Daniel Faalele
Jacksonville JaguarsModel Score by season
Down 2.1 from last season.
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
An enormous former rugby player holding down a starting guard spot.
The case for
- Two seasons of sustained starter snaps at age 24-25 as the Ravens' starting right guard at 6'8" 380 pounds gives him a unique structural size profile at the position.
- Australian-born former rugby player pedigree plus the Minnesota Big Ten developmental path makes him one of the most unusual successful late-round IOL projects.
The worry
- Two straight tier 8 finishes is below the year-two median for 4th-round IOLs on stable-starter trajectories.
- Baltimore's broader offensive line investment pattern (Linderbaum, Stanley, multiple Day 2 picks) signals the front office may still draft an upgrade.
What to watch: Whether Faalele crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the year-two-as-starter signal was developmental rather than situational.
Full take and bio
Two straight tier 8 finishes (#75, #78) as the Ravens' starting right guard for a 6'8" 380-pound Australian-born former rugby player makes Faalele one of the most unusual structural starter profiles in the league. The Minnesota Big Ten pedigree plus the size-anomaly background gives him basic developmental floor. The 2026 question is whether Faalele crosses into tier 6-7 territory or whether the Ravens explore a draft upgrade given the structural tier 8 baseline.
Faalele came out of Minnesota as the Baltimore Ravens' 4th-round pick (110th overall) in 2022 as an Australian-born former rugby player who measured 6'8" and 380 pounds at the Combine. He spent two seasons as depth before kicking inside to right guard in 2024 and emerging as a starter. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#75) in 2024 and tier 8 (#78) in 2025, two straight tier 8 finishes in his first sustained starter window.
Daniel Faalele Injury StatusOut
Daniel Faalele is listed Out (Coach's Decision), reported Oct 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 4, pick 110 to the Baltimore Ravens in 2022, out of MINNESOTA (Big Ten).
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.