Rakeem Nunez-Roches
Tampa Bay BuccaneersModel 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 · 9 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
11 years of NFL survival as a Southern Miss 6th-round pick plus the Super Bowl LV ring puts Nunez-Roches in the rare journeyman champion class with structural rotational depth ceiling. The career STTM range mostly tier 7-8 across the past five years confirms the ceiling is rotational. The 2026 question is whether Nunez-Roches holds an active-roster spot at age 32 or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.
Nunez-Roches came out of Southern Miss as the Kansas City Chiefs' 6th-round pick (172nd overall) in 2015 and has bounced through the Chiefs, Lions, Buccaneers, and now Giants across 11 NFL seasons. He won Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#59) in 2021, tier 7 (#50) in 2022, tier 8 (#95) in 2023, tier 8 (#64) in 2024, and tier 8 (#62) in 2025.
Strengths
- Super Bowl LV ring plus 11 years of NFL survival as a 6th-round pick gives him the rare journeyman champion résumé.
- Multi-team experience across four systems gives him real plug-in veteran depth value.
Concerns
- Career STTM range mostly tier 7-8 across the past five years confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above rotational depth.
- Age 32 plus 11 years of interior-line wear puts the late-career structural decline question on every 2026 projection.
What to watch: Whether Nunez-Roches holds an active-roster spot for the full 2026 season or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.