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Knowshon Moreno

Drafted by DEN · GM Brian Xanders · Georgia

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Knowshon Moreno across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played63
Games started45
Weighted career AV33
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons6

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2009 · Round 1 · #12

DEN draft credit

GM Brian Xanders

Team games60
Team starts45
On-team AV34
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Excellent+0.83 contribution3rd of 19 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Excellent pick

Knowshon Moreno was Brian Xanders's 3rd-best of 19 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.83. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Brian Xanders's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
60
on drafting team · 63 full-career
Games started
45
on drafting team
Snap-z
1.8
1 modeled season
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
34
modeled; full weighted AV 33
AV / 1k snaps
18.4
707 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.8
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Brian Xanders's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Brian Xanders pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Knowshon Moreno totals +0.83. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+222. Thomas#22 · Demaryius Thomas · aggregate +2.65Thomas +2.787. Decker#87 · Eric Decker · aggregate +1.3612. Moreno#12 · Knowshon Moreno · aggregate +0.83Moreno +0.845. Beadles#45 · Zane Beadles · aggregate +0.5580. Walton#80 · J.D. Walton · aggregate +0.17174. Brandstater#174 · Tom Brandstater · aggregate +0.06225. Thompson#225 · Syd'Quan Thompson · aggregate +0.02232. Kirlew#232 · Jammie Kirlew · aggregate -0.1425. Tebow#25 · Tim Tebow · aggregate -0.22141. McKinley#141 · Kenny McKinley · aggregate -0.3564. Quinn#64 · Richard Quinn · aggregate -0.38225. Schlueter#225 · Blake Schlueter · aggregate -0.39114. Bruton#114 · David Bruton · aggregate -0.43183. Olsen#183 · Eric Olsen · aggregate -0.52132. Olsen#132 · Seth Olsen · aggregate -0.6848. McBath#48 · Darcel McBath · aggregate -0.77137. Cox#137 · Perrish Cox · aggregate -0.7737. Smith#37 · Alphonso Smith · aggregate -1.0418. Ayers#18 · Robert Ayers · aggregate -1.94

Incremental contribution by season

-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+42009 · Tom Brandstater · incremental +0.062009 · Knowshon Moreno · incremental +1.272009 · Richard Quinn · incremental -0.242009 · Darcel McBath · incremental -0.442009 · Kenny McKinley · incremental -0.602009 · Blake Schlueter · incremental -0.682009 · David Bruton · incremental -0.962009 · Seth Olsen · incremental -1.112009 · Alphonso Smith · incremental -1.652009 · Robert Ayers · incremental -2.872010 · J.D. Walton · incremental +0.052010 · David Bruton · incremental +0.142010 · Knowshon Moreno · incremental +0.182010 · Zane Beadles · incremental +0.212010 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +1.472010 · Eric Decker · incremental +2.112010 · Syd'Quan Thompson · incremental -0.032010 · Tim Tebow · incremental -0.142010 · Jammie Kirlew · incremental -0.312010 · Richard Quinn · incremental -0.402010 · Robert Ayers · incremental -0.422010 · Darcel McBath · incremental -0.772010 · Eric Olsen · incremental -0.882010 · Perrish Cox · incremental -1.252011 · Knowshon Moreno · incremental +0.052011 · Zane Beadles · incremental +0.072011 · J.D. Walton · incremental +0.152011 · David Bruton · incremental +0.162011 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.242011 · Eric Decker · incremental +0.262011 · Tim Tebow · incremental -0.232011 · Robert Ayers · incremental -0.652012 · J.D. Walton · incremental +0.042012 · Knowshon Moreno · incremental +0.102012 · David Bruton · incremental +0.182012 · Eric Decker · incremental +0.322012 · Zane Beadles · incremental +0.762012 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +1.192012 · Robert Ayers · incremental -0.112013 · Zane Beadles · incremental +0.102013 · Knowshon Moreno · incremental +0.242013 · Eric Decker · incremental +0.372013 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.632013 · David Bruton · incremental -0.012013 · Robert Ayers · incremental -0.322014 · David Bruton · incremental +0.002014 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.672015 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.522015 · David Bruton · incremental -0.062016 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +1.082017 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.482018 · Demaryius Thomas · incremental +0.23Moreno +1.3Smith -1.6Ayers -2.9Moreno +0.2Decker +2.1Moreno +0.1Moreno +0.1Moreno +0.2200910 players201014 players20118 players20127 players20136 players20142 players20152 players20161 player20171 player20181 player
Above expectationBelow expectationKnowshon MorenoGM total -2.0Knowshon Moreno by season +1.8

How much retained production did Knowshon Moreno return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Knowshon Moreno since 2010 (7 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

0+0.5+1+1.5Model value above slot12. GibbsJahmyr Gibbs · model value +1.612. MorenoKnowshon Moreno · model value +0.8+0.812. MathewsRyan Mathews · model value +0.810. GurleyTodd Gurley · model value +0.68. RobinsonBijan Robinson · model value +0.58. McCaffreyChristian McCaffrey · model value 015. GordonMelvin Gordon · model value 09. SpillerC.J. Spiller · model value -0.1
Knowshon MorenoSlot-similar peers (7)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'10'12'1401122324301Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (6 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2009DEN1696
2010DEN13138
2011DEN722
2012DEN865
2013DEN16127071.81318.4
2014MIA3168-1.1114.7

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