Mike Caliendo
Kansas City ChiefsModel 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 · 13 games
Draft & College
STM Take
First STTM ranking at tier 8 (#71) in year four as a 2022 UDFA on the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Chiefs roster gives Caliendo the kind of late-emergence depth-piece profile that defines journeyman trajectories. The Western Michigan technical foundation plus three years of Chiefs system experience gives him basic structural floor. The 2026 question is whether Caliendo holds the starter role or whether Kansas City's broader offensive line investment compresses his role to depth.
Caliendo came out of Western Michigan as a 2022 undrafted free agent signed by the Kansas City Chiefs and won Super Bowl LVII and LVIII as Chiefs interior depth. He took over a starter role in 2025 as part of the Chiefs' offensive line transition. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 8 (#71), reflecting the year-four UDFA starter emergence.
Strengths
- Two Super Bowl rings (LVII, LVIII) as Chiefs interior depth gives him postseason résumé that pure STTM ranking doesn't fully capture.
- First sustained NFL starter season ending in tier 8 (#71) STTM finish as a 2022 UDFA puts him above his draft-slot expectation.
Concerns
- Single tier 8 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
- Kansas City's broader offensive line investment (Trey Smith $94M extension, Josh Simmons 1st-round pick) compresses Caliendo's structural role.
What to watch: Whether Caliendo holds 10 or more starts in 2026 or whether Kansas City's offensive line investment compresses his role back to swing depth.