Nnamdi Madubuike
Baltimore RavensModel 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 →
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Of the 410 players taken as a third-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 51% earned a second contract and 39% became starters. The median one started 21 career games.
STM Take
2023 1st-team All-Pro plus 2023 Pro Bowl plus the 13-sack interior defender season plus the $98M Ravens extension as a Texas A&M 3rd-round pick puts Madubuike in the rarest outlier-positive interior defender class. The Texas A&M SEC 3rd-round origin plus the rare interior 13-sack production establishes elite foundation. The 2026 question is whether Madubuike returns to tier 1 territory post-neck recovery or whether the structural injury wear closes the elite chapter.
Madubuike came out of Texas A&M as the Baltimore Ravens' 3rd-round pick (71st overall) in 2020. He made the 2023 Pro Bowl plus earned 2023 1st-team All-Pro recognition after a 13-sack season that was the most by an interior defender in years. He signed a four-year, $98M extension with the Ravens in 2024. He missed extensive time in 2025 with a neck injury.
Strengths
- 2023 1st-team All-Pro plus 2023 Pro Bowl plus 13-sack interior defender season as a 71st overall 3rd-round pick puts him in the rarest outlier-positive class at the IDL position.
- Texas A&M SEC 3rd-round origin plus the rare interior 13-sack production establishes elite career foundation.
Concerns
- 2025 neck injury plus the missed season puts continued durability question on every 2026 projection.
- $31M 2026 cap hit on the $98M Ravens extension creates major contract-value risk if the year-one recovery does not return him to tier 1 territory.
What to watch: Whether Madubuike returns to tier 1 (top 10) in 2026 post-neck recovery, the threshold for confirming the 2023 elite ceiling can be recaptured.