Justin Skule
Tampa Bay BuccaneersModel 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 · 12 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
STM Take
The career arc tier 7 (#50) rookie to tier 2 (#16) peak in 2024 to tier 7 (#56) in 2025 shows real volatility tied to which team and which tackle role he's filling. The 2024 Tampa Bay tier 2 (#16) finish protecting Baker Mayfield is the high-water mark and proves the talent exists. The 2026 question is whether Skule holds the Minnesota starter role and rebuilds toward tier 4 or whether the 2024 peak was a one-year outlier.
Skule came out of Vanderbilt as the San Francisco 49ers' 6th-round pick (183rd overall) in 2019 and has been a journeyman swing tackle across the 49ers, Buccaneers, and Vikings. He was 49ers depth behind Joe Staley and Trent Williams, took spot starts as a rookie, then bounced through Tampa Bay before landing in Minnesota in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 7 (#50) rookie season 2019, tier 2 (#16) peak in 2024 with the Buccaneers, and tier 7 (#56) in 2025 with the Vikings.
Strengths
- 2024 Tampa Bay tier 2 (#16) finish confirms a top-20 ceiling exists in the right structural fit, which separates him from pure swing-tackle depth.
- Position flexibility plus six years of NFL survival after going 183rd overall puts him meaningfully above his draft-slot expectation.
Concerns
- Tier 2 (#16) in 2024 to tier 7 (#56) in 2025 is a 40-spot drop that flags the 2024 peak as more situational than structural.
- Career STTM range mostly in the tier 6-7 band caps the realistic 2026 floor at swing-tackle depth without the right team fit.
What to watch: Whether Skule returns to tier 4 or better with Minnesota's offensive line stability in 2026, or whether the 2025 tier 7 finish becomes the new baseline.