Osa Odighizuwa

San Francisco 49ers

Pos IDL

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

83.1 MODEL

2021

76.2

2022

83.5

2023

79.6

2024

84.5

2025

89.8

2026

83.1

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

Five-year STTM developmental arc from tier 4 (#30) rookie to tier 1 (#8) in 2025 puts Odighizuwa in the steady-climber class with a top-10 IDL ceiling. The UCLA Pac-12 3rd-round origin plus five years of patient development makes the year-five tier 1 finish remarkable. The 2026 question is whether Odighizuwa earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 1 territory or whether the 2025 peak was a one-year context spike.

Odighizuwa came out of UCLA as the Dallas Cowboys' 3rd-round pick (75th overall) in 2021. He has anchored the Cowboys' interior across five seasons. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#30) rookie, tier 3 (#21) in 2022, tier 4 (#26) in 2023, tier 2 (#11) in 2024, and tier 1 (#8) in 2025.

Strengths

Five-year STTM developmental arc culminating in tier 1 (#8) for a 75th overall 3rd-round pick puts him in the outlier-positive class at the position.
UCLA pedigree plus five years of Dallas system experience plus the structural Cowboys anchor role gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

First tier 1 finish without prior top-15 STTM history raises the question of whether the 2025 finish is structural or situational.
Dallas's broader defensive identity transition (Micah Parsons trade context) compresses the structural support around Odighizuwa's continued elite production.

What to watch: Whether Odighizuwa earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 1 or 2, the threshold for confirming the 2025 ceiling is structural.