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

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Charles White

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 12% all-time RBsIron Man

Height5'10"

Weight190 lb

BornJan 22, 1958

Age68

CollegeUSC See College Stats

Rookie yr1980

Draft1980 · Rd 1, Pick 27 · CLE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

97thRushing Yards·6,150 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1987·Rush TD11 Led NFL1987·Rush Yds1,374 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end running back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 95 · #1199 · High-Value

Worth 95 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.6

Avg surplus

peak +47

7 seasons × ~13.6 surplus ≈ VORP 95

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	Rushing								Receiving
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
1980	—	CLE	14	—	86	279	5	3.2	5.8	—	—	—	—	17	153	1	—	9.0	—	—	—
1981	—	CLE	16	—	97	342	1	3.5	1.0	—	—	—	—	27	219	0	—	8.1	—	—	—
1982	—	CLE	9	—	69	259	3	3.8	4.3	—	—	—	—	34	283	0	—	8.3	—	—	—
1984	—	CLE	10	—	24	62	0	2.6	0.0	—	—	—	—	5	29	0	—	5.8	—	—	—
1985	—	RAM	16	—	70	310	3	4.4	4.3	—	—	—	—	1	12	0	—	12.0	—	—	—
1986	—	RAM	16	—	22	126	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	1	7	0	—	7.0	—	—	—
1987	—	RAM	15	—	324	1,374	11	4.2	3.4	—	—	—	—	23	121	0	—	5.3	—	—	—
1988	—	RAM	12	—	88	323	0	3.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	6	36	0	—	6.0	—	—	—
Career		—	108	—	1,560	6,150	46	3.9	2.9	—	—	—	—	228	1,720	2	—	7.5	—	—	—

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1980	22	CLE	14	—	86	279	5	3.2	5.8	—	—	—	11.3
1981	23	CLE	16	—	97	342	1	3.5	1.0	—	—	—	8.3
1982	24	CLE	9	—	69	259	3	3.8	4.3	—	—	—	8.3
1984	26	CLE	10	—	24	62	0	2.6	0.0	—	—	—	4.2
1985	27	RAM	16	—	70	310	3	4.4	4.3	—	—	—	7.7
1986	28	RAM	16	—	22	126	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—	6.5
1987	29	RAM	15	—	324	1,374	11	4.2	3.4	—	—	—	21.4
1988	30	RAM	12	—	88	323	0	3.7	0.0	—	—	—	5.8
Career			108		1,560	6,150	46	3.9	—	—	—	—	73.5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1980	22	CLE	14	—	—	17	153	1	—	9.0	—	—	—
1981	23	CLE	16	—	—	27	219	0	—	8.1	—	—	—
1982	24	CLE	9	—	—	34	283	0	—	8.3	—	—	—
1984	26	CLE	10	—	—	5	29	0	—	5.8	—	—	—
1985	27	RAM	16	—	—	1	12	0	—	12.0	—	—	—
1986	28	RAM	16	—	—	1	7	0	—	7.0	—	—	—
1987	29	RAM	15	—	—	23	121	0	—	5.3	—	—	—
1988	30	RAM	12	—	—	6	36	0	—	6.0	—	—	—
Career			108		—	228	1,720	2	—	7.5	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 66.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 43.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

1980bestavg 61elite 701988

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader34

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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%.

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

7,870

6,150 rush · 1,720 recv

Total TDs

46 rush · 2 recv

Total Touches

1,788

1,560 carries · 228 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), 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.

1980 Draft Class· this player went #27

#2Lam JonesWR #3Anthony MunozOT #5Curtis DickeyRB #7Junior MillerTE #13Earl CooperRB #15Marc WilsonQB #18Art MonkWR #25Vagas FergusonRB #28Mark MaloneQB #29Joe CribbsRB #32Ray DonaldsonC #33Doug MarshTE #41Dave WaymerDB #46Matt SuheyRB #49Kevin HouseWR #53Perry HarringtonRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Charles opened the Cleveland Browns RB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Dwight Walker (1982–1984).

Charles White 1980–1984Dwight Walker 1982–1984Boyce Green 1983–1984Earnest Byner 1984–1995Tim Manoa 1987–1989Leroy Hoard 1990–1995

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1988final season
Last recorded season with RAM
1985team change
Joined RAM (from CLE)
1980draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 1, Pick 27

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 190 lb

Frame

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 73

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

C+1980

C+1981

B1982

C1984

C+1985

C+1986

A+1987

B1988

Availability

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

90%

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
1980	279	19.9	424+145	24.9
1981	342	21.4	459+117	27
1982	259	28.8	611+352	36
1984	62	6.2	255+193	15
1985	310	19.4	487+177	28.6
1986	126	7.9	260+134	15.3
1987	1,374	91.6	2,140+766	125.9
1988	323	26.9	734+411	43.2

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

95 career value over replacement — #1199 all-time of 4,642. 11.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #27 (Rd 1) · CLE · 1980 · +12.1 vs expected KV-H

67actual

54.9 expected · Δ+12.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1980 Draft Class· this player went #27

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator