Justin Reid

New Orleans Saints

Pos S

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

83.5 MODEL

2018

84.0

2019

75.0

2020

75.3

2021

74.3

2022

79.9

2023

85.4

2024

81.9

2025

75.7

2026

83.5

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

Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) plus 2023 tier 3 (#18) STTM peak plus the Stanford Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus the NFL-family bloodline (Eric Reid) puts Reid in the rare championship-pedigree S class. The 38-spot regression from tier 4 (#29) in 2024 to tier 7 (#56) in 2025 with New Orleans confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit dependent. The 2026 question is whether Reid returns to tier 5 territory or whether the change-of-scenery context closes the chapter.

Reid came out of Stanford as the Houston Texans' 3rd-round pick (68th overall) in 2018, the brother of three-time Pro Bowl S Eric Reid. He won two Super Bowls (LVII, LVIII) with the Kansas City Chiefs before signing with the New Orleans Saints in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 5 (#39) in 2021, tier 7 (#53) in 2022, tier 3 (#18) in 2023, tier 4 (#29) in 2024, and tier 7 (#56) in 2025.

Strengths

Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) plus 2023 tier 3 (#18) STTM peak plus NFL-family bloodline (Eric Reid) puts him in the rare championship-pedigree S career résumé class.
Stanford Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus eight years of NFL development gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

38-spot regression from tier 4 (#29) in 2024 to tier 7 (#56) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit dependent.
New Orleans's broader defensive identity transition compresses the structural support around Reid.

What to watch: Whether Reid returns to tier 5 (top 40) in 2026 with New Orleans, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling can be recaptured.