Cody Barton
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 · 17 games
Draft & College
He went earlier than consensus.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Tier 8 (#83) in 2024 to tier 3 (#19) breakout in 2025 with the Titans is a 64-spot one-year jump that confirms the change-of-scenery to Tennessee as the catalyst. The Utah Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus seven years of NFL survival give him real journeyman veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Barton holds tier 4 or better with the Titans or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.
Barton came out of Utah as the Seattle Seahawks' 3rd-round pick (88th overall) in 2019 and has bounced through the Seahawks, Commanders, Broncos, and now Titans across seven NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 6 (#41) in 2022, tier 8 (#68) in 2023, tier 8 (#83) in 2024, and tier 3 (#19) breakout in 2025 with Tennessee.
Strengths
- 64-spot year-over-year jump from tier 8 (#83) in 2024 to tier 3 (#19) breakout in 2025 confirms the structural ceiling is reachable when team-fit aligns.
- Seven years of NFL survival across four teams gives him real journeyman veteran market value.
Concerns
- Career STTM range mostly tier 6-8 before the 2025 breakout confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit dependent.
- Tennessee's broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Barton's late-career role.
What to watch: Whether Barton holds tier 4 or better in 2026 with the Titans, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.