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Charles Omenihu

Washington Commanders
Pos EDGE
Updated August 24, 2026

Model Score

70.4 MODEL
2019
70.0
2020
72.4
2021
68.0
2022
71.0
2023
73.1
2024
69.2
2025
70.4

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 · 17 games

3.573rd
Sacks
1664th
Pressures
744th
QB Hits
569th
TFL
2885th
Tackles
067th
FF

Draft & College

Round 5, pick 161 · Houston Texans · 2019
Texas (Big 12)
Taken
#161
where he actually went
Consensus board
65th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#128
among EDGE in our college data

He lasted longer than consensus.

In college · 2018 · 13 games
9.5 sacks, 18 TFL, 14 pressures, 45 tackles

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
4.92s
40 yd
36.5"
Vertical
115"
Broad
7.48s
3-cone
4.36s
Shuttle

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage

STM Take

Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) plus seven years of NFL survival as a 161st overall 5th-round pick puts Omenihu in the rare championship-pedigree journeyman EDGE class. The Texas Big 12 5th-round origin plus the structural Chiefs anchor role under Steve Spagnuolo give him real championship-pedigree veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Omenihu holds tier 6-7 territory post-ACL recovery or whether the structural injury wear closes the chapter.

Omenihu came out of Texas as the Houston Texans' 5th-round pick (161st overall) in 2019. He bounced through the Texans, 49ers, and now Chiefs across seven NFL seasons, winning two Super Bowls (LVII, LVIII) with Kansas City. He missed extensive time in 2024 with an ACL injury before returning in 2025.

Strengths

  • Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) plus seven years of NFL survival as a 161st overall 5th-round pick gives him the rare championship-pedigree journeyman EDGE résumé.
  • Texas Big 12 5th-round origin plus the structural Chiefs system experience under Steve Spagnuolo gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

  • 2024 ACL injury plus the limited recovery production puts continued durability question on every 2026 projection.
  • Kansas City's broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Omenihu's late-career role.

What to watch: Whether Omenihu holds tier 7 or better in 2026 post-ACL recovery, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.

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