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

Height6'2"

Weight228 lb

BornJun 26, 1968

Age58

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

38thReceptions·815

Postseason all-time ranks

25thPlayoff Receptions·62 27thPlayoff Receiving Yards·814 yds 75thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4

Career Value · VORP

174 career value over replacement — #496 all-time of 4,649. 34.8/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #192 (Rd 7) · DEN · 1990 · +66.2 vs expected KV-H

88actual

21.8 expected · Δ+66.2

💔+43.8 stolen VORP·1.26 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 174 · #496 · High-Value

Worth 174 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 12% of all 4,649 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 ≈ VORP 174

Shannon Sharpe

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Career Value · VORP