Tonka Hemingway

Las Vegas RaidersUNDERPAID

Pos IDL

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

75.1 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

2025

73.9

2026

75.1

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

First STTM ranking at tier 5 (#39) in year two for a 244th overall pick puts Hemingway in the rare outlier-positive class for Day 3 IDL late-round prospects. The South Carolina SEC 39-start pedigree plus the Raiders' position-specific coaching gives him basic developmental foundation. The 2026 question is whether Hemingway holds tier 5-6 or whether the role compresses back to swing depth.

Hemingway came out of South Carolina as the Las Vegas Raiders' 7th-round pick (244th overall) in 2024 after starting 39 games for the Gamecocks. He spent his rookie year as developmental depth, then emerged into a rotational interior role in 2025. His first STTM appearance comes in 2025 at tier 5 (#39), an unusual year-two emergence for a 244th overall pick.

Strengths

Year-two tier 5 (#39) STTM finish for a 244th overall pick puts him in the outlier-positive class for late-round IDL prospects.
South Carolina SEC 39-start pedigree plus the Raiders structural interior role gives him real developmental foundation.

Concerns

Single tier 5 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
Las Vegas's broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year rebuild compresses the structural support around Hemingway.

What to watch: Whether Hemingway holds tier 5 or better in 2026 or whether the role compresses back to swing depth.