Pete Werner
New Orleans SaintsModel 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.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Two straight tier 8 finishes (#67, #69) for a 60th overall 2nd-round pick puts Werner in the negative draft-slot-vs-outcome class at the LB position. The Ohio State Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus five years of Saints system experience give him basic developmental floor. The 2026 question is whether Werner crosses into tier 6-7 territory or whether the structural tier 8 ceiling caps below his expected outcome.
Werner came out of Ohio State as the New Orleans Saints' 2nd-round pick (60th overall) in 2021. He has anchored the Saints' linebacker corps across five seasons. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#67) in 2024 to tier 8 (#69) in 2025, two straight tier 8 finishes that's the wrong direction for a 2nd-round pick.
Strengths
- Ohio State Big Ten 2nd-round draft pedigree plus five years of Saints system experience gives him basic developmental floor.
- Career STTM range with structural Saints anchor role gives him real veteran market value.
Concerns
- Two straight tier 8 finishes for a 60th overall 2nd-round pick puts him in the negative draft-slot-vs-outcome class.
- New Orleans's broader defensive identity transition plus the multi-year QB rebuild compresses the structural support around Werner.
What to watch: Whether Werner crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the standard year-six threshold for 2nd-round LB picks on stable-starter trajectories.