David Onyemata
New York JetsModel 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.
Comps
STM Take
Tier 1 (#3) 2023 Atlanta peak to tier 8 (#68) 2025 collapse is a 65-spot regression that flags the structural late-career decline. The Manitoba Canadian university origin plus 10 years of NFL survival give him the rare international-pathway journeyman résumé. The 2026 question is whether Onyemata holds tier 7 or better at age 33 or whether the structural late-career closure takes hold.
Onyemata came out of Manitoba (Canada) as the New Orleans Saints' 4th-round pick (120th overall) in 2016 as one of the few NFL players from a Canadian university. He delivered a tier 1 (#3) breakout in 2023 with the Atlanta Falcons after signing a three-year deal. His STTM career runs tier 3 (#24) in 2021, tier 5 (#37) in 2022, tier 1 (#3) peak in 2023, tier 5 (#39) in 2024, and tier 8 (#68) collapse in 2025.
Strengths
- 2023 tier 1 (#3) Atlanta peak as a Manitoba Canadian university 4th-round pick puts him in the rarest international-pathway elite class.
- 10 years of NFL survival as a 4th-round pick gives him real journeyman veteran value.
Concerns
- 65-spot regression from tier 1 (#3) in 2023 to tier 8 (#68) in 2025 confirms the structural late-career decline is real.
- Age 33 plus 10 years of interior-line wear puts the closing-chapter question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Onyemata holds tier 7 or better in 2026 at age 33 or whether the structural late-career closure takes hold.