Bryce Huff

San Francisco 49ers

Pos EDGE

Updated September 26, 2026

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Model Score

73.6 MODEL

2020

67.0

2021

67.3

2023

84.5

2024

67.9

2025

74.5

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

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.

Strengths

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.

Concerns

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.