Charlie Brown ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Brown in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Brown a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1982 | 23–24 | WAS | 9 | — | — | 32 | 690 | 8 | — | 21.6 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | WAS | 15 | — | — | 78 | 1,225 | 8 | — | 15.7 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | WAS | 9 | — | — | 18 | 200 | 3 | — | 11.1 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | ATL | 13 | — | — | 24 | 412 | 2 | — | 17.2 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | ATL | 16 | — | — | 63 | 918 | 4 | — | 14.6 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | ATL | 6 | — | — | 5 | 103 | 0 | — | 20.6 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 68 | — | — | 220 | 3,548 | 25 | — | 16.1 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
97 career value over replacement — #1190 all-time of 4,695. 16.2/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #201 (Rd 8) · WAS · 1981 · +49 vs expected KV-H
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6 seasons · peak 18.5 in 1982
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
4.1 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1982 · +1.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#114 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 4 | 53 | 0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 53.2 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
Blend 69.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 96%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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