Bernhard Raimann
Indianapolis ColtsModel 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 · 16 games
Draft & College
Comps
STM Take
Four years of mostly upward STTM movement (#49 to #41 to #21 to #31) with the 2024 tier 3 (#21) peak shows a real LT development arc from a non-traditional pathway. The 2025 step back to tier 4 (#31) was a minor regression but well within tolerance. At 29 the prime years align with the Colts' next QB cycle around Daniel Jones or 2026 additions; Raimann's blind-side protection role is structurally secure.
Raimann came out of Central Michigan as Indianapolis's 3rd-round pick (77th overall) in 2022 with one of the more unusual paths to the NFL: born in Austria, he played tight end and high-jumped in high school before converting to offensive tackle at Central Michigan. His career arc has been steady year-over-year improvement (#49 in 2022, #41 in 2023, #21 in 2024, #31 in 2025), with the 2024 tier 3 finish marking the peak before a modest step back. At 29 he is in his prime years and the Colts' contract investment is locked in.
Strengths
- Year-over-year STTM improvement (#49, #41, #21, #31) is the development arc Indianapolis hoped for when they drafted him. The Austrian-tight-end-to-NFL-LT story is genuinely unusual.
- 2024 tier 3 (#21) finish established a real ceiling reference. Career-long Colts tenure means institutional knowledge is locked in.
Concerns
- 2025 tier 4 (#31) step back from the 2024 peak shows the consistency is not yet locked in. The non-traditional pathway means the technical refinement curve is still ongoing.
- Colts QB chaos (Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones cycling) creates protection-scheme uncertainty that compresses Raimann's individual ceiling.
What to watch: Whether Raimann returns to his 2024 tier 3 (#21) baseline in 2026 or whether the 2025 step back represents the new ceiling.