Odafe Oweh
Washington CommandersModel 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 · 17 games
Draft & College
He went well ahead of consensus.
Comps
STM Take
Career arc tier 6-7 (rookie through 2023) to back-to-back tier 2 finishes (#13, #14) in 2024-2025 confirms the elite athletic measurables finally translated. The Penn State zero-college-sack profile plus the 31st overall draft slot plus the four-year patient development path makes Oweh one of the most unusual edge defender developmental cases. The 2026 question is whether Oweh earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 2 with the Chargers or whether the 2024-2025 tier 2 finishes were the late-career chapter peak.
Oweh came out of Penn State as the Baltimore Ravens' 1st-round pick (31st overall) in 2021 after entering the draft with zero career sacks at Penn State despite elite athletic measurables. He spent four years in Baltimore developing the pass-rush profile, then signed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2025 free agency. His STTM career runs tier 6 (#43) rookie, tier 7 (#56) in 2022, tier 7 (#49) in 2023, tier 2 (#13) breakout in 2024, and tier 2 (#14) in 2025 with the Chargers.
Strengths
- Back-to-back tier 2 finishes (#13, #14) in 2024-2025 confirms the elite athletic measurables that drove the original 31st overall draft slot finally translated into production.
- Five years of NFL development before the structural breakout gives him the rare patience-and-payoff arc at the position.
Concerns
- Zero career college sacks at Penn State plus three rookie-through-2023 tier 6-7 finishes flags the original pass-rush profile concerns that may still resurface.
- Chargers' broader defensive scheme transition under Jim Harbaugh puts the 2026 ceiling partly dependent on system fit.
What to watch: Whether Oweh wins his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 2 or 3 with the Chargers, the threshold for confirming the 2024-2025 breakout was structural.