Osa Odighizuwa
San Francisco 49ersModel 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 earlier than consensus.
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Comps
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.