Cedric Gray
Tennessee TitansModel Score
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 →
Season Stats · 16 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
First STTM top-50 finish at tier 6 (#46) in year two for a 124th overall 4th-round pick puts Gray on the developmental band for Day 3 LB prospects. The North Carolina ACC 2023 All-ACC honors plus the Titans' structural anchor role give him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Gray crosses into tier 5 territory in his year-three jump or whether the structural tier 6 finish becomes the stable baseline.
Gray came out of North Carolina as the Tennessee Titans' 4th-round pick (124th overall) in 2024 after earning 2023 First-Team All-ACC honors. He spent his rookie year as developmental depth before emerging into a starter role in 2025. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 6 (#46), the year-two developmental band for 4th-round LB prospects.
Strengths
- 2023 First-Team All-ACC honors plus the 124th overall draft slot gives him real college foundation.
- Year-two starter snaps for the Titans at age 22 plus the structural anchor reps gives him the developmental runway.
Concerns
- Single tier 6 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
- Tennessee's broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Gray's continued development.
What to watch: Whether Gray crosses into tier 5 (top 40) in 2026, the standard year-three threshold for 4th-round LB picks on stable-starter trajectories.