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

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Charles Godfrey

Top 26% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #138

Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

BornNov 15, 1985

Age40

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 3, Pick 67 · CAR

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 65 · #1714 · Above Average

Worth 65 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13

Avg surplus

peak +34

5 seasons × ~13 surplus ≈ VORP 65

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2008	—	CAR	16	—	52	43	9	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	5	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CAR	10	—	41	32	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	5	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CAR	16	—	72	58	14	3	4	0.0	7.0	5	8	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CAR	14	—	75	57	18	0	1	1.0	2.0	2	7	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CAR	15	—	68	43	25	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	6	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CAR	2	—	9	7	2	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	112	81.5%	3	7.0%
2014	—	CAR	6	—	17	13	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	205	45.3%	88	25.6%
2015	—	ATL	5	—	12	10	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	144	46.4%	90	46.3%
Career		—	84	—	346	263	83	8	7	3.0	18.0	11	34	8	3	1	0	—	0.0%	461	57.7%	181	26.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2008	23	CAR	16	—	52	43	9	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	5	1	2	0	7.1
2009	24	CAR	10	—	41	32	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	5	4	—	0	6.2
2010	25	CAR	16	—	72	58	14	3	4	0.0	7.0	5	8	1	—	0	10.7
2011	26	CAR	14	—	75	57	18	0	1	1.0	2.0	2	7	1	—	0	8
2012	27	CAR	15	—	68	43	25	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	6	0	1	1	8
2013	28	CAR	2	—	9	7	2	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	2	0	—	0	—
2014	29	CAR	6	0*	17	13	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.5
2015	30	ATL	5	0*	12	10	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	—	0	2.2
Career			84		346	263	83	8	7	—	—	11	34	8	3	1	43.7

* 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	28	CAR	2	—	—	0.0%	112	81.5%	3	7.0%
2014	29	CAR	12	0*	—	0.0%	205	45.3%	88	25.6%
2015	30	ATL	8	0*	—	0.0%	144	46.4%	90	46.3%
Career			22		—	—	461	—	181	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2008bestavg 50elite 702015

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #138 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2010 CAR·2 team wins#12

Interceptions · 5 · score 70

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

—

below snap floor

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.302See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.302Snap share57.7%Def snaps461VolatileCV 0.89

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive 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 defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2008

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

DB · 2008 class

4.43s

40-Yard

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 89thClass Pos 56thClass All 86th

32.5"

Vertical

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 39thClass Pos 36thClass All 68th

121"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 70thClass Pos 52thClass All 76th

14 reps

Bench

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 13thClass Pos 18thClass All 8th

7.28s

3-Cone

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 39thClass Pos 13thClass All 38th

4.40s

Shuttle

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 40thClass Pos 15thClass All 48th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl7Solo6Ast1

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #67

#57Chad HenneQB #59Mike PollakG #60Pat LeeCB #61Martellus BennettTE #62Terrence WheatleyDB #63Terrell ThomasCB #65John GrecoC #66Kendall LangfordDE #68Chevis JacksonDB #69Jacob HesterRB #70Earl BennettWR #71Tavares GoodenLB #72Chris EllisOLB #73Jamaal CharlesRB #74Dan ConnorILB #75Reggie SmithDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Charles inherited the Carolina Panthers DB room from Chris Harris (2007–2009), and handed it to Sherrod Martin (2009–2012).

Tyrone Poole 1995–1997Eric Davis 1996–2000Mike Minter 1997–2006Brent Alexander 1998–1999Doug Evans 1998–2001Jimmy Hitchcock

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined ATL (from CAR)
2015final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2008draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 3, Pick 67

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 210 lb

Frame

207 lb at 4.43s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

14 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	CAR	0	W14Questionable· Back
2011	CAR	0	W3Doubtful· HeadW15Questionable· ShoulderW16Doubtful· Shoulder
2009	CAR	1	W8Out· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW10Doubtful· AnkleW11Doubtful· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+2008

C+2009

A2010

B2011

B2012

F2014

F2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

73%

Era Translator

INT 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 INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2008	1	0.1	0-1	0
2009	1	0.1	1	0
2010	5	0.3	4-1	0.3
2011	2	0.1	2	0.1
2012	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

65 career value over replacement — #1714 all-time of 4,642. 9.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #67 (Rd 3) · CAR · 2008 · +17.4 vs expected KV-H

61actual

43.6 expected · Δ+17.4

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #67

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator