Jamien Sherwood
New York JetsModel 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
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Back-to-back tier 4 finishes (#26, #32) for a 146th overall 5th-round pick converted from safety puts Sherwood in the outlier-positive position-switch class at the LB position. The Auburn SEC origin plus the structural Jets starter role gives him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Sherwood crosses into tier 3 territory or whether the structural tier 4 finish becomes the stable late-prime baseline.
Sherwood came out of Auburn as the New York Jets' 5th-round pick (146th overall) in 2021 as a converted safety. The Jets moved him from safety to off-ball LB and he has anchored the linebacker corps across five seasons. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#26) in 2024 to tier 4 (#32) in 2025.
Strengths
- Back-to-back tier 4 finishes (#26, #32) for a 146th overall 5th-round pick converted from safety puts him in the outlier-positive position-switch class.
- Auburn SEC origin plus five years of Jets system experience plus the position-switch flexibility gives him real veteran market value.
Concerns
- Career STTM range capped at tier 4 flags the realistic ceiling at top-30 LB rather than Pro Bowl territory.
- Jets' broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Sherwood.
What to watch: Whether Sherwood crosses into tier 3 (top 25) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the structural ceiling can climb further.