Brandon Coleman

LT·

Washington Commanders

Tier 1Round 3, pick 67 in 2024

Updated November 10, 2026

75.3

Model Score

Down from 76.0 last year

Trade value ·a 7th

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Brandon Coleman has 51.8 pass protection grade, 56.7 run blocking grade and 52.3 overall grade in 6 games for the Washington Commanders this season through Week 8 (updated November 10, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 0.7 from last season.

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

A young left tackle who just broke out into the elite.

The case for

Single-season STTM jump from tier 4 (#31) to tier 1 (#3) is the largest among any starting OT in 2025. 2nd-team All-Big 12 honors at TCU plus 3rd-round draft slot established a real ceiling.
TCU pass-protection scheme prepared him for NFL technique faster than most rookie LTs. Pairs well with Daniels's quick release.

The worry

Single tier 1 season is not yet a trend; the 2026 sustainability is the open question.
Washington's offensive line as a whole remains a work in progress; if the interior collapses around him, his individual performance gets dragged down regardless.

What to watch: Whether Coleman sustains his 2025 pass-block win rate above 92% in 2026, the threshold that confirms the breakout was structural rather than schematic luck.

Full take and bio

The jump from #31 (tier 4) in 2024 to #3 (tier 1) in 2025 is the largest single-season STTM climb on the OT board, and the underlying data (pass-block win rate, pressures allowed) confirms it was real, not noise. At 26 with two seasons of starter snaps and the Daniels offense locked in, the 2026 trajectory is sustained tier 1-2 production unless something changes structurally.

Coleman came out of TCU as Washington's 3rd-round pick (67th overall) in 2024 after a senior season that earned him 2nd-team All-Big 12 honors. Washington drafted him as the long-term LT to protect rookie QB Jayden Daniels's blind side, and he started 16 games as a rookie with a tier 4 #31 finish. The Year 2 jump to tier 1 #3 in 2025 was one of the largest single-year improvements among any starting OT, and matched Daniels's continued offensive growth.