J.K. Dobbins NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

J.K. Dobbins

RBDEN#27ACT

J.K. Dobbins

Top 16% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -19% playoffs

Height5'10"

Weight212 lb

BornDec 17, 1998

Age27

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 2, Pick 55 · BAL

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 71 · #1603 · Above Average

Worth 71 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 36% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+17.8

Avg surplus

peak +20

4 seasons × ~17.8 surplus ≈ VORP 71

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									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%
2020	—	BAL	15	—	134	805	9	6.0	6.7	38	28.4	0	24	18	120	0	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	456	46.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	—	BAL	8	—	92	520	2	5.7	2.2	26	28.3	0	8	7	42	1	87.5%	6.0	5.3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	202	41.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	—	BAL	1	—	8	22	1	2.8	12.5	1	12.5	0	3	2	15	0	66.7%	7.5	5.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	47.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	LAC	13	—	195	905	9	4.6	4.6	47	24.1	0	38	32	153	0	84.2%	4.8	4.0	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	533	63.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	—	DEN	10	—	153	772	4	5.0	2.6	38	24.8	0	14	11	37	0	78.6%	3.4	2.6	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	340	51.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	47	—	582	3,024	25	5.2	4.3	150	25.8	0	87	70	367	1	80.5%	5.2	4.2	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,561	50.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA24.6·38 rushing · -13 receiving·6.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	22	BAL	15	0*	134	805	9	6.0	6.7	38	28.4	0	12.7
2022	24	BAL	8	0*	92	520	2	5.7	2.2	26	28.3	0	6.1
2023	25	BAL	1	—	8	22	1	2.8	12.5	1	12.5	0	—
2024	26	LAC	13	8*	195	905	9	4.6	4.6	47	24.1	0	12.6
2025	27	DEN	10	5*	153	772	4	5.0	2.6	38	24.8	0	7.4
Career			47	13*	582	3,024	25	5.2	—	150	—	0	38.8

* 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
2020	22	BAL	15	0*	24	18	120	0	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	4
2022	24	BAL	8	0*	8	7	42	1	87.5%	6.0	5.3	—	3
2023	25	BAL	1	—	3	2	15	0	66.7%	7.5	5.0	—	0
2024	26	LAC	13	8*	38	32	153	0	84.2%	4.8	4.0	—	7
2025	27	DEN	10	5*	14	11	37	0	78.6%	3.4	2.6	—	0
Career			47	13*	87	70	367	1	80.5%	5.2	4.2	—	14

* 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%
2020	22	BAL	15	0*	456	46.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	24	BAL	8	0*	202	41.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	25	BAL	1	—	30	47.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	26	LAC	13	8*	533	63.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	27	DEN	10	5*	340	51.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			47	13*	1,561	—	—	—	—	—

* 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
2020	22	—	—	0*	—	26.1	0.2	0	0
2022	24	—	—	0*	—	9.1	0.1	0	4
2023	25	—	—	—	—	-1.8	0.5	0	3
2024	26	—	—	8*	—	4.2	-13.9	0	-44
Career				8*	—	—	—	0	-37

* 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
2020	22	BAL	15	0*	411	3.1	394	2.9	7	19.1	38
2022	24	BAL	8	0*	319	3.5	201	2.2	9	10.2	26
2023	25	BAL	1	—	18	2.3	4	0.5	0	—	1
2024	26	LAC	13	8*	416	2.1	489	2.5	24	8.1	47
2025	27	DEN	10	5*	398	2.6	374	2.4	9	17.0	37
Career			47	13*	1,562	—	1,462	—	49	—	149

* 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
2020	22	BAL	15	0*	0.0	-0.5	7.2	2	4	0.2	4	85.4
2022	24	BAL	8	0*	0.5	0.4	5.6	1	0	0.0	3	128.1
2023	25	BAL	1	—	1.0	0.0	7.5	1	0	0.0	0	78.5
2024	26	LAC	13	8*	-1.2	-1.6	6.4	1	2	0.1	6	83.4
2025	27	DEN	10	5*	-2.1	-1.7	5.1	0	1	0.1	0	79.2
Career			47	13*	—	—	—	5	7	—	13	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

68

Sustained

career value

×.6

69

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 64· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 53.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 68elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

18

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

6.14 EPA/season over 4 seasons52

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

61

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.172 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.172Touch rate0.429EPA/snap0.016Snap share50%Off snaps1,561ConsistentCV 0.17

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+).

Combine · 2020

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2020 class

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 63thClass Pos 79thClass All 68th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 5.2 regular season → 4.2 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-19%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att41Yds173TD1Y/A4.2TD%2.41D121D%29.3

Receiving

Tgt12Rec8Yds88TD1Ctch%66.7%Y/R11.0Y/Tgt7.31D6

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-4.2Rec EPA4.2Rec AirYd41

College Stats

Ohio StateImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2017	Ohio State	194	1,403	7	7.2	3.6	—	—	—
2018	Ohio State	230	1,053	10	4.6	4.3	—	—	—
2019	Ohio State	301	2,003	21	6.7	7.0	—	—	—
Career		725	4,459	38	6.2	5.2	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2017	Ohio State	—	22	135	1	—	6.1	—	—	—
2018	Ohio State	—	26	263	2	—	10.1	—	—	—
2019	Ohio State	—	23	247	2	—	10.7	—	—	—
Career		0	71	645	5	—	9.1	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #55

#47Marlon DavidsonDE #48Darrell TaylorDE #49Chase ClaypoolWR #50Jaylon JohnsonCB #51Trevon DiggsCB #52Cam AkersRB #53Jalen HurtsQB #54A.J. EpenesaDE #56Raekwon DavisDT #57Van JeffersonWR #58Ezra ClevelandG #59Denzel MimsWR #60Joshua UcheLB #61Kristian FultonCB #62AJ DillonRB #63Willie Gay Jr.LB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

J.K. inherited the Baltimore Ravens RB room from Justice Hill (2019–2025), and handed it to Derrick Henry (2024–2025).

Randy McMillan 1981–1983Bam Morris 1996–1997Earnest Byner 1996–1997Priest Holmes 1997–2000Jamal Lewis 2000–2006Alan Ricard

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined DEN (from LAC)
2025final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2024team change
Joined LAC (from BAL)
2020draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 2, Pick 55

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 212 lb

Frame

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	LAC	1	W13Out· KneeW17Questionable· KneeW19Questionable· Ankle
2022	BAL	1	W1Questionable· KneeW2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW7Out· Knee

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 4-season peers. See all →

64

peak 69

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

B2020

B2022

B+2024

B+2025

Availability

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

56%

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
2020	805	53.7	914+109	53.8
2022	520	65	1,131+611	66.6
2024	905	69.6	1,182+277	69.5
2025	772	77.2	1,312+540	77.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

71 career value over replacement — #1603 all-time of 4,642. 17.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #55 (Rd 2) · BAL · 2020 · +16 vs expected KV-H

64actual

48 expected · Δ+16

💔+39.2 stolen VORP·2.2 szns lost

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