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Kerryon Johnson

RBPHI#0CUT

Kerryon Johnson

Top 44% all-time RBsSolid Contributor

Height5'11"

Weight211 lb

BornJun 30, 1997

Age29

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 2, Pick 43 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

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A running back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 24 · #2932 · Role Player

Worth 24 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 64% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+12

Avg surplus

peak +16

2 seasons × ~12 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									Snap Counts						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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	—	DET	10	—	118	641	3	5.4	2.5	32	27.1	1	39	32	213	1	82.1%	6.7	5.5	—	11	346	51.6%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2.2	6.5	0	-24
2019	—	DET	8	—	113	403	3	3.6	2.7	22	19.5	1	15	10	127	1	66.7%	12.7	8.5	—	7	274	52.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-20.5	4.0	0	69
2020	—	DET	14	—	52	181	2	3.5	3.8	9	17.3	1	26	19	187	1	73.1%	9.8	7.2	—	11	295	28.0%	—	0.0%	29	20.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9.7	0.8	0	-3
2021	—	SF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	9	33.0%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	33	—	283	1,225	8	4.3	2.8	63	22.3	3	80	61	527	3	76.3%	8.6	6.6	—	29	915	44.1%	—	0.0%	39	19.3%	—	-32.5	11.3	0	42

Career EPA-21.2·-32 rushing · 11 receiving·-7.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2018	21	DET	10	5*	118	641	3	5.4	2.5	32	27.1	1	8.8
2019	22	DET	8	4*	113	403	3	3.6	2.7	22	19.5	1	6.7
2020	23	DET	14	0*	52	181	2	3.5	3.8	9	17.3	1	8
Career			32	9*	283	1,225	8	4.3	—	63	—	3	23.5

* 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
2018	21	DET	10	5*	39	32	213	1	82.1%	6.7	5.5	—	11
2019	22	DET	8	4*	15	10	127	1	66.7%	12.7	8.5	—	7
2020	23	DET	14	0*	26	19	187	1	73.1%	9.8	7.2	—	11
Career			32	9*	80	61	527	3	76.3%	8.6	6.6	—	29

* 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%
2018	21	DET	10	5*	346	51.6%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2019	22	DET	8	4*	274	52.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	23	DET	16	0*	295	28.0%	—	0.0%	29	20.8%
2021	24	SF	1	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	9	33.0%
Career			35	9*	915	—	—	—	39	—

* 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
2018	21	—	—	5*	—	-2.2	6.5	0	-24
2019	22	—	—	4*	—	-20.5	4.0	0	69
2020	23	—	—	0*	—	-9.7	0.8	0	-3
Career				9*	—	—	—	0	42

* 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
2018	21	DET	10	5*	376	3.2	265	2.2	14	8.4	32
2019	22	DET	8	4*	177	1.6	226	2.0	8	14.1	22
2020	23	DET	16	0*	116	2.2	65	1.3	3	17.3	9
Career			34	9*	669	—	556	—	25	—	63

* 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
2018	21	DET	10	5*	-0.6	-1.7	8.3	4	0	0.0	11	98.0
2019	22	DET	8	4*	4.6	1.1	11.6	2	2	0.1	7	115.1
2020	23	DET	16	0*	-0.1	0.2	9.6	1	2	0.1	11	105.8
Career			34	9*	—	—	—	7	4	—	29	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 49 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

57

Sustained

career value

×.6

58

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 57.4 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 49· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 43

Availability 14

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 582020

All-Time Standing

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

10

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader7

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-7.07 EPA/season over 3 seasons48

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

48

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.915 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.915Touch rate0.397EPA/snap-0.023Snap share44.1%Off snaps915ReliableCV 0.40

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 · 2018

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

RB · 2018 class

40"

Vertical

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 95thClass Pos 90thClass All 95th

126"

Broad Jump

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 88thClass Pos 81thClass All 88th

11 reps

Bench

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 5thClass Pos 2thClass All 6th

7.07s

3-Cone

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 61thClass Pos 32thClass All 55th

4.29s

Shuttle

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 58thClass Pos 28thClass All 60th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

1,752

1,225 rush · 527 recv

Total TDs

11

8 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

344

283 carries · 61 rec

Yds / Touch

5.1

rushing + receiving

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #43

#35Nick ChubbRB #36Shaquille LeonardOLB #37Braden SmithOT #38Ronald JonesRB #39James DanielsG #40Courtland SuttonWR #41Harold Landry IIILB #42Mike GesickiTE #44Dante PettisWR #45Josh JacksonCB #46Breeland SpeaksDE #47Christian KirkWR #48Uchenna NwosuLB #49Dallas GoedertTE #50Connor WilliamsC #51Anthony MillerWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kerryon inherited the Detroit Lions RB room from Theo Riddick (2013–2018), and handed it to D'Andre Swift (2020–2022).

Billy Sims 1980–1984Garry James 1986–1988Barry Sanders 1989–1998Ron Rivers 1995–1999Tommy Vardell 1997–1998Cory Schlesinger

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Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined SF (from DET)
2021final season
Last recorded season with SF
2018draft
Drafted by DET — Round 2, Pick 43

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 211 lb

Frame

40" vert / 126" broad

Explosion

11 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	DET	4	W10Questionable· AnkleW12Out· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Out· KneeW15Out· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

49

peak 58

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

B2018

C+2019

C+2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

54%

20182021

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
2018	641	64.1	1,127+486	66.3
2019	403	50.4	885+482	52.1
2020	181	12.9	212+31	12.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, 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 — #2932 all-time of 4,642. 8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #43 (Rd 2) · DET · 2018 · -0.8 vs expected KV-H

49actual

49.8 expected · Δ−0.8

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