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

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Samaje Perine

Top 33% all-time RBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017Two-Way Profile

Height5'10"

Weight240 lb

BornSep 16, 1995

Age30

CollegeOklahoma See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 4, Pick 114 · WAS

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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 31 · #2646 · Role Player

Worth 31 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 58% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +5.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+5.2

Avg surplus

peak +13

6 seasons × ~5.2 surplus ≈ VORP 31

Combined Season Grid

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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%
2017	—	WAS	13	—	175	603	1	3.4	0.6	22	12.6	2	24	22	182	1	91.7%	8.3	7.6	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	359	43.9%	—	0.0%	80	29.3%
2018	—	WAS	4	—	8	32	0	4.0	0.0	2	25.0	0	4	3	5	0	75.0%	1.7	1.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	11.8%	—	0.0%	39	40.0%
2019	—	MIA	1	—	5	16	0	3.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CIN	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	5.3%	—	0.0%	110	56.7%
2020	—	CIN	11	—	63	301	3	4.8	4.8	16	25.4	0	12	11	66	0	91.7%	6.0	5.5	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	207	24.9%	—	0.0%	288	61.8%
2021	—	CIN	15	—	55	246	1	4.5	1.8	11	20.0	0	31	27	196	1	87.1%	7.3	6.3	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	276	28.1%	—	0.0%	272	60.8%
2022	—	CIN	16	—	95	394	2	4.1	2.1	19	20.0	0	51	38	287	4	74.5%	7.6	5.6	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	448	40.3%	—	0.0%	186	45.7%
2022	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	DEN	17	—	53	238	1	4.5	1.9	14	26.4	1	56	50	455	0	89.3%	9.1	8.1	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	360	33.6%	—	0.0%	94	25.2%
2023	—	MIA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	KC	17	—	20	92	1	4.6	5.0	7	35.0	0	35	28	322	1	80.0%	11.5	9.2	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	296	25.8%	—	0.0%	110	27.2%
2025	—	CIN	14	—	84	382	3	4.5	3.6	32	38.1	2	21	17	87	0	81.0%	5.1	4.1	—	5	7	1	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	346	35.1%	—	0.0%	168	42.7%
Career		—	119	—	558	2,304	12	4.1	2.2	124	22.2	5	234	196	1,600	7	83.8%	8.2	6.8	—	77	11	4	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,333	27.6%	—	0.0%	1,347	43.3%

Career EPA-11.1·-58 rushing · 47 receiving·-1.4/season