Anfernee Jennings

New Orleans Saints

Pos EDGE

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

70.7 MODEL

2020

65.1

2022

66.5

2023

72.0

2024

73.3

2025

71.4

2026

70.7

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Five career tier 8 STTM finishes (2020-2024) to tier 7 (#51) breakout in 2025 is a 46-spot one-year jump for a 3rd-round pick. The Alabama 2017 CFP National Championship pedigree plus six years of Patriots developmental work gives him basic veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Jennings crosses into tier 6 territory or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

Jennings came out of Alabama as the New England Patriots' 3rd-round pick (87th overall) in 2020 after winning the 2017 CFP National Championship as the Crimson Tide's starting edge rusher. He has spent six years with the Patriots as a rotational rusher behind multiple lead edges. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#148) rookie, tier 8 (#102) in 2022, tier 8 (#79) in 2023, tier 8 (#97) in 2024, and tier 7 (#51) breakout in 2025.

Strengths

Alabama 2017 CFP National Championship ring plus six years of NFL survival as a 3rd-round pick gives him basic championship veteran résumé.
46-spot year-over-year improvement from tier 8 (#97) in 2024 to tier 7 (#51) in 2025 shows late-career developmental trajectory.

Concerns

Five career tier 8 STTM finishes before the 2025 breakout confirms the structural ceiling has historically capped at low-end rotational depth.
Patriots' broader defensive identity transition plus the QB rebuild compresses the structural support around Jennings's late-career role.

What to watch: Whether Jennings crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural rather than a one-year context spike.