Tom Fears is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned a strong career value score of 75 in the Knox value model. Fears's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
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Tom Fears
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextYes
Hall of Fame
A top 5% all-time wide receiver — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 125 · #820 · High-ValueWorth 125 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
5
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+25
Avg surplus
peak +37
5 seasons × ~25 surplus ≈ VORP 125
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1948 | — | LAR | 1 | — | — | 51 | 698 | 4 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | — | LAR | 11 | — | — | 77 | 1,013 | 9 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | LAR | 12 | — | — | 84 | 1,116 | 7 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| 1951 | — | LAR | 7 | — | — | 32 | 528 | 3 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | — | LAR | 11 | — | — | 38 | 600 | 6 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — |
| 1953 | — | LAR | 5 | — | — | 23 | 278 | 4 | — | 12.1 | — | — | — |
| 1954 | — | LAR | 8 | — | — | 36 | 546 | 3 | — | 15.2 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | — | LAR | 12 | — | — | 44 | 569 | 2 | — | 12.9 | — | — | — |
| 1956 | — | LAR | 2 | — | — | 5 | 49 | 0 | — | 9.8 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 69 | — | 0 | 390 | 5,397 | 38 | — | 13.8 | — | — | — | |
Receiving
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 26 | LAR | 1 | — | — | 51 | 698 | 4 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 27 | LAR | 11 | — | — | 77 | 1,013 | 9 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | 28 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 84 | 1,116 | 7 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| 1951 | 29 | LAR | 7 | — | — | 32 | 528 | 3 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | 30 | LAR | 11 | — | — | 38 | 600 | 6 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — |
| 1953 | 31 | LAR | 5 | — | — | 23 | 278 | 4 | — | 12.1 | — | — | — |
| 1954 | 32 | LAR | 8 | — | — | 36 | 546 | 3 | — | 15.2 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | 33 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 44 | 569 | 2 | — | 12.9 | — | — | — |
| 1956 | 34 | LAR | 2 | — | — | 5 | 49 | 0 | — | 9.8 | — | — | — |
| Career | 69 | 0 | 390 | 5,397 | 38 | — | 13.8 | — | — | — |
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 75 · GreatA great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 75 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
73
Sustained
career value
×.6
78
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 75 × longevity 1 = KV-H 75· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 73
On-field 54.8
Availability 18.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
1949bestavg 73elite 701955
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 position26
Depth
of 100
Reached 25% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
25% of the all-time Receptions leader25
1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33
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: 98%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Santa Clara UCLA), 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.
Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1956final season
Last recorded season with LAR
- 1948signing
Entered the NFL with LAR
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 5-season peers. See all →
75
peak 78
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
A1949
A1950
B1952
B1954
B1955
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.
71%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1,013 | 92.1 | 1,446+433 | 85 |
| 1950 | 1,116 | 93 | 1,461+345 | 85.9 |
| 1952 | 600 | 54.5 | 822+222 | 48.3 |
| 1954 | 546 | 68.3 | 1,049+503 | 61.7 |
| 1955 | 569 | 47.4 | 703+134 | 41.4 |
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
125 career value over replacement — #820 all-time of 4,642. 25/season above a replacement-level WR.
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