Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Snap Counts | Advanced Rushing (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | YBC | YBC/Att | YAC | YAC/Att | BrkTkl | Att/Br | 1D | |||||
| 2018 | 22–23 | MIA | 12 | — | 36 | 191 | 1 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 10 | 27.8 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 81.8% | 6.2 | 5.1 | — | 2 | 92 | 13.9% | — | 0.0% | 169 | 49.1% | 133 | 3.7 | 58 | 1.6 | 0 | — | 10 |
| 2019 | 23–24 | MIA | 12 | — | 74 | 135 | 3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 10 | 13.5 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 63 | 0 | 58.3% | 4.5 | 2.6 | — | 4 | 252 | 32.7% | — | 0.0% | 123 | 36.9% | 50 | 0.7 | 85 | 1.1 | 1 | 74.0 | 10 |
| 2020 | 24–25 | LAC / NYJ | 11 | — | 91 | 303 | 3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 25 | 27.5 | 0 | 37 | 29 | 166 | 0 | 78.4% | 5.7 | 4.5 | — | 5 | 301 | — | — | — | 56 | — | 157 | 1.7 | 146 | 1.6 | 4 | 22.8 | 25 |
| 2021 | 25–26 | PIT | 17 | — | 12 | 36 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 28.6% | 4.0 | 1.1 | — | 0 | 65 | 5.5% | — | 0.0% | 98 | 20.2% | 15 | 1.3 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Career | — | 52 | — | 213 | 665 | 7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 47 | 22.1 | 1 | 79 | 54 | 293 | 0 | 68.4% | 5.4 | 3.7 | — | 11 | 710 | 20.7% | — | 0.0% | 446 | 30.3% | 355 | — | 310 | — | 5 | — | 47 | |
Career Value · VORP
2 career value over replacement — #4169 all-time of 4,695. 0.5/season above a replacement-level RB.
Pick #131 (Rd 4) · MIA · 2018 · +13.5 vs expected KV-H
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