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 21% all-time RBsReliable Starter📉 Fades · -10% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014

Height5'9"

Weight205 lb

Career Value · VORP

72 career value over replacement — #1612 all-time of 4,695. 8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

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Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #37 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2013 · +10.2 vs expected KV-H

61actual

50.8 expected · Δ+10.2

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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%
2013	21–22	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	0.8%
2014	22–23	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	0.3%
2015	23–24	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	0.4%
2016	24–25	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%
2017	25–26	CIN	16	—	105	458	2	4.4	1.9	20	19.0	0	60	43	381	2	71.7%	8.9	6.3	—	16	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	482	48.8%	—	0.0%	25	5.5%
2018	26–27	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	3.3%
2019	27–28	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	2.4%
2020	28–29	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	11.2%
2021	29–30	TB	12	—	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%
2022	30–31	TB	8	—	8	28	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	2	-1	0	100.0%	-0.5	-0.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	5.6%	—	0.0%	85	39.1%
Career		—	135	—	937	3,783	22	4.0	2.3	183	19.5	2	487	367	2,981	14	75.4%	8.1	6.1	—	122	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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A running back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 72 · #1612 · Above Average

Worth 72 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 35% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.3 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

+10.3

Avg surplus

peak +17

7 seasons × ~10.3 surplus ≈