Greg Van Roten
New England PatriotsModel 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
STM Take
14 years of NFL survival as a 2012 UDFA plus a 2023 tier 2 (#15) peak with the Raiders puts Van Roten in the rare class of journeymen with a top-15 STTM season on the résumé. The career arc volatility (tier 2 in 2023, tier 8 in 2024, tier 7 in 2025) reflects the team-fit dependency of late-career journeymen. The 2026 question is whether Van Roten extends through age 36 or whether the structural age-related decline closes the chapter.
Van Roten came out of Pennsylvania as a 2012 undrafted free agent and has built a 14-year journeyman career across the Packers, Panthers, Jets, Bills, Raiders, and now Giants. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#96) in 2021 with the Jets, tier 4 (#31) in 2022 with the Bills, tier 2 (#15) peak in 2023 with the Raiders, tier 8 (#94) in 2024 with the Giants, then tier 7 (#50) in 2025.
Strengths
- 14 years of NFL starter survival as a 2012 UDFA plus the 2023 tier 2 (#15) Raiders peak puts him in the rarest outlier class for an undrafted Ivy League prospect.
- Multi-team journeyman pattern plus positional flexibility at guard and center gives him real veteran value as plug-in starter depth.
Concerns
- Career STTM volatility (tier 2 in 2023, tier 8 in 2024, tier 7 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is entirely team-fit dependent, not structural.
- Age 35 plus 14 years of NFL wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Van Roten holds 10 or more starts in 2026 at age 36, or whether the role compresses back to swing depth.