Jack Gibbens

Arizona Cardinals

Pos LB

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

76.9 MODEL

2023

75.1

2024

71.0

2025

78.5

2026

76.9

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 8 (#62) Titans to tier 4 (#29) Patriots is a 33-spot one-year jump that confirms the change-of-scenery as the catalyst. The Minnesota-via-Abilene-Christian UDFA origin plus four years of NFL survival give him basic late-bloomer journeyman value. The 2026 question is whether Gibbens holds tier 5 or better across a full second Patriots season or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

Gibbens came out of Minnesota as a 2022 undrafted free agent signed by the Tennessee Titans after transferring from Abilene Christian. He spent three years with the Titans before signing with the New England Patriots in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 6 (#43) in 2023, tier 8 (#62) in 2024, and tier 4 (#29) breakout in 2025.

Strengths

33-spot year-over-year jump from tier 8 (#62) Titans to tier 4 (#29) Patriots as a 2022 UDFA puts him in the outlier-positive class.
Minnesota-via-Abilene-Christian UDFA origin plus four years of NFL survival gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

Concerns

Single tier 4 finish in an otherwise tier 6-8 STTM history puts the 2025 production on a small sample with downside risk.
Patriots' broader defensive identity transition plus the QB rebuild compresses the structural support around Gibbens.

What to watch: Whether Gibbens holds tier 5 or better across the full 2026 Patriots season, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.