Rasul Douglas

CB·

Washington Commanders

Tier 1Round 3, pick 99 in 2017

Updated November 10, 2026

80.8

Model Score

Resting on limited playing time

Trade value ·a 7th

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Rasul Douglas has 1 interceptions, 6 pass deflections and 54.5% completion rate allowed in 7 games for the Washington Commanders this season through Week 8 (updated November 10, 2026).

STM Take

A journeyman corner who just found his peak again.

The case for

2021 tier 1 (#2) Packers STTM peak plus 2025 tier 1 (#5) Dolphins bounce-back establishes structural top-5 CB ceiling across multiple team-fits.
Nine years of NFL survival across six teams as a West Virginia 3rd-round pick gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

The worry

Career STTM volatility (tier 1 in 2021, tier 4 in 2022, tier 3 in 2023, tier 8 in 2024, tier 1 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Age 30 plus nine years of CB wear puts the structural late-career decline question on every 2026 projection.

What to watch: Whether Douglas earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 2 or better with Miami, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.

Full take and bio

2021 tier 1 (#2) Packers STTM peak plus the 2025 tier 1 (#5) Dolphins bounce-back plus nine years of NFL survival puts Douglas in the rarest journeyman elite class. The West Virginia 3rd-round origin plus the multi-team experience give him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Douglas earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 1-2 territory with Miami.

Douglas came out of West Virginia as the Philadelphia Eagles' 3rd-round pick (99th overall) in 2017 and bounced through the Eagles, Panthers, Cardinals, Packers, Bills, and now Dolphins across nine NFL seasons. He delivered a tier 1 (#2) STTM peak in 2021 with the Packers. His STTM career runs tier 1 (#2) in 2021, tier 4 (#30) in 2022, tier 3 (#18) in 2023, tier 8 (#104) collapse in 2024, and tier 1 (#5) bounce-back in 2025 with Miami.

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Champ Bailey ’0784%

Richard Sherman ’1980%

Brent Grimes ’1753%

Jason McCourty ’1750%

Plays like: Brian Poole, Nicholas Harper, Dee Alford. Built like: Antone Exum, Curtis DeLoatch, Isas Waxter. Coming out: one of one, no NFL player had a college career this close.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 7 stars, 4 starters, 7 backups, 2 didn't stick.

Rasul Douglas Injury StatusNot listed

Rasul Douglas is not on the injury report as of Nov 9. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 7 games

INT110th

Pass Deflections622nd

Comp % Allowed54.5%32nd

Yds / Target7.765th

TD Allowed01st

Solo Tackles2125th

Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit

$2.0M

APY

$1.8M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$580K

Years on Deal

Signed

2026

Est. Value

$4.4M/yr

underpaid by $2.6M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 99 to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017, out of West Virginia (Big 12). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#99

Consensus board86th

Our college model#41 CB

In college, 2016, 13 games: 8 INT, 8 pass breakups, 70 tackles, 4 TFL. (partial record) Coming out: 4.59s 40 yd, 16 reps bench, 33.5" vertical, 120" broad, 6.97s 3-cone, 4.26s shuttle.