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Bijan Robinson

Drafted by ATL · GM Terry Fontenot · Texas

All NFL teams

Full-career context

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

Games played51
Games started50
Weighted career AV36
Pro Bowls2
AP1 All-Pro1
Career seasons3

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2023 · Round 1 · #8

ATL draft credit

GM Terry Fontenot

Team games51
Team starts50
On-team AV37
On-team PB / AP12 / 1
Excellent+2.98 contribution1st of 36 picks for this GM

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

An Excellent pick

Bijan Robinson was Terry Fontenot's 1st-best of 36 picks across his career, the best pick of the entire tenure.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +2.98. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Terry Fontenot'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
51
on drafting team
Games started
50
on drafting team
Snap-z
7.1
3 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
37
modeled; full weighted AV 36
AV / 1k snaps
14.8
2,493 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
+0.5
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
2
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
1 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 1
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Terry Fontenot's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Terry Fontenot pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Bijan Robinson totals +2.98. 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

0+1+28. Robinson#8 · Bijan Robinson · aggregate +2.98Robinson +3.0182. Ogundeji#182 · Adetokunbo Ogundeji · aggregate +1.34151. Allgeier#151 · Tyler Allgeier · aggregate +1.1296. Watts#96 · Xavier Watts · aggregate +1.064. Pitts#4 · Kyle Pitts · aggregate +1.0474. Ridder#74 · Desmond Ridder · aggregate +0.93109. Dorlus#109 · Brandon Dorlus · aggregate +0.68114. Dalman#114 · Drew Dalman · aggregate +0.628. London#8 · Drake London · aggregate +0.58218. Nelson#218 · Jack Nelson · aggregate +0.33224. Hellams#224 · DeMarcco Hellams · aggregate +0.31186. McClellan#186 · Jase McClellan · aggregate +0.30148. Graham#148 · Ta'Quon Graham · aggregate +0.16187. Washington#187 · Casey Washington · aggregate +0.16197. Logue#197 · Zion Logue · aggregate +0.1338. Bergeron#38 · Matthew Bergeron · aggregate +0.11118. Bowman#118 · Billy Bowman · aggregate +0.08113. Phillips#113 · Clark Phillips · aggregate -0.06225. Gwyn#225 · Jovaughn Gwyn · aggregate -0.1775. Harrison#75 · Zach Harrison · aggregate -0.22213. FitzPatrick#213 · John FitzPatrick · aggregate -0.23143. Bertrand#143 · JD Bertrand · aggregate -0.2738. Ebiketie#38 · Arnold Ebiketie · aggregate -0.3135. Orhorhoro#35 · Ruke Orhorhoro · aggregate -0.3140. Grant#40 · Richie Grant · aggregate -0.3515. Walker#15 · Jalon Walker · aggregate -0.44108. Hall#108 · Darren Hall · aggregate -0.46183. Williams#183 · Avery Williams · aggregate -0.5058. Andersen#58 · Troy Andersen · aggregate -0.5782. Malone#82 · DeAngelo Malone · aggregate -0.6074. Trice#74 · Bralen Trice · aggregate -0.6968. Mayfield#68 · Jalen Mayfield · aggregate -0.728. Penix#8 · Michael Penix · aggregate -0.7226. Pearce#26 · James Pearce · aggregate -0.82190. Shaffer#190 · Justin Shaffer · aggregate -0.85187. Darby#187 · Frank Darby · aggregate -0.90

Incremental contribution by season

-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+102021 · Ta'Quon Graham · incremental +0.092021 · Kyle Pitts · incremental +0.792021 · Adetokunbo Ogundeji · incremental +1.772021 · Drew Dalman · incremental -0.142021 · Richie Grant · incremental -0.282021 · Darren Hall · incremental -0.382021 · Avery Williams · incremental -0.512021 · Jalen Mayfield · incremental -0.662021 · Frank Darby · incremental -0.962022 · Drake London · incremental +0.102022 · Desmond Ridder · incremental +0.142022 · Kyle Pitts · incremental +0.242022 · Ta'Quon Graham · incremental +0.282022 · Troy Andersen · incremental +0.672022 · Drew Dalman · incremental +0.812022 · Tyler Allgeier · incremental +0.852022 · Adetokunbo Ogundeji · incremental +1.502022 · Richie Grant · incremental -0.082022 · Avery Williams · incremental -0.102022 · John FitzPatrick · incremental -0.172022 · DeAngelo Malone · incremental -0.292022 · Frank Darby · incremental -0.322022 · Arnold Ebiketie · incremental -0.382022 · Jalen Mayfield · incremental -0.482022 · Darren Hall · incremental -0.682022 · Justin Shaffer · incremental -1.402023 · Clark Phillips · incremental +0.022023 · Arnold Ebiketie · incremental +0.062023 · DeMarcco Hellams · incremental +0.132023 · Matthew Bergeron · incremental +0.172023 · Ta'Quon Graham · incremental +0.182023 · Kyle Pitts · incremental +0.462023 · Drake London · incremental +0.502023 · Tyler Allgeier · incremental +0.622023 · Drew Dalman · incremental +0.642023 · Bijan Robinson · incremental +0.722023 · Zach Harrison · incremental +1.012023 · Desmond Ridder · incremental +2.052023 · Richie Grant · incremental -0.072023 · Justin Shaffer · incremental -0.212023 · Jovaughn Gwyn · incremental -0.272023 · Frank Darby · incremental -0.292023 · DeAngelo Malone · incremental -0.322023 · John FitzPatrick · incremental -0.662023 · Troy Andersen · incremental -1.402024 · Richie Grant · incremental +0.012024 · Ta'Quon Graham · incremental +0.042024 · Casey Washington · incremental +0.082024 · Brandon Dorlus · incremental +0.092024 · Clark Phillips · incremental +0.122024 · Ruke Orhorhoro · incremental +0.152024 · Zion Logue · incremental +0.202024 · Matthew Bergeron · incremental +0.302024 · Drew Dalman · incremental +0.312024 · Kyle Pitts · incremental +0.412024 · Drake London · incremental +0.622024 · Jase McClellan · incremental +0.672024 · Tyler Allgeier · incremental +0.732024 · Zach Harrison · incremental +0.832024 · Bijan Robinson · incremental +1.812024 · Jovaughn Gwyn · incremental -0.072024 · Avery Williams · incremental -0.152024 · Justin Shaffer · incremental -0.192024 · DeAngelo Malone · incremental -0.212024 · Frank Darby · incremental -0.262024 · Arnold Ebiketie · incremental -0.362024 · JD Bertrand · incremental -0.412024 · Jalen Mayfield · incremental -0.452024 · Troy Andersen · incremental -0.642024 · Bralen Trice · incremental -1.302024 · Michael Penix · incremental -1.522025 · Arnold Ebiketie · incremental +0.052025 · Billy Bowman · incremental +0.112025 · Matthew Bergeron · incremental +0.242025 · Casey Washington · incremental +0.302025 · Drake London · incremental +0.432025 · Kyle Pitts · incremental +0.562025 · Tyler Allgeier · incremental +0.722025 · DeMarcco Hellams · incremental +0.762025 · Jack Nelson · incremental +0.812025 · Brandon Dorlus · incremental +1.362025 · Xavier Watts · incremental +2.442025 · Bijan Robinson · incremental +3.922025 · Jovaughn Gwyn · incremental -0.012025 · JD Bertrand · incremental -0.022025 · Ta'Quon Graham · incremental -0.152025 · Justin Shaffer · incremental -0.212025 · Frank Darby · incremental -0.272025 · Michael Penix · incremental -0.272025 · Clark Phillips · incremental -0.332025 · Bralen Trice · incremental -0.402025 · DeAngelo Malone · incremental -0.442025 · Jalen Mayfield · incremental -0.492025 · Ruke Orhorhoro · incremental -0.942025 · Jalon Walker · incremental -1.242025 · James Pearce · incremental -1.902025 · Zach Harrison · incremental -2.29Ogundeji +1.8Robinson +0.7Ridder +2.1Robinson +1.8Penix -1.5Watts +2.4Robinson +3.9Pearce -1.9Harrison -2.320219 players202217 players202319 players202426 players202526 players
Above expectationBelow expectationBijan RobinsonGM total +2.7Bijan Robinson by season +6.4

How much retained production did Bijan Robinson 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 Bijan Robinson since 2010 (9 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.

-1-0.50+0.5+1+1.5Model value above slot12. GibbsJahmyr Gibbs · model value +1.612. MathewsRyan Mathews · model value +0.810. GurleyTodd Gurley · model value +0.68. RobinsonBijan Robinson · model value +0.5+0.54. ElliottEzekiel Elliott · model value +0.18. McCaffreyChristian McCaffrey · model value 09. SpillerC.J. Spiller · model value -0.14. FournetteLeonard Fournette · model value -0.96. JeantyAshton Jeanty · model value -13. RichardsonTrent Richardson · model value -1.2
Bijan RobinsonSlot-similar peers (9)

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.

'24'25013253850012Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (3 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2023ATL17167722.1911.7
2024ATL17178612.41213.9
2025ATL17178602.51618.6·

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