Dante Lavelli is a Hall of Fame tight end whose career earned a solid career value score of 61 in the Knox value model. Lavelli's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Dante Lavelli

"Gluefingers"

★ HALL OF FAME👑 Dynasty DNA · 10 seasons · 3 titles Top 21% all-time TEsHigh-End Starter

BornFeb 23, 1923

Age103

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr1946

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 31% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

31% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader31

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

153 career value over replacement — #614 all-time of 4,649. 13.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

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StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Career Milestones7

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19471K career receiving yards
1948100 career receptions
194925 career receiving TDs
19503K career receiving yards
1953250 career receptions
195350 career receiving TDs
19545K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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

Marion MotleyFB7y Doug AtkinsDE2y

Movementderived from season history

1956final season
Last recorded season with CLE
1946signing
Entered the NFL with CLE

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 61

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

A+1946

B1947

C+1948

B1949

B1950

B1951

D1952

B1953

B1954

C+1955

C1956

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

79%

19461956

1946 · cause not documented · 67%1947 · cause not documented · 50%1948 · cause not documented · 58%1949 · cause not documented · 58%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

League Leads 86.3%Era Quality (KV-H) 10.1%All-Time Ranks 3.6%

Monitor score 27.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity79

Peak61

Accolades20

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

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
1946	843	105.4	1,909+1,066	112.3
1947	799	133.2	2,396+1,597	141
1948	463	66.1	601+138	35.4
1949	475	67.9	900+425	52.9
1950	565	47.1	414-151	24.3
1951	586	48.8	430-156	25.3
1952	336	67.2	734+398	43.2
1953	783	65.3	414-369	24.3
1954	802	66.8	420-382	24.7
1955	492	41	193-299	11.4
1956	344	31.3	0-344	0

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 Geography

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Gave the Cleveland Browns an entire corpus-attributed career — 11 seasons (1946–1956), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.

1952 · cause not documented · 42%