Bobby Okereke

Carolina PanthersUNDERPAID

Pos LB

Updated September 25, 2026

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Model Score

86.2 MODEL

2019

83.1

2020

74.2

2021

78.2

2022

84.5

2023

76.2

2024

88.3

2025

80.5

2026

86.2

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

2024 tier 1 (#8) Giants peak plus 2022 tier 2 (#14) Colts finish puts Okereke in the small group of stable elite linebackers with structural top-15 ceiling. The $40M Giants contract plus the 2024 peak proves the structural elite ceiling exists. The 2026 question is whether Okereke returns to tier 2 territory or whether the 2025 tier 4 finish becomes the structural late-prime baseline.

Okereke came out of Stanford as the Indianapolis Colts' 3rd-round pick (89th overall) in 2019 and spent four years in Indianapolis before signing a four-year, $40M deal with the New York Giants in 2023. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#30) in 2021, tier 2 (#14) in 2022, tier 7 (#49) in 2023, tier 1 (#8) peak in 2024, and tier 4 (#26) in 2025.

Strengths

2024 tier 1 (#8) STTM peak plus the $40M Giants contract plus seven years of NFL starter reps establishes structural top-10 LB ceiling.
Stanford Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus multi-team experience gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

18-spot regression from tier 1 (#8) in 2024 to tier 4 (#26) in 2025 flags either injury, scheme shift, or one-year context spike.
Giants' broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Okereke.

What to watch: Whether Okereke returns to tier 2 (top 15) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2024 tier 1 ceiling is structural.