Trent Williams

San Francisco 49ersOVERPAID

Pos LT

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

90.7 MODEL

2016

94.2

2017

85.8

2018

75.3

2020

80.8

2021

91.7

2022

89.8

2023

93.0

2024

85.4

2025

85.0

2026

90.7

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

11 Pro Bowls plus three 1st-team All-Pros is unambiguously Hall-of-Fame trajectory regardless of how the career closes. Four straight top-15 STTM finishes (#15, #12, #9, #33 with brief injuries) confirm the dominance through 2023. The 2025 tier 5 (#39) at age 38 reflects the structural decline of the late chapter, but every season at his age that the body still functions is a bonus.

Williams came out of Oklahoma as Washington's 1st-round pick (4th overall) in 2010. He made 11 Pro Bowls (2012-2018, 2020-2023) and three 1st-team All-Pro selections (2020, 2021, 2023), establishing himself as one of the greatest LTs in NFL history. He missed the entire 2019 season in a contract holdout, was traded to San Francisco in 2020, and has anchored the 49ers offense for six seasons. The 2023 tier 2 (#9) finish was his late-career peak. The 2024 tier 5 (#33) and 2025 tier 5 (#39) finishes reflect his age-38 decline.

Strengths

11 Pro Bowls plus three 1st-team All-Pro selections establishes a Hall-of-Fame career baseline. Career-long elite production at LT plus the willingness to play through age 38.
2023 tier 2 (#9) finish at age 35 plus three other consecutive top-15 finishes (#15, #12, #15) confirms the dominance through the late career.

Concerns

Two straight tier 5 finishes (#33, #39) confirms the age-related decline is here. At 38 the structural drop is rapid.
49ers' offensive line transition (eventual Williams retirement) plus the Brock Purdy protection scheme adjustments compresses Williams's last-chapter ceiling.

What to watch: Whether Williams retires after the 2025 season or whether he extends for one more year with the 49ers as veteran insurance.