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Shelby Harris

New York Giants
Pos IDL
Updated August 24, 2026

Model Score

76.4 MODEL
2018
75.7
2019
77.3
2020
84.0
2021
83.1
2022
78.0
2023
77.3
2024
77.5
2025
76.4

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

179th
Sacks
765th
Pressures
345th
QB Hits
719th
TFL
3271st
Tackles
030th
FF

Draft & College

Round 7, pick 235 · Oakland Raiders · 2014
Illinois St.
Taken
#235
where he actually went
Consensus board
189th
average of the public big boards that spring

He went about where consensus had him.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Plays like
on-field production only

STM Take

12 years of NFL survival as an Illinois State FCS 7th-round pick plus the 2019 tier 3 (#23) Broncos peak makes Harris one of the most outlier-positive career arcs at the position. The 2025 tier 8 (#57) finish at age 34 confirms the structural late-career decline. The 2026 question is whether Harris extends through age 35 or whether the closing-chapter trajectory finally takes hold.

Harris came out of Illinois State (FCS) as the Oakland Raiders' 7th-round pick (235th overall) in 2014 and has bounced through the Raiders, Cowboys, Jets, Broncos, Seahawks, and Browns across 12 NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 3 (#23) in 2019 with Denver peak, tier 5 (#37) in 2023, tier 5 (#38) in 2024, and tier 8 (#57) in 2025.

Strengths

  • 12 years of NFL survival as an Illinois State FCS 7th-round pick plus the 2019 tier 3 (#23) Broncos peak establishes outlier-positive career résumé.
  • Multi-team experience across six teams gives him real plug-in veteran depth value.

Concerns

  • 2025 tier 8 (#57) finish at age 34 plus the multi-year decline from the 2019 tier 3 peak confirms the structural late-career decline.
  • Age 34 plus 12 years of interior-line wear puts the closing-chapter question on every 2026 projection.

What to watch: Whether Harris holds an active-roster spot for the full 2026 season or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.

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