 · Above Average

Worth 71 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+10.1

Avg surplus

peak +17

7 seasons × ~10.1 surplus ≈ VORP 71

Combined Season Grid

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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%
2013	—	CIN	16	—	170	695	5	4.1	2.9	32	18.8	1	70	56	514	3	80.0%	9.2	7.3	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	613	53.8%	—	0.0%	3	12.0%
2013	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CIN	13	—	168	680	5	4.0	3.0	32	19.0	0	59	43	349	2	72.9%	8.1	5.9	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	510	59.2%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2014	—	TB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CIN	16	—	154	730	2	4.7	1.3	34	22.1	0	66	49	472	0	74.2%	9.6	7.2	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	580	54.1%	—	0.0%	2	3.0%
2016	—	CIN	10	—	91	337	2	3.7	2.2	15	16.5	0	51	39	336	1	76.5%	8.6	6.6	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	394	57.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	16	—	105	458	2	4.4	1.9	20	19.0	0	60	43	381	2	71.7%	8.9	6.3	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	482	48.8%	—	0.0%	25	17.6%
2017	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CIN	12	—	56	211	3	3.8	5.4	14	25.0	0	48	35	218	0	72.9%	6.2	4.5	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	329	42.6%	—	0.0%	11	9.8%
2018	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CIN	16	—	53	170	0	3.2	0.0	10	18.9	0	43	30	234	0	69.8%	7.8	5.4	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	443	40.1%	—	0.0%	10	4.8%
2019	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	CIN	16	—	124	416	3	3.4	2.4	23	18.5	1	59	47	355	3	79.7%	7.6	6.0	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	517	48.9%	—	0.0%	53	16.3%
2020	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	TB	10	—	8	58	0	7.3	0.0	3	37.5	0	29	23	123	3	79.3%	5.3	4.2	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	146	17.8%	—	0.0%	82	23.9%
2021	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	TB	2	—	8	28	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	2	-1	0	100.0%	-0.5	-0.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	45.0%	—	0.0%	85	39.1%
Career		—	138	—	937	3,783	22	4.0	2.3	183	19.5	2	487	367	2,981	14	75.4%	8.1	6.1	—	122	10	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	4,039	46.7%	—	0.0%	272	14.5%

Career EPA-91.3·-102 rushing · 10 receiving·-9.1/season