Kamari Lassiter
Houston TexansUNDERPAIDModel 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 · 16 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
Tier 2 (#16) rookie 2024 STTM peak plus tier 4 (#31) sophomore 2025 finish puts Lassiter in the early-career outlier-positive class with structural top-30 ceiling. The Georgia 2022 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 42nd overall draft slot establishes elite foundation. The 2026 question is whether Lassiter returns to tier 2 territory or whether the structural tier 4 finish becomes the stable late-prime baseline.
Lassiter came out of Georgia as the Houston Texans' 2nd-round pick (42nd overall) in 2024 after starting for the Bulldogs' 2022 CFP National Championship roster. He delivered a tier 2 (#16) STTM rookie breakout in 2024 before regressing to tier 4 (#31) in 2025.
Strengths
- Tier 2 (#16) STTM rookie peak as a 42nd overall pick puts him in the rare outlier-positive rookie CB class.
- Georgia 2022 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 2nd-round draft slot establishes elite college foundation.
Concerns
- 15-spot regression from tier 2 (#16) rookie to tier 4 (#31) sophomore flags the 2024 finish as potentially context-driven.
- Houston's broader defensive identity around the C.J. Stroud offensive priority puts continued Lassiter production partly outside his control.
What to watch: Whether Lassiter returns to tier 2 (top 15) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the rookie ceiling can be sustained.