Shannon Sharpe is a Hall of Fame tight end whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 88 in the Knox value model. Sharpe's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Shannon Sharpe

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 2% all-time TEsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +224% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Career Value · VORP

174 career value over replacement — #511 all-time of 4,695. 34.8/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #192 (Rd 7) · DEN · 1990 · +66.1 vs expected KV-H

88actual

21.9 expected · Δ+66.1

💔+43.8 stolen VORP·1.26 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1990	22	DEN	16	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	23	DEN	16	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	24	DEN	16	—	—	53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	25	DEN	16	—	—	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	26	DEN	15	—	—	87	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	27	DEN	13	—	—	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	28	DEN	15	—	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	29	DEN	16	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	30	DEN	16	—	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	31	DEN	5	—	37	23	224	0	62.2%	9.7	6.1	—	9
2000	32	BAL	16	—	105	67	810	5	63.8%	12.1	7.7	—	36
2001	33	BAL	16	—	114	73	811	2	64.0%	11.1	7.1	—	43
2002	34	DEN	13	—	88	61	686	3	69.3%	11.2	7.8	—	32
2003	35	DEN	15	—	62	62	770	8	100.0%	12.4	12.4	—	42
Career		—	204	—	406	815	3,301	18	200.7%	4.1	8.1	—	162

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

39thReceptions·815

Postseason all-time ranks

25thPlayoff Receptions·62 27thPlayoff Receiving Yards·814 yds 76thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4

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An all-time caliber tight end (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 174 · #511 · High-Value

Worth 174 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 12% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +43.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

+43.5

Avg surplus

peak +47

4 seasons × ~43.5 surplus ≈