Darren Waller
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Carolina Panthers·#88·6'6"·238 lb·11th year·Georgia Tech
Carolina Panthers·#88·6'6"·238 lb·11th year·Georgia TechTier 1Round 6, pick 204 in 2015
Updated October 14, 2026
85.4
Model Score
Up from 80.2 last year
What he’d fetch in a trade today
A 7th
No. 54 of 133 tight ends · No. 619 of 1,504 players
His 85.4 Model Score grades his play. A trade price is what a team would give up to get him, so it also counts his age (34), three seasons of play that read as a starter's, a contract that ends this season, and what teams have actually paid for tight ends.
Closest real trade: Ertz, 2021, age 30: Tay Gowan + 2022 5th (#166)
Price look off?
What moved his price
Age34: past the peak for a tight endBig drag
Three-year track recordTeams pay for three seasons of play; his read as a starter'sNeutral
ContractFinal year: a rentalBig drag
PayPaid about rightNeutral
Real trades like this one
Zach Ertz
To ARI, 2021 · age 30Went for Tay Gowan + 2022 5th (#166)Mike Williams (WR)
To PIT, 2024 · age 29Went for 2025 5th (#162)Brandin Cooks (WR)
To DAL, 2023 · age 31Went for 2023 5th (#161) + 2024 6th (#200)
The real trades since 2017 nearest his price and age, his position first.