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

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Ronnie Hillman

Top 23% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter📉 Fades · -35% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height5'10"

Weight195 lb

BornSep 14, 1991

Age35

CollegeSan Diego State

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts
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%
2012	20–21	DEN	14	—	85	330	1	3.9	1.2	19	22.4	1	12	10	62	0	83.3%	6.2	5.2	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	21–22	DEN	10	—	55	218	1	4.0	1.8	13	23.6	1	14	12	119	0	85.7%	9.9	8.5	—	7	157	20.9%	—	0.0%	6	2.0%
2014	22–23	DEN	8	—	106	434	3	4.1	2.8	20	18.9	0	34	21	139	1	61.8%	6.6	4.1	—	6	312	53.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	23–24	DEN	16	—	207	863	7	4.2	3.4	43	20.8	1	35	24	111	0	68.6%	4.6	3.2	—	3	522	47.1%	—	0.0%	2	0.6%
2016	24–25	MIN / SD	8	—	41	131	0	3.2	0.0	7	17.1	0	15	7	93	0	46.7%	13.3	6.2	—	3	134	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	56	—	494	1,976	12	4.0	2.4	102	20.6	3	110	74	524	1	67.3%	7.1	4.8	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2434 all-time of 4,695. 7.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #67 (Rd 3) · DEN · 2012 · +17 vs expected KV-H

60actual

43 expected · Δ+17

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Career arc · VAL by season

5 seasons · peak 1.7 in 2014

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.2 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2014 · +0.1 wins

Rushing+0.1
Receiving+0.1

Latest season · 2016 · −0.1 wins

Rushing−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · RB

#284 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H

077th percentile100

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Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2012	20–21	DEN	14	—	85	330	1	3.9	1.2	19	22.4	1	0
2013	21–22	DEN	9	0*	55	218	1	4.0	1.8	13	23.6	1	0
2014	22–23	DEN	8	4*	106	434	3	4.1	2.8	20	18.9	0	1.7
2015	23–24	DEN	16	0*	207	863	7	4.2	3.4	43	20.8	1	0.3
2016	24–25	All teams	8	—	41	131	0	3.2	0.0	7	17.1	0	0
Career			55		494	1,976	12	4.0	2.4	102	20.6	3	2

* 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
2012	20–21	DEN	14	—	12	10	62	0	83.3%	6.2	5.2	—	3
2013	21–22	DEN	9	0*	14	12	119	0	85.7%	9.9	8.5	—	7
2014	22–23	DEN	8	4*	34	21	139	1	61.8%	6.6	4.1	—	6
2015	23–24	DEN	16	0*	35	24	111	0	68.6%	4.6	3.2	—	3
2016	24–25	All teams	8	—	15	7	93	0	46.7%	13.3	6.2	—	3
Career			55		110	74	524	1	67.3%	7.1	4.8	—	22

* 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%
2013	21–22	DEN	10	0*	157	20.9%	—	0.0%	6	2.0%
2014	22–23	DEN	8	4*	312	53.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	23–24	DEN	16	0*	522	47.1%	—	0.0%	2	0.6%
2016	24–25	All teams	8	—	134	—	—	—	—	—
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W7	PHI	1	-6	—	1	1	2	-0.4
W8	CHI	4	15	—	2	5	9	2.4
W9	DET	7	30	—	1	1	32	6.2
W10	WAS	4	2	—	—	—	—	0.2
W11	ARI	2	9	—	—	—	—	0.9
W15	LV	7	34	—	—	—	—	3.4
W16	CLE	9	6	—	—	2	—	0.6
W17	KC	7	41	—	3	6	50	9.1

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 8 games

Splits

8 games · 2016

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows · 3 not classified

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Home	2	9	39	1	1	32	7.1
Away	3	9	11	6	3	11	2.2

3 of 8 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Wins / Losses2 rows · 3 not classified

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Wins	1	2	9	—	—	—	0.9
Losses	4	16	41	7	4	43	8.4

3 of 8 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Regular season / Postseason1 row

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Regular season	8	41	131	15	7	93	22.4

By opponent8 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
vs ARI	1	2	9	—	—	—	0.9
vs CHI	1	4	15	5	2	9	2.4
vs CLE	1	9	6	2	—	—

By month2 rows · 3 not classified

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
October	2	5	9	6	3	11	2
November	3	13	41	1	1	32	7.3

3 of 8 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Division games2 rows · 3 not classified

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Division	2	11	45	6	3	41	8.6
Non-division	3	7	5	1	1	2	0.7

3 of 8 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43

Availability 15

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 56elite 702016

Rush Yds career shape vs similar running backs

2012-2016

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rush Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.