Patrick Queen
Pittsburgh SteelersModel 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 about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
2023 Pro Bowl plus the LSU 2019 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 28th overall draft slot plus the $41M Steelers contract puts Queen in the high-pedigree class with structural volatility. The career STTM range with the 2025 tier 8 (#76) collapse confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit dependent. The 2026 question is whether Queen returns to tier 4-5 territory with Pittsburgh or whether the $41M contract becomes a structural cap problem.
Queen came out of LSU as the Baltimore Ravens' 1st-round pick (28th overall) in 2020 after winning the 2019 CFP National Championship with the Tigers. He made the 2023 Pro Bowl with the Ravens before signing a three-year, $41M deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024 free agency. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#66) in 2021, tier 5 (#36) in 2022, tier 8 (#57) in 2023, tier 5 (#36) in 2024 with Pittsburgh, and tier 8 (#76) collapse in 2025.
Strengths
- 2023 Pro Bowl plus LSU 2019 CFP National Championship pedigree plus the 28th overall draft slot establishes structural elite LB ceiling at peak.
- Six years of NFL starter reps across two systems plus the $41M Steelers contract gives him real veteran market value.
Concerns
- 40-spot regression from tier 5 (#36) in 2024 to tier 8 (#76) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
- $41M Steelers contract creates major contract-value risk if the tier 8 finish becomes the stable baseline.
What to watch: Whether Queen returns to tier 4 (top 30) in 2026 with Pittsburgh, the threshold for closing the gap between contract and STTM ranking.