Christian Darrisaw

Minnesota VikingsOVERPAID

Pos LT

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

78.5 MODEL

2021

75.7

2022

86.7

2023

80.8

2025

75.1

2026

78.5

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

Career trajectory was building toward tier 1 territory before the October 2024 knee injury. Pro Bowl in 2024 plus four prior top-50 STTM finishes confirms the ceiling profile. The 2025 tier 5 (#36) finish almost certainly reflects post-ACL recovery time, not a structural decline. At 27 with the contract through 2030 (5-year, $113M extension), the 2026 trajectory depends entirely on knee recovery.

Darrisaw came out of Virginia Tech as Minnesota's 1st-round pick (23rd overall) in 2021 after a junior season that earned him 1st-team All-ACC honors. He has spent his entire career at left tackle for the Vikings and made the 2024 Pro Bowl. His career arc has been steady tier 3 production (#50 as a rookie, then #23, #44, #23, #36) with the 2024 Pro Bowl season as the peak. A torn ACL plus MCL in October 2024 was almost certainly the root cause of the 2025 tier 5 (#36) finish on a partial sample.

Strengths

2024 Pro Bowl plus the $113M extension establishes franchise-cornerstone status at LT. Virginia Tech 1st-team All-ACC pedigree plus 23rd overall draft slot confirms the ceiling.
Three consecutive tier 3-or-better STTM finishes pre-injury (#23 in 2022, #44 in 2023 with brief injury, #23 in 2024) shows the year-over-year consistency.

Concerns

October 2024 torn ACL plus MCL is the immediate 2026 variable. Knee injuries on tackles often have lingering effects on lateral movement.
Vikings' broader OL transition (Brian O'Neill's 2023 Achilles recovery) plus the JJ McCarthy starter rotation adds protection-scheme uncertainty.

What to watch: Whether Darrisaw's 2026 finish returns to his 2024 Pro Bowl baseline (#23 or better) or whether the knee residual permanently caps his ceiling at tier 4.