Denzel Perryman
Los Angeles ChargersModel 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 · 10 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
2021 Pro Bowl plus 2022 tier 1 (#7) Raiders peak plus the 2025 tier 3 (#23) Chargers bounce-back puts Perryman in the rare late-career change-of-scenery breakout class. The Miami 2nd-round origin plus 11 years of NFL survival give him real journeyman veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Perryman holds tier 4 or better at age 33 or whether the structural late-career decline closes the chapter.
Perryman came out of Miami as the San Diego Chargers' 2nd-round pick (48th overall) in 2015 and made the 2021 Pro Bowl with the Las Vegas Raiders. He has bounced through the Chargers, Raiders, Texans, and back to the Chargers across 11 NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#29) in 2021, tier 1 (#7) peak in 2022 with the Raiders, tier 8 (#81) in 2023, tier 7 (#49) in 2024, and tier 3 (#23) in 2025 with the Chargers.
Strengths
- 2021 Pro Bowl plus 2022 tier 1 (#7) Raiders peak plus 11 years of NFL survival establishes real late-prime LB résumé.
- Miami 2nd-round origin plus the multi-team experience gives him real journeyman veteran market value.
Concerns
- Career STTM volatility (tier 1 in 2022, tier 7-8 in 2023-2024, tier 3 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
- Age 33 plus 11 years of LB wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Perryman holds tier 4 or better in 2026 with the Chargers, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.