Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Arizona CardinalsModel 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 · 12 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
Tier 8 (#60) rookie to tier 4 (#29) sophomore is a 31-spot one-year jump for a 104th overall 4th-round pick. The Texas Tech Big 12 4th-round origin plus the structural Cardinals anchor role give him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Taylor-Demerson holds tier 4 or better or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.
Taylor-Demerson came out of Texas Tech as the Arizona Cardinals' 4th-round pick (104th overall) in 2024. He spent his rookie year as developmental depth before emerging into a starter role in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#60) rookie to tier 4 (#29) sophomore, a 31-spot one-year jump.
Strengths
- 31-spot year-over-year jump from tier 8 (#60) rookie to tier 4 (#29) sophomore puts him in the rare outlier-positive S developmental class.
- Texas Tech Big 12 4th-round origin plus two years of Cardinals system experience gives him real college foundation.
Concerns
- Single tier 4 finish without prior top-30 STTM history puts the 2025 production on a small sample with downside risk.
- Arizona's broader defensive identity around the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Taylor-Demerson.
What to watch: Whether Taylor-Demerson holds tier 4 or better across the full 2026 Cardinals season, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.