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

Age

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

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—	—	—

No production recorded1980

1980: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 16.3 in 1981

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.1 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1981 · +1.3 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+1.3

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
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	—	16.3
1982	24–25	DET	9	—	36	86	41.9%	411	2	4	2.3	4.7	4.8	3.2	0.5	45.3	—	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	—	7.5
1984	26–27	DET	8	—	16	38	42.1%	246	1	1	2.6	2.6	6.5	5.8	1.0	62.0	—	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	—	13
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	—	4.5
1988	30–31	DET	5	—	12	27	44.4%	158	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.9	5.9	—	63.5	—	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	—	—
Career			87		830	1,546	53.7%	10,711	55	70	3.6	4.5	6.9	5.6	0.8	68.7	—	41.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1981	23–24	DET	16	—	41	168	7	4.1	17.1	—	—	—
1982	24–25	DET	9	—	10	57	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1983	25–26	DET	16	—	41	171	3	4.2	7.3	—	—	—
1984	26–27	DET	8	—	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	—	—	—
1985	27–28	DET	16	—	32	89	2	2.8	6.3	—	—	—
1986	28–29	DET	16	—	16	46	0	2.9	0.0	—	—	—
1988	30–31	DET	5	—	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	—	—	—
1989	31–32	DET	1	—	2	11	1	5.5	50.0	—	—	—
Career			87		145	550	13	3.8	9.0	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 36.7

Availability 18.3