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

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Eric Hipple

Top 21% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 1981

Height6'2"

Weight196 lb

BornSep 16, 1957

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Career Value · VORP

113 career value over replacement — #974 all-time of 4,695. 16.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #85 (Rd 4) · DET · 1980 · +20.5 vs expected KV-H

58actual

37.5 expected · Δ+20.5

💔+36.1 stolen VORP·2.24 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1981	23–24	DET	16	—	140	279	50.2%	2,358	14	15	5.0	5.4	8.5	7.0	0.9	73.4	—	41	168	7	4.1	17.1	—	—	—
1982	24–25	DET	9	—	36	86	41.9%	411	2	4	2.3	4.7	4.8	3.2	0.5	45.3	—	10	57	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1983	25–26	DET	16	—	204	387	52.7%	2,577	12	18	3.1	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.7	64.7	—	41	171	3	4.2	7.3	—	—	—
1984	26–27	DET	8	—	16	38	42.1%	246	1	1	2.6	2.6	6.5	5.8	1.0	62.0	—	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	—	—	—
1985	27–28	DET	16	—	223	406	54.9%	2,952	17	18	4.2	4.4	7.3	6.1	0.9	73.6	—	32	89	2	2.8	6.3	—	—	—
1986	28–29	DET	16	—	192	305	63.0%	1,919	9	11	3.0	3.6	6.3	5.3	0.8	75.6	—	16	46	0	2.9	0.0	—	—	—
1988	30–31	DET	5	—	12	27	44.4%	158	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.9	—	63.5	—	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	—	—	—
1989	31–32	DET	1	—	7	18	38.9%	90	0	3	0.0	16.7	5.0	-2.5	0.0	15.7	—	2	11	1	5.5	50.0	—	—	—
Career		—	87	—	830	1,546	53.7%	10,711	55	70	3.6	4.5	6.9	5.6	0.8	68.7	—	145	550	13	3.8	9.0	—	—	—

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 113 · #974 · High-Value

Worth 113 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 22% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.6 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.6

Avg surplus

peak +28

5 seasons × ~22.6 surplus ≈