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PlayerCedric Gray · LB, Tennessee Titans, Model Score 87.7Be the Titans GM

Cedric Gray

Tennessee Titans
Pos LB
Updated October 8, 2026
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Model Score

87.7 MODEL
Resting on limited playing time

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

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.

Comps

Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Fred Warner58%Mykal Walker56%Oren Burks52%

Cedric Gray Injury StatusNot listed

Cedric Gray is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 106 · Tennessee Titans · 2024
North Carolina (ACC)
Taken
#106
where he actually went
Consensus board
101st
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#1
among LB in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2021-2023 · 37 games
356 tackles, 27 TFL, 8.5 sacks, 5 INT

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What this pick usually becomes

Of the 450 players taken as a fourth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 38% earned a second contract and 26% became starters. The median one started 11 career games.

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