Orlando Brown Jr.

Cincinnati Bengals

Pos LT

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

79.6 MODEL

2018

85.0

2019

96.0

2020

80.2

2021

84.0

2022

79.6

2023

73.6

2024

75.1

2025

74.6

2026

79.6

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 Pro Bowls plus Super Bowl LVII ring plus the $64M Bengals contract plus the Oklahoma 3rd-round origin plus the NFL-family bloodline (Orlando Brown Sr.) puts Brown in the rare championship-pedigree LT class. The 2026 question is whether Brown holds tier 4-5 territory at age 30 or whether the structural late-career decline reasserts.

Brown came out of Oklahoma as the Baltimore Ravens' 3rd-round pick (83rd overall) in 2018, the son of former NFL Pro Bowl OT Orlando Brown Sr. He has made four Pro Bowls (2019-2022) anchoring left tackle. He won Super Bowl LVII with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022 before signing a four-year, $64M deal with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2023 free agency.

Strengths

Four Pro Bowls (2019-2022) plus Super Bowl LVII ring plus the 83rd overall 3rd-round origin as the son of NFL Pro Bowl OT Orlando Brown Sr. establishes elite LT career résumé.
Oklahoma Big 12 3rd-round origin plus the NFL-family bloodline plus the $64M Bengals contract gives him the rare championship-pedigree career foundation.

Concerns

Career STTM range mostly tier 5-7 across the past two Cincinnati seasons creates contract-value risk on the $64M deal.
Age 30 plus eight years of LT wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.

What to watch: Whether Brown holds tier 5 or better in 2026 with Cincinnati plus earns his fifth Pro Bowl, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.