Historical Scouting Reports
Updated: May 15, 2016This project was started as a way to quantify the film study that my colleagues and I have done over the years. The players evaluated have been retired for at least 25 years and have have come up in discussions for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Players are strictly graded on game film. No outside factors are involved (personality, charity work, etc.)
Players are divided into two categories: One-Way Players and Two-Way Players. This division is based on the type of player they were the bulk of their career.
This is an ever-evolving project. As we progress, reports will be updated and new reports will be added.
Scouts: Ken Crippen, Matt Reaser, Nick Webster
Class | Grade | Description |
Hall of Fame | 9.0 | Rare |
8.5 | Exceptional to Rare | |
8.0 | Exceptional | |
Hall of Very Good | 7.5 | Very Good to Exceptional |
7.0 | Very Good | |
6.5 | Good to Very Good | |
Other | 6.0 | Good |
5.5 | Above Average to Good | |
5.0 | Above Average | |
4.5 | Average to Above Average |
Name | Position | HOF | Grade | Games | Updated | Teams |
Robinson, Johnny | DB | No | 8.0 | 7 | 3/5/2016 | 1960-62 Dallas Texans, 1963-71 Kansas City Chiefs |
Hill, Winston | LT/RT | No | 7.9 | 5 | 1/23/2015 | 1963-76 New York Jets, 1977 Los Angeles Rams |
Smith, Jim Ray | LG/RG | No | 7.9 | 3 | 2/25/2016 | 1956-62 Cleveland Browns, 1963-64 Dallas Cowboys |
Skoronski, Bob | LT | No | 7.8 | 32 | 3/20/2016 | 1956 and 1959-68 Green Bay Packers |
Kramer, Jerry | RG | No | 7.8 | 30 | 3/19/2016 | 1958-68 Green Bay Packers |
Tingelhoff, Mick | C | Yes | 7.8 | 26 | 1/15/2015 | 1962-78 Minnesota Vikings |
Lipscomb, Big Daddy | DT | No | 7.8 | 13 | 3/13/2016 | 1953-55 Los Angeles Rams, 1956-60 Baltimore Colts, 1961-62 Pittsburgh Steelers |
Karras, Alex | DT | No | 7.8 | 11 | 3/13/2016 | 1958-62 and 1964-70 Detroit Lions |
Shofner, Del | SE/FL/LE | No | 7.8 | 8 | 3/7/2016 | 1957-60 Los Angeles Rams, 1961-67 New York Giants |
Boyd, Bobby | DB | No | 7.7 | 8 | 7/19/2014 | 1960-68 Baltimore Colts |
Meador, Eddie | DB | No | 7.7 | 7 | 1/26/2015 | 1959-70 Los Angeles Rams |
Wilson, Billy | RE/SE/FL | No | 7.7 | 7 | 5/26/2015 | 1951-60 San Francisco 49ers |
Dillon, Bobby | DB | No | 7.7 | 2 | 7/19/2014 | 1952-59 Green Bay Packers |
Conerly, Charlie | QB | No | 7.6 | 9 | 8/13/2015 | 1948-61 New York Giants |
Curtis, Mike | LB | No | 7.6 | 7 | 2/24/2015 | 1965-75 Baltimore Colts, 1976 Seattle Seahawks, 1977-78 Washington Redskins |
Banducci, Bruno | RG | No | 7.5 | 11 | 3/21/2016 | 1944-45 Philadelphia Eagles, 1946-54 San Francisco 49ers |
Albert, Frankie | QB | No | 7.5 | 7 | 3/14/2016 | 1946-52 San Francisco 49ers |
Fischer, Pat | DB | No | 7.5 | 5 | 2/22/2015 | 1961-67 St. Louis Cardinals, 1968-77 Washington Redskins |
Schafrath, Dick | LT | No | 7.5 | 5 | 4/15/2015 | 1959-71 Cleveland Browns |
Stanfel, Dick | RG/LT | Yes | 7.4 | 19 | 11/8/2015 | 1952-55 Detroit Lions, 1956-58 Washington Redskins |
Sanders, Spec | TB | No | 7.4 | 3 | 6/9/2015 | 1946-48 New York Yankees, 1950 New York Yanks |
Name | Position | HOF | Grade | Games | Updated | Teams |
Hutson, Don | LE/RE/SE/DB/LDE | Yes | 8.2 | 18 | 5/15/2016 | 1935-45 Green Bay Packers |
Wistert, Al | RT/RG/LG | No | 8.0 | 12 | 2/25/2016 | 1943 Steagles, 1944-51 Philadelphia Eagles |
Dilweg, LaVern | LOE/LDE | No | 8.0 | 1 | 10/22/2015 | 1926 Milwaukee Badgers, 1927-34 Green Bay Packers |
Rymkus, Lou | RT/LT | No | 7.9 | 18 | 4/4/2015 | 1943 Washington Redskins, 1946-51 Cleveland Browns |
Emerson, Ox | LG | No | 7.9 | 1 | 7/21/2014 | 1931-33 Portsmouth Spartans, 1934-37 Detroit Lions, 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers |
Barwegen, Dick | LG/RG/DG/LB | No | 7.8 | 8 | 5/25/2015 | 1947 New York Yankees, 1948-49 Baltimore Colts, 1950-52 Chicago Bears, 1953-54 Baltimore Colts |
Millner, Wayne | LOE/ROE/SE/LDE | Yes | 7.5 | 5 | 4/4/2016 | 1936 Boston Redskins, 1937-41 and 1945 Washington Redskins |
Hewitt, Bill | LOE/SE/LDE | Yes | 7.5 | 3 | 3/27/2016 | 1932-36 Chicago Bears, 1937-39 and 1943 Philadelphia Eagles |