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

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Jerome Harrison

Top 33% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2009Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #413

Height5'9"

Weight205 lb

BornFeb 26, 1983

Age43

CollegeWashington State; Pasadena College; Eastern Michigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 5, Pick 145 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

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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 24 · #2926 · Role Player

Worth 24 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 64% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +18

3 seasons × ~8 surplus ≈ VORP 24

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													Advanced (EPA)
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	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2006	—	CLE	9	—	20	60	0	3.0	0.0	4	20.0	0	9	9	47	0	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.8	0.4	0	-4
2007	—	CLE	4	—	23	142	0	6.2	0.0	8	34.8	0	2	2	19	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	0.9	0	-11
2008	—	CLE	14	—	34	246	1	7.2	2.9	10	29.4	0	12	12	116	1	100.0%	9.7	9.7	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.3	7.5	0	4
2009	—	CLE	14	—	194	862	5	4.4	2.6	37	19.1	2	50	34	220	2	68.0%	6.5	4.4	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	GB	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-16.9	-5.2	0	-26
2010	—	PHI	10	—	71	330	1	4.6	1.4	12	16.9	1	13	12	85	0	92.3%	7.1	6.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-10.3	-0.3	0	2
2011	—	DET	3	—	14	41	0	2.9	0.0	3	21.4	0	2	1	3	0	50.0%	3.0	1.5	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.5	-0.7	0	3
Career		—	58	—	356	1,681	7	4.7	2.0	74	20.8	3	88	70	490	3	79.5%	7.0	5.6	—	19	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-22.1	2.6	0	-32

Career EPA-19.5·-22 rushing · 3 receiving·-3.3/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2006	23	CLE	9	—	20	60	0	3.0	0.0	4	20.0	0	4
2007	24	CLE	4	—	23	142	0	6.2	0.0	8	34.8	0	1.8
2008	25	CLE	14	—	34	246	1	7.2	2.9	10	29.4	0	7.5
2009	26	CLE	14	—	194	862	5	4.4	2.6	37	19.1	2	13.9
2010	27	PHI	10	—	71	330	1	4.6	1.4	12	16.9	1	5.7
2011	28	DET	3	—	14	41	0	2.9	0.0	3	21.4	0	—
Career			54		356	1,681	7	4.7	—	74	—	3	32.9

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2006	23	CLE	9	—	9	9	47	0	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	1
2007	24	CLE	4	—	2	2	19	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	1
2008	25	CLE	14	—	12	12	116	1	100.0%	9.7	9.7	—	4
2009	26	CLE	14	—	50	34	220	2	68.0%	6.5	4.4	—	11
2010	27	PHI	10	—	13	12	85	0	92.3%	7.1	6.5	—	2
2011	28	DET	3	—	2	1	3	0	50.0%	3.0	1.5	—	0
Career			54		88	70	490	3	79.5%	7.0	5.6	—	19

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2009	26	GB	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2010	27	KC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			4		5	5	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2006	23	—	—	—	—	-4.8	0.4	-4
2007	24	—	—	—	—	6.0	0.9	-11
2008	25	—	—	—	—	8.3	7.5	4
2009	26	—	—	—	—	-16.9	-5.2	-26
2010	27	—	—	—	—	-10.3	-0.3	2
2011	28	—	—	—	—	-4.5	-0.7	3
Career					—	—	—	-32

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 38.7

Availability 14.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 482010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #413 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2009 CLE·5 team wins#18

Rushing Yards · 862 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-3.25 EPA/season over 6 seasons49

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: 89%.

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 · 2006

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

RB · 2006 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 83thClass Pos 67thClass All 79th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 59thClass Pos 47thClass All 46th

124"

Broad Jump

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 82thClass Pos 88thClass All 83th

19 reps

Bench

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 38thClass Pos 53thClass All 34th

6.77s

3-Cone

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 92thClass Pos 97thClass All 91th

4.07s

Shuttle

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 92thClass Pos 89thClass All 92th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Rushing

Att1Yds3Y/A3.01D11D%100.0

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.0

College Stats

Washington State; Pasadena College; Eastern MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington State; Pasadena College; Eastern Michigan), 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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #145

#134Kyle WilliamsDT #135Rob NinkovichOLB #138Pat WatkinsDB #139Quinn OjinnakaG #140Parys HaralsonOLB #141Jonathan ScottOT #143Brad ButlerOT #144Marques HagansWR #146Dawan LandryS #148Ingle MartinQB #149Greg BlueDB #150Jason PociaskTE #151Tim DobbinsLB #153Anthony MontgomeryDT #155Jeff KingTE #156Julian JenkinsDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerome inherited the Cleveland Browns RB room from Jason Wright (2005–2008), and handed it to Lawrence Vickers (2006–2010).

Charles White 1980–1984Dwight Walker 1982–1984Boyce Green 1983–1984Earnest Byner 1984–1995Tim Manoa 1987–1989Leroy Hoard

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined DET (from PHI)
2011final season
Last recorded season with DET
2010team change
Joined PHI (from CLE)
2006draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 5, Pick 145

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 205 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	PHI	0	W3Questionable· Thigh
2009	CLE	0	W1Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C2006

F2007

C+2008

B2009

C+2010

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

63%

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
2006	60	6.7	161+101	9.5
2007	142	35.5	558+416	32.9
2008	246	17.6	299+53	17.6
2009	862	61.6	972+110	57.2
2010	330	33	575+245	33.8

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

Career Value · VORP

24 career value over replacement — #2926 all-time of 4,642. 4.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #145 (Rd 5) · CLE · 2006 · +22 vs expected KV-H

55actual

33 expected · Δ+22

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2006

Postseason Career

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #145

Franchise Succession

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Knox

Era Translator

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