Neville Gallimore

Chicago Bears

Pos IDL

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

72.4 MODEL

2020

72.0

2021

72.4

2022

69.7

2023

67.4

2024

65.1

2025

76.6

2026

72.4

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

Four straight tier 8 finishes (2021-2024) to tier 6 (#45) breakout in 2025 is a 28-spot one-year jump that confirms the change of scenery to Indianapolis as the catalyst. The Oklahoma Big 12 3rd-round origin plus six years of NFL survival give him real journeyman value. The 2026 question is whether Gallimore holds tier 6 or better with the Colts or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

Gallimore came out of Oklahoma as the Dallas Cowboys' 3rd-round pick (82nd overall) in 2020 and bounced through the Cowboys, Rams, and now Colts across six NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#65) rookie, tier 8 (#78) in 2022 and 2023, tier 8 (#73) in 2024 with the Rams, and tier 6 (#45) breakout in 2025 with Indianapolis.

Strengths

Tier 6 (#45) breakout in his first Colts season after four straight tier 8 finishes confirms the structural ceiling exists when team-fit aligns.
Six years of NFL survival across three systems plus positional flexibility gives him real journeyman veteran value.

Concerns

Four straight tier 8 finishes (2021-2024) confirms the structural ceiling historically capped at rotational depth.
Indianapolis's broader defensive identity around the QB rebuild plus the multi-year offensive instability compresses the structural support.

What to watch: Whether Gallimore holds tier 6 or better in 2026 with the Colts, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.