Devin Lloyd

Carolina Panthers

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

80.2 MODEL

2022

77.3

2023

79.3

2024

82.6

2025

79.0

2026

80.2

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

Tier 2 (#13) 2024 breakout plus tier 3 (#22) 2025 finish puts Lloyd in the stable mid-prime LB class with structural top-20 ceiling. The Utah Pac-12 27th overall draft pedigree plus four years of Jaguars structural anchor reps gives him real career foundation. The 2026 question is whether Lloyd earns his first Pro Bowl plus returns to tier 2 territory or whether the structural tier 3 finish becomes the stable baseline.

Lloyd came out of Utah as the Jacksonville Jaguars' 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2022 after being a 2021 Butkus Award finalist. He has anchored the Jaguars' linebacker corps across four seasons. His STTM career runs tier 5 (#34) rookie, tier 2 (#13) in 2024, and tier 3 (#22) in 2025.

Strengths

Utah Pac-12 2021 Butkus Award finalist plus the 27th overall draft slot plus the 2024 tier 2 (#13) breakout establishes structural top-15 LB ceiling.
Four years of Jaguars structural anchor reps plus the consistent tier 2-3 finishes gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

9-spot regression from tier 2 (#13) in 2024 to tier 3 (#22) in 2025 flags the 2024 finish as potentially context-driven.
Jacksonville's broader defensive identity instability puts continued Lloyd production partly outside his control.

What to watch: Whether Lloyd earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus returns to tier 2 (top 15), the threshold for confirming the 2024 ceiling was structural.