Antoine Winfield Jr.
Tampa Bay BuccaneersModel Score
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 →
Season Stats · 17 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Super Bowl LV ring plus 2023 1st-team All-Pro plus 2023 DPOY runner-up plus the 2025 tier 1 (#6) bounce-back establishes Winfield as one of the elite safeties of his generation. The Minnesota Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus the NFL-family bloodline give him real career foundation. The 2026 question is whether Winfield earns his second 1st-team All-Pro plus DPOY consideration or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.
Winfield came out of Minnesota as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 2nd-round pick (45th overall) in 2020, the son of three-time Pro Bowl CB Antoine Winfield Sr. He won Super Bowl LV plus earned 2023 1st-team All-Pro plus DPOY runner-up. His STTM career runs tier 7 (#50) in 2021, tier 4 (#32) in 2022, tier 2 (#12) in 2023 All-Pro, tier 8 (#80) in 2024, and tier 1 (#6) bounce-back in 2025.
Strengths
- Super Bowl LV ring plus 2023 1st-team All-Pro plus 2023 DPOY runner-up plus 2025 tier 1 (#6) bounce-back establishes top-tier S résumé.
- Minnesota Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus the NFL-family bloodline (Antoine Winfield Sr.) gives him the rare championship-pedigree elite career foundation.
Concerns
- Career STTM volatility (tier 2 in 2023, tier 8 in 2024, tier 1 in 2025) confirms the ceiling can swing across seasons.
- Tampa Bay's broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Winfield.
What to watch: Whether Winfield wins his first DPOY in 2026 plus holds tier 1 (top 5), the threshold for closing the elite S career case.