Red Badgro is a Hall of Fame tight end whose career earned a modest career value score of 47 in the Knox value model. Badgro's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
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Red Badgro
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextYes
Hall of Fame
A tight end who maximized value through reliable availability. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 25 · #2893 · Role PlayerWorth 25 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 63% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
46
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+8.3
Avg surplus
peak +11
3 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 25
Combined Season Grid
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1927 | — | NYY | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1928 | — | NYY | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | NYG | 14 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1931 | — | NYG | 11 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1932 | — | NYG | 11 | — | — | 6 | 106 | 0 | — | 17.7 | — | — | — |
| 1933 | — | NYG | 10 | — | — | 9 | 176 | 2 | — | 19.6 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | — | NYG | 13 | — | — | 16 | 206 | 1 | — | 12.9 | — | — | — |
| 1935 | — | NYG | 5 | — | — | 1 | 13 | 0 | — | 13.0 | — | — | — |
| 1936 | — | BKN | 7 | — | — | 3 | 59 | 0 | — | 19.7 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 76 | — | 0 | 35 | 560 | 7 | — | 16.0 | — | — | — | |
Receiving
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 47 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 47 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
54
Sustained
career value
×.6
54
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 54 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 47· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 54
On-field 35.6
Availability 18.4
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
1932bestavg 541934
2 pre-1999 seasons omitted — no era norm (honest coverage gap, not fabricated).
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position4
Depth
of 100
Reached 4% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
4% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader4
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: 92%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Postseason Career
Receiving
Rec2Yds38TD1Y/R19.0
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.
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1936team change
Joined BKN (from NYG)
- 1936final season
Last recorded season with BKN
- 1930team change
Joined NYG (from NYY)
- 1927signing
Entered the NFL with NYY
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 3-season peers. See all →
47
peak 54
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C+1932
C+1933
C+1934
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.
81%
Era Translator
Rec 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 Rec Yds | Rec Yds/G | → 2025 Rec Yds | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 106 | 9.6 | 233+127 | 13.7 |
| 1933 | 176 | 17.6 | 371+195 | 21.8 |
| 1934 | 206 | 15.8 | 341+135 | 20 |
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
25 career value over replacement — #2893 all-time of 4,642. 8.3/season above a replacement-level TE.
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