Rico Dowdle is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Dowdle in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Dowdle's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Rico Dowdle
Height6'0"
Weight215 lb
BornJun 14, 1998
Age28
ConferenceSoutheastern
Rookie yr2020
A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 50 · #2051 · Above AverageWorth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.7 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
50
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+16.7
Avg surplus
peak +23
3 seasons × ~16.7 surplus ≈ VORP 50
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | DAL | 2 | — | 7 | 24 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 4.8% | — | 0.0% | 201 | 48.5% |
| 2022 | — | DAL | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3.3% | — | 0.0% | 93 | 67.2% |
| 2023 | — | DAL | 16 | — | 89 | 361 | 2 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 17 | 19.1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 144 | 2 | 77.3% | 8.5 | 6.5 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 247 | 22.1% | — | 0.0% | 85 | 24.6% |
| 2024 | — | DAL | 16 | — | 235 | 1,079 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 53 | 22.6 | 2 | 49 | 39 | 249 | 3 | 79.6% | 6.4 | 5.1 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 636 | 57.5% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2024 | — | PHI | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | CAR | 17 | — | 236 | 1,076 | 6 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 52 | 22.0 | 1 | 50 | 39 | 297 | 1 | 78.0% | 7.6 | 5.9 | — | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 591 | 56.1% | — | 0.0% | 32 | 11.9% |
| Career | — | 57 | — | 567 | 2,540 | 10 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 123 | 21.7 | 3 | 121 | 95 | 690 | 6 | 78.5% | 7.3 | 5.7 | — | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1,493 | 28.8% | — | 0.0% | 411 | 38.0% | |
Career EPA-7.4·-18 rushing · 11 receiving·-2.5/season
Rushing
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | DAL | 2 | 0* | 7 | 24 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | 16 | 0* | 89 | 361 | 2 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 17 | 19.1 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | 16 | 9* | 235 | 1,079 | 2 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 53 | 22.6 | 2 | 13.5 |
| 2025 | 27 | CAR | 17 | 10* | 236 | 1,076 | 6 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 52 | 22.0 | 1 | 13.7 |
| Career | 51 | 19* | 567 | 2,540 | 10 | 4.5 | — | 123 | — | 3 | 36.5 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | 16 | 0* | 22 | 17 | 144 | 2 | 77.3% | 8.5 | 6.5 | — | 6 |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | 16 | 9* | 49 | 39 | 249 | 3 | 79.6% | 6.4 | 5.1 | — | 13 |
| 2025 | 27 | CAR | 17 | 10* | 50 | 39 | 297 | 1 | 78.0% | 7.6 | 5.9 | — | 14 |
| Career | 49 | 19* | 121 | 95 | 690 | 6 | 78.5% | 7.3 | 5.7 | — | 33 |
* 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 | DAL | 15 | 0* | 13 | 4.8% | — | 0.0% | 201 | 48.5% |
| 2022 | 24 | DAL | 5 | 0* | 6 | 3.3% | — | 0.0% | 93 | 67.2% |
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | 16 | 0* | 247 | 22.1% | — | 0.0% | 85 | 24.6% |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | 16 | 9* | 636 | 57.5% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 27 | CAR | 17 | 10* | 591 | 56.1% | — | 0.0% | 32 | 11.9% |
| Career | 69 | 19* | 1,493 | — | — | — | 411 | — |
* 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* | — | -2.5 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 25 | — | — | 0* | — | -5.3 | 5.6 | 0 | -11 |
| 2024 | 26 | — | — | 9* | — | -10.5 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 9* | — | — | — | 0 | -10 |
* 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 | DAL | 15 | 0* | 13 | 1.9 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | 16 | 0* | 188 | 2.1 | 173 | 1.9 | 5 | 17.8 | 17 |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | 16 | 9* | 570 | 2.4 | 509 | 2.2 | 11 | 21.4 | 53 |
| 2025 | 27 | CAR | 17 | 10* | 596 | 2.5 | 480 | 2.0 | 14 | 16.9 | 51 |
| Career | 64 | 19* | 1,367 | — | 1,173 | — | 30 | — | 122 |
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | 16 | 0* | -0.5 | -1.5 | 10.0 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 | 6 | 124.1 |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | 16 | 9* | -0.1 | -0.6 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 13 | 108.2 |
| 2025 | 27 | CAR | 17 | 10* | -1.0 | -1.4 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 14 | 89.7 |
| Career | 49 | 19* | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | 33 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 57 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
67
Sustained
career value
×.6
67
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 67 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 67
On-field 47.8
Availability 19.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
2023bestavg 67elite 702025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position16
Depth
of 100
Reached 14% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
14% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader14
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-2.47 EPA/season over 3 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%.
Per-Snap Impact
Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+61
Above average
SIS
Yards/snap2.172Touch rate0.463EPA/snap-0.005Snap share35.1%Off snaps1,487ConsistentCV 0.09
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 basisAmber = 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.
4.54s
40-Yard
Above avg · 54th pct
Pos 54thAll 69thClass Pos 57thClass All 70th
38"
Vertical
Strong · 85th pct
Pos 85thAll 87thClass Pos 76thClass All 87th
127"
Broad Jump
Elite · 92th pct
Pos 92thAll 91thClass Pos 94thClass All 88th
Playoff vs Regular Season
📉 Regular Season Player
Yards / Carry: 4.5 regular season → 2.9 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)
-36%
vs reg season
From Scrimmage · Career
Scrimmage Yds
3,230
2,540 rush · 690 recv
Total TDs
16
10 rush · 6 recv
Total Touches
662
567 carries · 95 rec
Yds / Touch
4.9
rushing + receiving
Postseason Career
2 playoff gamesRushing
Att7Yds20Y/A2.9
Receiving
Tgt5Rec3Yds20Ctch%60.0%Y/R6.7Y/Tgt4.01D2
Advanced (EPA)
Rush EPA-0.1Rec EPA1.5Rec AirYd13
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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.
Top Teammates
Zack MartinG4yDeMarcus LawrenceLB4yDak PrescottQB4yJourdan LewisCB4yC.J. GoodwinCB4yDonovan WilsonSAF4yTerence SteeleOT4yCeeDee LambWR4yTrevon DiggsCB4yIsrael MukuamuCB4yBryan AngerP3yTyron SmithOT3yEzekiel ElliottRB3yDorance ArmstrongDE3yMalik HookerFS3yTony PollardRB3yTyler BiadaszC3yMichael GallupWR3yOsa OdighizuwaDT3yNeville GallimoreDT3yMicah ParsonsLB3yChauncey GolstonDE3yLeighton Vander EschOLB3yKaVontae TurpinWR3y
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025team change
Joined CAR (from DAL)
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with CAR
- 2020signing
Entered the NFL with DAL
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'0" / 215 lb
Frame
213 lb at 4.54s
Size-speed
38" vert / 127" broad
Explosion
Injury History
2 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | DAL | 1 | W11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW17Out· Ankle |
| 2022 | DAL | 1 | W6Out· Ankle |
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 3-season peers. See all →
57
peak 67
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C+2023
B+2024
B+2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
82%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 361 | 22.6 | 371+10 | 21.8 |
| 2024 | 1,079 | 67.4 | 1,145+66 | 67.4 |
| 2025 | 1,076 | 63.3 | 1,076 | 63.3 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
50 career value over replacement — #2051 all-time of 4,642. 16.7/season above a replacement-level RB.
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