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PlayerDavid Onyemata · IDL, New York Jets, Model Score 79.0Be the Jets GM

David Onyemata

New York Jets
Pos IDL
Updated October 8, 2026
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Model Score

79.0 MODEL
2018
78.5
2019
80.5
2020
89.8
2021
75.5
2022
80.5
2023
80.5
2024
77.3
2025
73.4

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

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.

David Onyemata Injury StatusIR

David Onyemata is listed on injured reserve (Groin), reported Sep 23, with a return date of Nov 8. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 120 · New Orleans Saints · 2016
Manitoba
Taken
#120
where he actually went
Consensus board
122nd
average of the public big boards that spring

He went about where consensus had him.

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.

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