Danny Stutsman
New Orleans SaintsModel 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 about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Rookie tier 7 (#53) for a 112th overall 4th-round pick is on the year-one band for Day 3 LB prospects. The Oklahoma Big 12 2024 All-Big-12 honors plus the structural Saints linebacker rotation gives him basic college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Stutsman crosses into tier 5-6 territory in his year-two jump or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Stutsman came out of Oklahoma as the New Orleans Saints' 4th-round pick (112th overall) in 2025 after earning 2024 First-Team All-Big-12 honors. The Saints used him in the linebacker rotation as a rookie. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 7 (#53), the year-one developmental band for 4th-round LB prospects.
Strengths
- Oklahoma Big 12 2024 First-Team All-Big-12 honors plus the 112th overall draft slot gives him real Big 12 pedigree.
- Year-one starter snaps for the Saints at age 22 plus the structural anchor role gives him the developmental runway.
Concerns
- Single tier 7 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
- New Orleans's broader defensive identity transition plus the multi-year QB rebuild compresses the structural support around Stutsman.
What to watch: Whether Stutsman crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the standard year-two threshold for 4th-round LB picks on stable-starter trajectories.