Alaric Jackson

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

The Rams handed Alaric Jackson a three-year, $56.3M extension ($18.8M AAV) that represents a slight overpay for an offensive tackle still proving his worth as a consistent starter, earning a C+ CVI grade. At $18.8M annually, Jackson is being compensated in the upper-middle tier of NFL tackle contracts despite a body of work that suggests he's more of a solid starter than the above-average blindside protector this deal implies. The 25-year-old former undrafted player has shown flashes of competence when healthy, but his limited sample size of quality starts makes this commitment feel premature for a franchise already stretched thin against the salary cap. The $30M in guaranteed money provides Jackson with significant security while giving Los Angeles some flexibility to move on after two seasons if he doesn't develop into the franchise-caliber tackle they're betting on. This contract reflects the Rams' ongoing struggle to balance immediate competitiveness with long-term roster construction, paying starter money for a player who may ultimately prove to be a replacement-level option at one of the game's most critical positions.

Performance Analysis

Alaric Jackson is a below-average starter at the tackle position by the current performance grade, which reflects a player who has not yet justified his role as a foundational piece of the offensive line despite five seasons of NFL experience. The most concrete data point in his favor is durability — appearing in all 16 games last season demonstrates the reliability that the Rams clearly prioritized when structuring his contract around an $18.8M AAV. That durability, however, is also the ceiling of what the available data supports, and the F performance grade signals that simply being on the field is not translating into the quality of play a starter at that salary level demands. There is no statistical profile here to isolate a genuine strength beyond availability, which makes the performance shortfall all the more difficult to contextualize. The media framing around Jackson is appropriately muted — he is a quiet, functional presence on the offensive line rather than a player generating the kind of buzz that elite or even solidly above-average tackles tend to attract, and that perception aligns directly with where his performance grade currently sits. As a 27-year-old five-year veteran, Jackson has run out of the developmental runway that might excuse underperformance in younger players — at this stage, what you see is largely what you get. With the regular season still 136 days away, the Rams have time to push for improvement, but the gap between his $18.8M price tag and his current production level represents a real roster-construction concern heading into 2026.