Zach Frazier
Pittsburgh SteelersUNDERPAIDModel 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
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
Tier 1 (#7) rookie to tier 1 (#5) sophomore at center is an unusually strong early-career trajectory that puts Frazier on the Creed Humphrey developmental curve. The West Virginia 41-start résumé plus 2023 All-American honors gives him real technical foundation that the early STTM finishes confirm is translating. The 2026 question is whether Frazier crosses into the tier 1 top-3 conversation or whether his ceiling settles into the consistent tier 1-2 band.
Frazier came out of West Virginia as the Pittsburgh Steelers' 2nd-round pick (51st overall) in 2024 after starting 41 games for the Mountaineers and earning 2023 All-American honors. The Steelers installed him as the starting center from week one of his rookie year, anchoring the interior of the Russell Wilson and Justin Fields offense. His STTM arc tier 1 (#7) rookie to tier 1 (#5) sophomore is one of the strongest early-career two-year center arcs in recent memory.
Strengths
- Tier 1 (#7) rookie season followed by tier 1 (#5) sophomore season puts him on the elite Creed Humphrey early-career developmental curve at the center position.
- West Virginia 41-start résumé plus 2023 All-American honors plus the Pittsburgh investment at #51 overall gives him the highest pedigree among recent young centers.
Concerns
- Steelers' broader offensive line transition (multiple coordinator changes, QB instability) compresses the structural support around Frazier.
- Limited two-year window of STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty, even with the tier 1 trajectory.
What to watch: Whether Frazier earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus a top-3 STTM finish, the threshold that would lock in the Humphrey developmental comp.