Davon Godchaux
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
Career STTM range mostly tier 7-8 across the past five years confirms Godchaux is in the structural rotational depth band. The LSU 2019 CFP National Championship pedigree plus nine years of NFL survival give him basic plug-in nose tackle veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Godchaux holds tier 7-8 with the Saints or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Godchaux came out of LSU as the Miami Dolphins' 5th-round pick (178th overall) in 2017 after winning the 2019 LSU CFP National Championship as a Burrow-era LSU senior. He spent four years in Miami before signing with the New England Patriots in 2021, then signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 7 (#53) in 2021, tier 8 (#61) in 2022, tier 8 (#73) in 2023, tier 8 (#88) in 2024, and tier 8 (#79) in 2025.
Strengths
- LSU 2019 CFP National Championship pedigree plus nine years of NFL survival as a 5th-round pick gives him real plug-in veteran value.
- Multi-team experience across three systems gives him basic plug-in nose tackle veteran market value.
Concerns
- Career STTM range mostly tier 7-8 across the past five years confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above rotational depth.
- Age 31 plus nine years of nose tackle wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Godchaux holds tier 8 or better in 2026 with New Orleans or whether the role compresses to swing depth.