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 →
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.
Greg Van Roten Injury StatusIR
Greg Van Roten is listed on injured reserve (Thigh), reported Sep 30, with a return date of Nov 1. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.