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PlayerTeddye Buchanan · LB, Baltimore Ravens, Model Score 77.7Be the Ravens GM

Teddye Buchanan

Baltimore Ravens
Pos LB
Updated October 8, 2026
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Model Score

77.7 MODEL
Resting on limited playing time

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

Rookie tier 7 (#51) for a 122nd overall 4th-round pick is on the year-one band for Day 3 LB prospects. The California Pac-12 2024 All-Pac-12 honors plus the structural Ravens linebacker rotation gives him basic college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Buchanan crosses into tier 5-6 territory in his year-two jump or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Buchanan came out of California as the Baltimore Ravens' 4th-round pick (122nd overall) in 2025 after earning 2024 First-Team All-Pac-12 honors. The Ravens used him in the linebacker rotation as a rookie behind Roquan Smith and Trenton Simpson. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 7 (#51), the year-one developmental band for 4th-round LB prospects.

Strengths

  • California Pac-12 2024 First-Team All-Pac-12 honors plus the 122nd overall draft slot gives him real Pac-12 pedigree.
  • Year-one rotational reps for the Ravens at age 22 plus the structural deep rotation gives him the developmental runway.

Concerns

  • Single tier 7 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
  • Baltimore's broader defensive identity around Roquan Smith's primary anchor role compresses Buchanan's structural snap share.

What to watch: Whether Buchanan crosses into tier 6 (top 50) in 2026, the standard year-two threshold for 4th-round LB picks on stable-starter trajectories.

Comps

Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Kenneth Murray57%Cody Barton55%Germaine Pratt54%

Teddye Buchanan Injury StatusNot listed

Teddye Buchanan is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 129 · Baltimore Ravens · 2025
California (ACC)
Taken
#129
where he actually went
Consensus board
213th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#125
among LB in our college data

He went earlier than consensus.

In college · 2024 · 12 games
108 tackles, 12 TFL, 5.0 sacks

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
9.42
RAS
4.6s
40 yd
26 reps
Bench
40"
Vertical
17"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes

Of the 450 players taken as a fourth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 38% earned a second contract and 26% became starters. The median one started 11 career games.

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