Zack Baun
Philadelphia EaglesOVERPAIDModel 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 · 16 games
Draft & College
He lasted longer than consensus.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Super Bowl LIX ring plus 2024 1st-team All-Pro plus the conversion from EDGE/depth to off-ball LB in Philadelphia plus the 2025 tier 2 (#14) STTM finish puts Baun in the rarest outlier-positive position-switch career arc. The Wisconsin 3rd-round origin plus the Eagles' Vic Fangio scheme appears to be the catalyst. The 2026 question is whether Baun earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 1 territory or whether the 2024 All-Pro was a one-year context spike.
Baun came out of Wisconsin as the New Orleans Saints' 3rd-round pick (74th overall) in 2020 and spent four years in New Orleans as a rotational defender before signing with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024. He earned 2024 1st-team All-Pro recognition with the Eagles plus won Super Bowl LIX. His first STTM appearance as a converted off-ball LB comes in 2025 at tier 2 (#14).
Strengths
- 2024 1st-team All-Pro plus Super Bowl LIX ring plus the position-switch from EDGE to off-ball LB establishes one of the most outlier-positive position-switch arcs at the LB position.
- Wisconsin Big Ten 3rd-round origin plus the Eagles' Vic Fangio defensive scheme creates the structural environment for continued elite production.
Concerns
- Single first STTM LB ranking puts the 2025 finish on a small sample with significant downside risk.
- Philadelphia's broader defensive identity around the Super Bowl LIX championship roster transition compresses the structural support.
What to watch: Whether Baun earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 1 or 2, the threshold for confirming the 2024 All-Pro position-switch was structural.