Charley Trippi is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a modest career value score of 59 in the Knox value model. Trippi's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
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Charley Trippi
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextYes
Hall of Fame
A quality running back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 59 · #1843 · Above AverageWorth 59 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 41% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 cleared
2 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
50
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
6
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+9.8
Avg surplus
peak +13
6 seasons × ~9.8 surplus ≈ VORP 59
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 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1947 | — | CRD | 9 | — | 83 | 401 | 2 | 4.8 | 2.4 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 240 | 0 | — | 10.4 | — | — | — |
| 1948 | — | CRD | 11 | — | 128 | 690 | 6 | 5.4 | 4.7 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 228 | 2 | — | 10.4 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | — | CRD | 12 | — | 112 | 553 | 3 | 4.9 | 2.7 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 412 | 6 | — | 12.1 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | CRD | 11 | — | 99 | 426 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 270 | 1 | — | 8.4 | — | — | — |
| 1951 | — | CRD | 7 | — | 78 | 501 | 4 | 6.4 | 5.1 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | — | CRD | 10 | — | 72 | 350 | 4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 66 | 0 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1953 | — | CRD | 11 | — | 97 | 433 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 87 | 2 | — | 7.9 | — | — | — |
| 1954 | — | CRD | 5 | — | 18 | 152 | 1 | 8.4 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 18 | 0 | — | 6.0 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | — | CRD | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 76 | — | 687 | 3,506 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.3 | — | — | — | 0 | 130 | 1,321 | 11 | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | |
Rushing
Receiving
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 59 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
56
Sustained
career value
×.6
62
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 58.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 94%
What builds the career mark of 56
On-field 39.7
Availability 16.3
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
1947bestavg 541954
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position17
Depth
of 100
Reached 19% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
19% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader19
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: 93%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Playoff vs Regular Season
🏆 Playoff Performer
Yards / Carry: 5.1 regular season → 5.5 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)
+8%
vs reg season
From Scrimmage · Career
Scrimmage Yds
4,827
3,506 rush · 1,321 recv
Total TDs
34
23 rush · 11 recv
Total Touches
817
687 carries · 130 rec
Yds / Touch
5.9
rushing + receiving
Postseason Career
Rushing
Att20Yds110TD1Y/A5.5TD%5.0
Receiving
Rec1Yds20Y/R20.0
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
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Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1955final season
Last recorded season with CRD
- 1947signing
Entered the NFL with CRD
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 →
59
peak 62
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C1947
B1948
B1949
C+1950
B1951
C+1952
B1953
F1954
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.
79%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 401 | 44.6 | 167-234 | 9.8 |
| 1948 | 690 | 62.7 | 721+31 | 42.4 |
| 1949 | 553 | 46.1 | 542-11 | 31.9 |
| 1950 | 426 | 38.7 | 497+71 | 29.3 |
| 1951 | 501 | 71.6 | 1,277+776 | 75.1 |
| 1952 | 350 | 35 | 560+210 | 32.9 |
| 1953 | 433 | 39.4 | 635+202 | 37.3 |
| 1954 | 152 | 30.4 | 358+206 | 21.1 |
Data: wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:pfhof-inductee-list · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/10/2026
Career Value · VORP
59 career value over replacement — #1843 all-time of 4,642. 7.4/season above a replacement-level RB.
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