John Ridgeway
New Orleans SaintsPos IDL
Updated August 24, 2026
Model Score
64.1
MODEL
2022
65.8
2023
64.9
2024
64.1
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 →
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 178 · Dallas Cowboys · 2022
Arkansas (SEC)
Taken
#178
where he actually went
Our college model
#252
among IDL in our college data
In college · 2021 · 12 games
2.0 sacks, 4 TFL, 3 pressures, 39 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.