Rock Ya-Sin
Detroit LionsModel 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
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.