Bryce Huff

EDGE·

San Francisco 49ers

OVERPAIDTier 6Undrafted in 2020

Updated November 12, 2026

73.4

Model Score

Up from 68.1 last year

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Bryce Huff is an EDGE for the San Francisco 49ers (updated November 12, 2026).

Model Score by season

Up 5.3 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 scheme-dependent pass rusher trying to rebuild his value.

The case for

2023 tier 2 (#12) peak as a 2020 UDFA confirms a top-15 EDGE ceiling exists in the right scheme fit.
Six years of NFL development plus the multi-team experience gives him basic plug-in pass-rush rotation value.

The worry

2024 Eagles tier 8 (#92) collapse after the $51M extension confirms the ceiling is highly scheme- and rotational-role dependent.
Career STTM volatility across the tier 2-8 band over six years puts the 2026 projection at significant downside risk.

What to watch: Whether Huff holds tier 5 or better with the 49ers in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling can be recaptured.

Full take and bio

Tier 2 (#12) 2023 peak plus the $51M Eagles bust contract plus the 2025 49ers partial rebound creates one of the most volatile mid-career edge defender arcs in recent memory. The Memphis UDFA origin plus the 2023 breakout proves a top-15 ceiling exists, but the Philadelphia chapter confirmed the ceiling is highly scheme-dependent. The 2026 question is whether Huff holds tier 5 or better with San Francisco or whether the structural Eagles-era tier 8 baseline reasserts.

Huff came out of Memphis as a 2020 undrafted free agent signed by the New York Jets and emerged into a tier 2 (#12) breakout in 2023 after 10 sacks in a rotational role. He signed a three-year, $51M deal with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024 free agency before delivering a tier 8 (#92) collapse, then was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#98) rookie, tier 8 (#111) in 2021, tier 2 (#12) peak in 2023, tier 8 (#92) Eagles year, and tier 6 (#43) in 2025 with the 49ers.