Isaiah Rodgers

Minnesota Vikings

Pos CB

Updated October 9, 2026

Model Score

68.3 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

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

Super Bowl LIX ring plus the 2023 gambling-violation full-season suspension plus the multi-team chapter puts Rodgers in the rare late-bloomer-with-suspension CB class. The UMass FCS 6th-round origin plus six years of NFL survival give him real journeyman veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Rodgers holds tier 7 or better with the Vikings or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Rodgers came out of UMass as the Indianapolis Colts' 6th-round pick (211th overall) in 2020. He was suspended for the entire 2023 season for gambling violations before signing with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024 and winning Super Bowl LIX. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#59) in 2021, tier 6 (#48) in 2022, tier 8 (#60) in 2024, and tier 8 (#57) in 2025.

Strengths

Super Bowl LIX ring plus six years of NFL survival as a UMass FCS 6th-round pick gives him real championship-pedigree journeyman value.
Multi-team experience across three systems gives him real plug-in CB veteran depth value.

Concerns

Career STTM range mostly tier 6-8 plus the 2023 full-season suspension confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above rotational depth.
Minnesota's broader defensive identity around Brian Flores's exotic scheme puts continued Rodgers ceiling partly scheme-dependent.

What to watch: Whether Rodgers holds tier 7 or better in 2026 with the Vikings or whether the role compresses to swing depth.