Justin Reid
New Orleans SaintsModel 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 · 15 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
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.