DeForest Buckner
Tier 1Round 1, pick 7 in 2016
Updated October 14, 2026
91.7
Model Score
Up from 83.5 last year
What he’d fetch in a trade today
A late 1st
No. 19 of 167 defensive tackles · No. 122 of 1,504 players
Contract running outOn the deadline board
Closest real trade: Williams, 2023, age 30: 2024 2nd (#47) + 2025 5th
A hot start: his 4 games this season lift his price a round. It settles as the season fills in.
Price look off?
What moved his price
Age32: past the peak for a defensive tackleDrag
Three-year track recordTeams pay for three seasons of play; his rank with the best defensive tacklesBig plus
Contract2 years leftNeutral
PayPaid at the top of the marketNeutral
Real trades like this one
Leonard Williams
To SEA, 2023 · age 30Went for 2024 2nd (#47) + 2025 5thSheldon Richardson
To SEA, 2017 · age 26Went for Jermaine Kearse + 2018 2nd (#49) + 2018 7th (#235)Dexter Lawrence
To CIN, 2026 · age 29Went for 2026 1st (#10)
The real trades since 2017 nearest his price and age, his position first.
Indianapolis Colts