Tate Ratledge

Model 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

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STM Take

Rookie tier 8 (#62) at left guard as a 2nd-round pick is below the year-one median for Day 2 IOL prospects on stable-starter trajectories. The Georgia back-to-back national championship pedigree plus the Lions' offensive line coaching reputation should support a year-two jump. The 2026 question is whether Ratledge crosses into tier 5-6 territory or whether the Lions' broader offensive line transition (Decker succession planning) compresses his snap share.

Ratledge came out of Georgia as the Detroit Lions' 2nd-round pick (57th overall) in 2025 after starting 31 games for the back-to-back national championship Bulldogs (2021, 2022). The Lions installed him in the interior rotation as a rookie as part of the offensive line continuity under Dan Campbell. His rookie 2025 finish at tier 8 (#62) is below the year-one median for 2nd-round IOL picks but on the developmental band given the rookie position-switch context.

What to watch: Whether Ratledge crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the standard year-two threshold for Day 2 IOL picks on stable-starter trajectories.