Byron Cowart
Washington CommandersPos NT
Updated August 24, 2026
Model Score
69.3
MODEL
2020
69.7
2024
69.3
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 →
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 159 · New England Patriots · 2019
Maryland (Big Ten)
Taken
#159
where he actually went
Consensus board
156th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#921
among IDL in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2018 · 12 games
3.0 sacks, 5 TFL, 3 pressures, 38 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
5.16s
40 yd
26 reps
Bench
30"
Vertical
111"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.