Jackson Powers-Johnson
Las Vegas RaidersModel 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 · 7 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
Two straight tier 8 finishes (#65, #64) for a 2024 Rimington Trophy winner taken 44th overall is well below the year-two median for 2nd-round center prospects on Pro Bowl trajectories. The Oregon pedigree plus the 2023 Rimington Trophy establishes the elite technical foundation. The 2026 question is whether Powers-Johnson crosses into tier 5-6 territory or whether Las Vegas's broader offensive line instability keeps suppressing the ceiling.
Powers-Johnson came out of Oregon as the Las Vegas Raiders' 2nd-round pick (44th overall) in 2024 after winning the 2023 Rimington Trophy as the nation's top center. The Raiders installed him as the starting center from week one of his rookie year as part of the offensive line rebuild. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#65) rookie to tier 8 (#64) sophomore, two straight tier 8 finishes that's below the year-two median for 2nd-round center prospects.
Strengths
- 2023 Rimington Trophy as the nation's top center plus the Oregon technical foundation establishes the highest pedigree among recent young centers.
- Two seasons of full-time starter reps at age 23 gives him the developmental runway that the position-specific coaching needs.
Concerns
- Two straight tier 8 finishes for a Rimington Trophy winner is well below the year-two median for 2nd-round centers on Pro Bowl trajectories.
- Las Vegas's broader offensive line instability plus the QB transition compresses the structural environment that supports center development.
What to watch: Whether Powers-Johnson crosses into tier 5 (top 40) in 2026, the standard year-three threshold for 2nd-round centers on Pro Bowl trajectories.