Orlando Brown Jr.
Cincinnati BengalsModel 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 lasted longer than consensus.
Comps
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.