Royce Freeman NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Royce Freeman

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Royce Freeman

Top 35% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018

Height6'0"

Weight238 lb

BornFeb 24, 1996

Age30

CollegeOregon See College Stats

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 3, Pick 71 · DEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 22 · #3030 · Role Player

Worth 22 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 66% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

3 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+7.3

Avg surplus

peak +10

3 seasons × ~7.3 surplus ≈ VORP 22

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
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	—	DEN	14	—	130	521	5	4.0	3.8	30	23.1	1	20	14	72	0	70.0%	5.1	3.6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	308	32.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	DEN	16	—	132	496	3	3.8	2.3	22	16.7	0	50	43	256	1	86.0%	6.0	5.1	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	506	50.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DEN	11	—	35	170	0	4.9	0.0	10	28.6	0	13	12	81	0	92.3%	6.8	6.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	193	19.0%	—	0.0%	159	38.9%
2020	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	HOU	11	—	56	169	0	3.0	0.0	8	14.3	0	16	10	77	0	62.5%	7.7	4.8	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CAR	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	218	24.4%	—	0.0%	75	24.0%
2022	—	HOU	4	—	41	117	0	2.9	0.0	7	17.1	1	8	6	33	0	75.0%	5.5	4.1	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	106	39.8%	—	0.0%	17	21.3%
2023	—	LA	9	—	77	319	2	4.1	2.6	17	22.1	0	2	1	13	0	50.0%	13.0	6.5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	207	34.8%	—	0.0%	164	41.7%
2023	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	83	—	471	1,792	10	3.8	2.1	94	20.0	2	109	86	532	1	78.9%	6.2	4.9	—	21	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,538	33.5%	—	0.0%	415	31.5%

Career EPA-72.0·-67 rushing · -5 receiving·-12.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2018	22	DEN	14	0*	130	521	5	4.0	3.8	30	23.1	1	8.8
2019	23	DEN	16	8*	132	496	3	3.8	2.3	22	16.7	0	11
2020	24	DEN	11	0*	35	170	0	4.9	0.0	10	28.6	0	4.7
2021	25	HOU	11	0*	56	169	0	3.0	0.0	8	14.3	0	4.1
2022	26	HOU	4	0*	41	117	0	2.9	0.0	7	17.1	1	1.8
2023	27	LA	9	0*	77	319	2	4.1	2.6	17	22.1	0	4.6
Career			65	8*	471	1,792	10	3.8	—	94	—	2	35

* 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
2018	22	DEN	14	0*	20	14	72	0	70.0%	5.1	3.6	—	2
2019	23	DEN	16	8*	50	43	256	1	86.0%	6.0	5.1	—	10
2020	24	DEN	11	0*	13	12	81	0	92.3%	6.8	6.2	—	4
2021	25	HOU	11	0*	16	10	77	0	62.5%	7.7	4.8	—	4
2022	26	HOU	4	0*	8	6	33	0	75.0%	5.5	4.1	—	0
2023	27	LA	9	0*	2	1	13	0	50.0%	13.0	6.5	—	1
Career			65	8*	109	86	532	1	78.9%	6.2	4.9	—	21

* 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%
2018	22	DEN	14	0*	308	32.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	23	DEN	16	8*	506	50.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	24	DEN	16	0*	193	19.0%	—	0.0%	159	38.9%
2021	25	CAR	15	0*	218	24.4%	—	0.0%	75	24.0%
2022	26	HOU	4	0*	106	39.8%	—	0.0%	17	21.3%
2023	27	LA	14	0*	207	34.8%	—	0.0%	164	41.7%
Career			79	8*	1,538	—	—	—	415	—

* 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
2018	22	—	—	0*	—	-17.9	-1.7	0	15
2019	23	—	—	8*	—	-17.4	-2.5	0	9
2020	24	—	—	0*	—	-0.3	2.7	0	22
2021	25	—	—	0*	—	-9.5	-1.8	0	-6
2022	26	—	—	0*	—	-15.4	-1.5	0	-6
2023	27	—	—	0*	—	-6.5	-0.3	0	0
Career				8*	—	—	—	0	34

* 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
2018	22	DEN	14	0*	194	1.5	327	2.5	16	8.1	30
2019	23	DEN	16	8*	244	1.8	252	1.9	8	16.5	22
2020	24	DEN	16	0*	94	2.7	76	2.2	2	17.5	10
2021	25	2TM	15	0*	82	1.5	87	1.6	0	—	8
2022	26	HOU	4	0*	92	2.2	25	0.6	2	20.5	7
2023	27	LA	14	0*	180	2.3	139	1.8	8	9.6	17
Career			79	8*	886	—	906	—	36	—	94

* 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
2018	22	DEN	14	0*	0.8	0.9	4.2	1	2	0.1	2	75.4
2019	23	DEN	16	8*	0.1	-0.1	6.0	4	2	0.0	10	94.7
2020	24	DEN	16	0*	1.7	1.5	5.3	0	0	0.0	4	92.6
2021	25	2TM	15	0*	-0.4	0.2	7.5	0	1	0.1	4	74.2
2022	26	HOU	4	0*	-0.8	-1.0	6.5	1	0	0.0	0	81.8
2023	27	LA	14	0*	0.0	-1.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	1	70.8
Career			79	8*	—	—	—	6	5	—	21	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

52

Sustained

career value

×.6

57

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 37.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 482023

All-Time Standing

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

13

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader10

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-12.01 EPA/season over 6 seasons46

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

44

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:1.511 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.511Touch rate0.377EPA/snap-0.047Snap share33.5%Off snaps1,538ReliableCV 0.29

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 · 2018

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

RB · 2018 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 69thClass Pos 45thClass All 64th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 54thClass Pos 38thClass All 58th

118"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 55thClass Pos 17thClass All 48th

17 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 27thClass Pos 50thClass All 39th

6.90s

3-Cone

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 81thClass Pos 68thClass All 74th

4.16s

Shuttle

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 79thClass Pos 75thClass All 85th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

2,324

1,792 rush · 532 recv

Total TDs

11

10 rush · 1 recv

Total Touches

557

471 carries · 86 rec

Yds / Touch

4.2

rushing + receiving

College Stats

OregonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #71

#63Carlton Davis IIICB #64Tyquan LewisDE #65Brandon ParkerOT #66Lorenzo CarterLB #67Chad ThomasDE #68Justin ReidS #69B.J. HillDE #70Fred WarnerMLB #72Nathan ShepherdDE #73Jerome BakerOLB #74Geron ChristianOT #75Derrick NnadiNT #76Mason RudolphQB #77Sam HubbardDE #78Malik JeffersonLB #79Rasheem GreenDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Royce inherited the Denver Broncos RB room from Phillip Lindsay (2018–2020), and handed it to Melvin Gordon (2020–2022).

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

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Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined LA (from HOU)
2023final season
Last recorded season with LA
2021team change
Joined HOU (from DEN)
2018draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 3, Pick 71

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 238 lb

Frame

229 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

34" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	DEN	0	W16Questionable· Hip
2018	DEN	1	W8Out· AnkleW9Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

54

peak 57

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

B2018

B2019

C2020

C2021

F2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

80%

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
2018	521	37.2	640+119	37.6
2019	496	31	523+27	30.8
2020	170	15.5	256+86	15
2021	169	15.4	252+83	14.8
2022	117	29.3	503+386	29.6
2023	319	35.4	592+273	34.8

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

22 career value over replacement — #3030 all-time of 4,642. 3.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #71 (Rd 3) · DEN · 2018 · +10.4 vs expected KV-H

54actual

43.6 expected · Δ+10.4

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