Odafe Oweh

Washington Commanders

Pos EDGE

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

80.8 MODEL

2021

74.5

2022

72.2

2023

71.7

2024

84.0

2025

81.1

2026

80.8

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

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.