Ronnie Hickman Jr.
Durable Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2025
Height6'1"
Weight209 lb
BornOct 11, 2001
Age24
CollegeOhio StateSee College Stats
ConferenceBig Ten
Rookie yr2023
A defensive back who maximized value through reliable availability. Their developmental was extended by consistently being on the field.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 19 · #3168 · Role PlayerWorth 19 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 69% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.5 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
2 cleared
1 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
2
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+9.5
Avg surplus
peak +18
2 seasons × ~9.5 surplus ≈ VORP 19
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
3 grids split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2023 | — | CLE | 7 | — | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 312 | 44.0% | 32 | 17.3% | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 44.9 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | — | CLE | 12 | — | 45 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 463 | 51.4% | 55 | 17.8% | 23 | 14 | 0.6 | 105.7 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | — | CLE | 17 | — | 103 | 51 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,039 | 98.4% | 145 | 31.0% | 48 | 30 | 0.6 | 78.7 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 36 | — | 171 | 92 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,814 | 64.6% | 232 | 22.1% | 82 | 49 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 18 | — | |
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 47 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
56
Sustained
career value
×.6
53
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 54.8 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 47· confidence 96%
What builds the career mark of 56
On-field 40.4
Availability 15.6
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2023bestavg 532025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position1
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Interceptions leader1
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
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: 87%.
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+26
Rotational
SIS
Disruption/1000.937Snap share64.6%Def snaps1,814ReliableCV 0.27
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive 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 defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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
Joel BitonioG3yShelby HarrisDE3yMyles GarrettDE3yCorey BojorquezP3yDavid NjokuTE3yEthan PocicC3yDenzel WardCB3yWyatt TellerG3yJack ConklinOT3yMaurice HurstDT3yGrant DelpitSAF3yJerome FordRB3yAlex WrightDE3yMohamoud DiabateLB3yCedric TillmanWR3yIsaiah McGuireDE3ySam KamaraDT3yDawand JonesOT3yRodney McLeod Jr.FS2yZa'Darius SmithDE2yCharley HughlettLS2yDalvin TomlinsonDE2yDustin HopkinsK2yJordan AkinsTE2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterRonnie inherited the Cleveland Browns DB room from Martin Emerson (2022–2024), and handed it to Tyson Campbell (2025).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with CLE
- 2023signing
Entered the NFL with CLE
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 209 lb
Frame
Injury History
3 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CLE | 3 | W6Out· AnkleW7Out· AnkleW8Out· 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 →
47
peak 53
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C2023
C2024
B2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.
80%
20232025
2023 · cause not documented · 59%
Era Translator
INT 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 INT | INT/G | → 2025 INT | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0.1 | 2+1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
19 career value over replacement — #3168 all-time of 4,642. 6.3/season above a replacement-level S.
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