Rock Ya-Sin

Detroit Lions

Pos CB

Updated October 9, 2026

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Model Score

72.0 MODEL

2019

73.7

2020

71.1

2021

73.6

2022

72.5

2023

66.3

2025

76.4

2026

72.0

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 →

STM Take

2021 tier 2 (#15) Colts plus 2025 tier 2 (#11) Lions bounce-back puts Ya-Sin in the rare journeyman elite-peak CB class. The Temple AAC 2nd-round origin plus seven years of NFL development give him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Ya-Sin earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 2 territory with Detroit or whether the structural team-fit volatility returns.

Ya-Sin came out of Temple as the Indianapolis Colts' 2nd-round pick (34th overall) in 2019. He has bounced through the Colts, Raiders, Ravens, and now Lions across seven NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 2 (#15) in 2021 with the Colts, tier 5 (#40) in 2022, tier 8 (#77) in 2023, and tier 2 (#11) bounce-back in 2025 with Detroit.

Strengths

2021 tier 2 (#15) Colts plus 2025 tier 2 (#11) Lions confirms structural top-15 CB ceiling exists across multiple team-fits.
Seven years of NFL survival across four teams gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

Concerns

Career STTM volatility (tier 2 in 2021, tier 8 in 2023, tier 2 in 2025) confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Detroit's broader defensive identity around the Hutchinson primary pass-rush priority puts continued Ya-Sin production partly dependent on team-fit.

What to watch: Whether Ya-Sin earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 3 or better, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.