Dayo Odeyingbo

Chicago Bears

Pos EDGE

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

74.2 MODEL

2022

74.0

2023

79.6

2024

74.0

2025

66.9

2026

74.2

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

$48M Chicago contract plus four years as Indianapolis's structural EDGE-rotation piece puts Odeyingbo in the rare market value EDGE class with structural top-30 ceiling expectation. The Vanderbilt SEC 2nd-round origin plus the Bears' Eric Washington defensive scheme appears to be the catalyst. The 2026 question is whether Odeyingbo crosses into tier 3-4 territory or whether the $48M contract becomes a structural cap problem.

Odeyingbo came out of Vanderbilt as the Indianapolis Colts' 2nd-round pick (54th overall) in 2021. He spent four years in Indianapolis as a structural EDGE-rotation piece before signing a three-year, $48M deal with the Chicago Bears in 2025 free agency. The Bears installed him as the structural edge anchor opposite Montez Sweat.

Strengths

Vanderbilt SEC 2nd-round draft pedigree plus four years of Indianapolis system experience gives him real college and developmental foundation.
$48M Chicago contract reflects the front office's view that Odeyingbo is a structural top-30 EDGE in the right scheme fit.

Concerns

Pre-Chicago STTM range mostly tier 6-8 confirms the structural ceiling has historically capped at rotational depth.
$20M 2026 cap hit on the $48M Bears contract creates major contract-value risk if Odeyingbo does not cross into tier 4 territory.

What to watch: Whether Odeyingbo crosses into tier 4 (top 30) in 2026 with the Bears, the threshold for closing the gap between $48M contract and STTM ranking.