Also in other sports:mlbRonnie Brown (1943).

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

RBLAC#30ACT

Ronnie Brown

1× Pro BowlTop 18% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #564

Height6'0"

Weight223 lb

BornDec 12, 1981

Age44

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · MIA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 98 · #1162 · High-Value

Worth 98 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+14

Avg surplus

peak +20

7 seasons × ~14 surplus ≈ VORP 98

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									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2005	—	MIA	15	—	207	907	4	4.4	1.9	41	19.8	3	32	32	232	1	100.0%	7.3	7.3	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	MIA	13	—	242	1,005	5	4.2	2.1	49	20.2	3	33	33	276	0	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	12	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	MIA	7	—	119	602	4	5.1	3.4	39	32.8	0	39	39	389	1	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	MIA	16	—	214	916	10	4.3	4.7	48	22.4	1	33	33	254	0	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	12	2	3	66.7%	31	1	0	33.3	0.0	10.3	17.0	—	140.3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	MIA	9	—	147	648	8	4.4	5.4	32	21.8	1	20	14	98	0	70.0%	7.0	4.9	—	5	2	6	33.3%	22	1	0	16.7	0.0	3.7	7.0	—	84.7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	MIA	16	—	200	734	5	3.7	2.5	40	20.0	2	42	33	242	0	78.6%	7.3	5.8	—	13	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYJ	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	PHI	13	—	42	136	1	3.2	2.4	11	26.2	1	2	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	LAC	14	—	46	220	0	4.8	0.0	12	26.1	0	60	49	371	0	81.7%	7.6	6.2	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LAC	12	—	45	157	1	3.5	2.2	8	17.8	0	8	8	60	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	LAC	8	—	20	63	0	3.1	0.0	5	25.0	0	8	5	44	0	62.5%	8.8	5.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	131	—	1,282	5,388	38	4.2	3.0	285	22.2	11	277	246	1,966	2	88.8%	8.0	7.1	—	92	4	12	33.3%	53	2	0	16.7	0.0	4.4	7.8	—	87.8	2	11	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-24.8·-1 passing · -64 rushing · 40 receiving·-2.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2006	25	MIA	13	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	12.3
2008	27	MIA	16	—	2	3	66.7%	31	1	33.3	10.3	17.0	—	140.3	1	14.3
2009	28	MIA	9	—	2	6	33.3%	22	1	16.7	3.7	7.0	—	84.7	1	10
2010	29	MIA	16	—	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	12.2
Career			54		4	12	33.3%	53	2	16.7	4.4	—	—	87.8	2	93.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2005	24	MIA	15	—	207	907	4	4.4	1.9	41	19.8	3
2006	25	MIA	13	—	242	1,005	5	4.2	2.1	49	20.2	3
2007	26	MIA	7	—	119	602	4	5.1	3.4	39	32.8	0
2008	27	MIA	16	—	214	916	10	4.3	4.7	48	22.4	1
2009	28	MIA	9	—	147	648	8	4.4	5.4	32	21.8	1
2010	29	MIA	16	—	200	734	5	3.7	2.5	40	20.0	2
2011	30	PHI	13	—	42	136	1	3.2	2.4	11	26.2	1
2012	31	LAC	14	—	46	220	0	4.8	0.0	12	26.1	0
2013	32	LAC	12	0*	45	157	1	3.5	2.2	8	17.8	0
2014	33	LAC	8	0*	20	63	0	3.1	0.0	5	25.0	0
Career			123		1,282	5,388	38	4.2	—	285	—	11

* 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
2005	24	MIA	15	—	32	32	232	1	100.0%	7.3	7.3	—	12
2006	25	MIA	13	—	33	33	276	0	100.0%	8.4	8.4	—	12
2007	26	MIA	7	—	39	39	389	1	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	18
2008	27	MIA	16	—	33	33	254	0	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	12
2009	28	MIA	9	—	20	14	98	0	70.0%	7.0	4.9	—	5
2010	29	MIA	16	—	42	33	242	0	78.6%	7.3	5.8	—	13
2011	30	PHI	13	—	2	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0
2012	31	LAC	14	—	60	49	371	0	81.7%	7.6	6.2	—	16
2013	32	LAC	12	0*	8	8	60	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	3
2014	33	LAC	8	0*	8	5	44	0	62.5%	8.8	5.5	—	1
Career			123		277	246	1,966	2	88.8%	8.0	7.1	—	92

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2005	24	LV	2	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2006	25	KC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2007	26	MIA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	27	MIA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	29	NYJ	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2011	30	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			10		11	11	—	—	—

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	32	SD	16	0*	149	14.9%	—	0.0%	48	20.5%
2014	33	SD	10	0*	98	16.6%	—	0.0%	50	21.5%
Career			26		247	—	—	—	98	—

* 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
2005	24	—	—	—	—	-14.8	8.6	0	0
2006	25	—	—	—	-1.1	-28.9	7.8	4	22
2007	26	—	—	—	—	22.5	21.2	0	28
2008	27	—	—	—	2.6	-6.2	11.0	46	27
2009	28	—	—	—	-1.3	7.2	-1.5	50	43
2010	29	—	—	—	-1.2	-30.7	-7.5	37	33
2011	30	—	—	—	—	-5.0	-0.8	0	8
2012	31	—	—	—	—	-3.0	-3.6	0	14
2013	32	—	—	0*	—	-1.7	4.8	0	5
2014	33	—	—	0*	—	-3.4	0.2	0	12
Career					—	—	—	137	192

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 43.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 59elite 702014

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #564 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

2006 MIA·6 team wins#23

Rushing Yards · 1,005 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

-2.48 EPA/season over 10 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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

—

below snap floor

Yards / snap:1.312 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.312Touch rate0.328EPA/snap0Snap share15.7%Off snaps247Emerging

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 · 2005

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

RB · 2005 class

4.43s

40-Yard

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 89thClass Pos 90thClass All 87th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 54thClass Pos 56thClass All 44th

117"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 36th pct

Pos 36thAll 50thClass Pos 59thClass All 62th

18 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 33thClass Pos 21thClass All 26th

7.10s

3-Cone

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 56thClass Pos 59thClass All 66th

4.08s

Shuttle

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 90thClass Pos 78thClass All 70th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 4.6 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+9%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

7,354

5,388 rush · 1,966 recv

Total TDs

38 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

1,528

1,282 carries · 246 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Rushing

Att21Yds96TD1Y/A4.6TD%4.81D21D%9.5

Receiving

Tgt12Rec11Yds70TD1Ctch%91.7%Y/R6.4Y/Tgt5.81D4

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-4.7Rec EPA2.6Rec AirYd10

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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #2

#1Manuel WrightDT #3Braylon EdwardsWR #4Cedric BensonRB #5Cadillac WilliamsRB #6Adam JonesDB #7Troy WilliamsonWR #8Antrel RolleS #9Carlos RogersCB #11DeMarcus WareOLB #12Shawne MerrimanDE #13Jammal BrownOT #14Thomas DavisOLB #15Derrick JohnsonLB #16Travis JohnsonDE #17David PollackLB #18Erasmus JamesDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ronnie inherited the Miami Dolphins RB room from Sammy Morris (2004–2006), and handed it to Patrick Cobbs (2007–2010).

Andra Franklin 1981–1984Tommy Vigorito 1981–1985Lorenzo Hampton 1985–1989Ron Davenport 1985–1989Troy Stradford 1987–1990Marc Logan

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2012team change
Joined LAC (from PHI)
2011team change
Joined PHI (from MIA)
2005draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 1, Pick 2

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 223 lb

Frame

233 lb at 4.43s

Size-speed

34" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	SD	0	W15Doubtful· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring
2009	MIA	1	W11Out· Foot

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

B2005

B+2006

C+2007

B2008

B2009

B2010

C+2011

C+2012

C2013

C2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

81%

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
2005	907	60.5	947+40	55.7
2006	1,005	77.3	1,132+127	66.6
2007	602	86	1,292+690	76
2008	916	57.3	874-42	51.4
2009	648	72	1,131+483	66.5
2010	734	45.9	777+43	45.7
2011	136	10.5	252+116	14.8
2012	220	15.7	338+118	19.9
2013	157	13.1	260+103	15.3
2014	63	7.9	144+81	8.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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

98 career value over replacement — #1162 all-time of 4,642. 9.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way Boom-or-BustCV 0.62

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · MIA · 2005 · +1.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

61.8 expected · Δ+1.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #2

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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