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

RBNYG#22RES

Reuben Droughns

Top 17% all-time RBsElite PlaymakerTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #426

Height5'11"

Weight220 lb

BornAug 21, 1978

Age47

CollegeOregon; Merced College See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 3, Pick 81 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 70 · #1632 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 36% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.5

Avg surplus

peak +26

4 seasons × ~17.5 surplus ≈ VORP 70

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
2001	—	DET	4	—	30	72	0	2.4	0.0	3	10.0	0	5	4	21	1	80.0%	5.3	4.2	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-9.0	3.6	0	0
2002	—	DEN	7	—	4	11	1	2.8	25.0	1	25.0	0	7	5	53	1	71.4%	10.6	7.6	—	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3	3.1	0	0
2003	—	DEN	7	—	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	9	9	87	2	100.0%	9.7	9.7	—	7	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6	10.4	0	0
2004	—	DEN	15	—	275	1,240	6	4.5	2.2	69	25.1	3	32	32	241	2	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-6.5	9.8	0	0
2005	—	CLE	16	—	309	1,232	2	4.0	0.6	60	19.4	1	39	39	369	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	LV	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	7	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-36.6	13.4	0	0
2006	—	CLE	14	—	220	758	4	3.4	1.8	38	17.3	4	27	27	169	0	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	TB	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-46.5	0.9	0	-32
2007	—	NYG	16	—	85	275	6	3.2	7.1	27	31.8	0	7	7	49	0	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.2	0.3	0	10
2008	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	94	—	929	3,602	19	3.9	2.0	199	21.4	8	126	123	989	6	97.6%	8.0	7.8	—	49	18	17	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-107.1	41.4	0	-22

Career EPA-65.7·-107 rushing · 41 receiving·-9.4/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2001	23	DET	4	—	30	72	0	2.4	0.0	3	10.0	0	2.6
2002	24	DEN	7	—	4	11	1	2.8	25.0	1	25.0	0	4.1
2003	25	DEN	7	—	6	14	0	2.3	0.0	1	16.7	0	4.6
2004	26	DEN	15	—	275	1,240	6	4.5	2.2	69	25.1	3	15.1
2005	27	CLE	16	—	309	1,232	2	4.0	0.6	60	19.4	1	13.3
2006	28	CLE	14	—	220	758	4	3.4	1.8	38	17.3	4	10.6
2007	29	NYG	16	—	85	275	6	3.2	7.1	27	31.8	0	8.8
Career			79		929	3,602	19	3.9	—	199	—	8	59.1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	23	DET	4	—	5	4	21	1	80.0%	5.3	4.2	—	1
2002	24	DEN	7	—	7	5	53	1	71.4%	10.6	7.6	—	2
2003	25	DEN	7	—	9	9	87	2	100.0%	9.7	9.7	—	7
2004	26	DEN	15	—	32	32	241	2	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	14
2005	27	CLE	16	—	39	39	369	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	14
2006	28	CLE	14	—	27	27	169	0	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	10
2007	29	NYG	16	—	7	7	49	0	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	1
Career			79		126	123	989	6	97.6%	8.0	7.8	—	49

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2002	24	DEN	1	—	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
2003	25	DEN	2	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
2004	26	LV	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	27	LV	7	—	8	7	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	28	TB	5	—	7	7	0	0.0	0.0	—
2008	30	NYG	1	—	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Career			18		18	17	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2001	23	—	—	—	—	-9.0	3.6	0
2002	24	—	—	—	—	1.3	3.1	0
2003	25	—	—	—	—	-1.6	10.4	0
2004	26	—	—	—	—	-6.5	9.8	0
2005	27	—	—	—	—	-36.6	13.4	0
2006	28	—	—	—	—	-46.5	0.9	-32
2007	29	—	—	—	—	-8.2	0.3	10
Career					—	—	—	-22

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 42.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 52elite 702007

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #426 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

2005 CLE·6 team wins#11

Rushing Yards · 1,232 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader20

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-9.39 EPA/season over 7 seasons47

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%.

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 · 2000

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

RB · 2000 class

4.66s

40-Yard

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 49thClass Pos 21thClass All 48th

30"

Vertical

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 21thClass Pos 16thClass All 23th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 42thClass Pos 35thClass All 53th

13 reps

Bench

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 10thClass Pos 6thClass All 9th

7.34s

3-Cone

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 34thClass Pos 27thClass All 36th

4.41s

Shuttle

Low · 17th pct

Pos 17thAll 38thClass Pos 27thClass All 35th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

4,591

3,602 rush · 989 recv

Total TDs

19 rush · 6 recv

Total Touches

1,052

929 carries · 123 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att8Yds29Y/A3.61D11D%12.5

Receiving

Tgt9Rec9Yds47Ctch%100.0%Y/R5.2Y/Tgt5.21D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.1Rec EPA2.8

College Stats

Oregon; Merced CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon; Merced College), 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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #81

#73Ron DixonWR #74Steve WarrenDT #75Chris RedmanQB #76J.R. RedmondRB #77Hank PoteatFS #78Laveranues ColesWR #79JaJuan DawsonWR #80Darrell JacksonWR #82Leander JordanOT #83Damion McIntoshOT #84Ben KellyDB #85Greg WesleyFS #86Jeff UlbrichILB #87Dustin LymanTE #88Doug ChapmanRB #89Corey MooreLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Reuben inherited the Denver Broncos RB room from Clinton Portis (2002–2003), and handed it to Kyle Johnson (2004–2006).

Rick Parros 1981–1984Gerald Willhite 1982–1988Sammy Winder 1982–1990Gene Lang 1984–1987Steve Sewell 1985–1991Mel Bratton

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2007team change
Joined NYG (from CLE)
2005team change
Joined CLE (from DEN)
2002team change
Joined DEN (from DET)
2000draft
Drafted by DET — Round 3, Pick 81

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 220 lb

Frame

215 lb at 4.66s

Size-speed

30" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

13 reps

Bench power

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

F2001

D2002

D2003

B+2004

B+2005

B2006

C+2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

78%

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
2001	72	18	431+359	25.4
2002	11	1.6	186+175	11
2003	14	2	163+149	9.6
2004	1,240	82.7	1,270+30	74.7
2005	1,232	77	1,178-54	69.3
2006	758	54.1	813+55	47.8
2007	275	17.2	292+17	17.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

70 career value over replacement — #1632 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #81 (Rd 3) · DET · 2000 · +25.3 vs expected KV-H

64actual

38.7 expected · Δ+25.3

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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 · 2000

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #81

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography