Garett Bolles
Denver BroncosModel 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.
Comps
STM Take
Three straight tier 2-or-better finishes (#25 in 2023, #14 in 2024, #10 in 2025) since the Munchak technique overhaul is one of the cleaner late-career rebounds in modern NFL OL play. The career arc (#35 in 2021, #41 in 2022 to #10 in 2025) shows the holding-penalty-prone early-career version is fully replaced. At 34 with the contract running, the 2026 question is whether age catches up or whether the technique discipline holds.
Bolles came out of Utah as Denver's 1st-round pick (20th overall) in 2017. His career took a non-linear path: tier 5-6 finishes through 2022 marked by holding-penalty issues, then a sharp rebound starting in 2023 when offensive line coach Mike Munchak overhauled his technique. He posted tier 2 finishes in 2023 (#25), 2024 (#14), and 2025 (#10), the most consistent four-year stretch of his career. At 34 he is in the late chapter but the technique work has held.
Strengths
- Three straight top-25 STTM finishes (#25, #14, #10) since the Munchak technique overhaul. Career-long Denver tenure means institutional knowledge is locked in.
- Holding penalty rate has dropped from a career-high mark in 2020 to a sustainable level in 2024-2025; technique work has demonstrably stuck.
Concerns
- At 34 the structural decline is approaching. Even technique-driven OTs typically lose a step by 35-36.
- Sean Payton's offense puts more pass-protection responsibility on tackles than the Denver schemes Bolles came up in; one bad season could end the late-career run.
What to watch: Whether Bolles's 2026 sack rate stays under 3% and his snap share stays above 90%, the thresholds that confirm the technique work is still holding at age 35.