Player file
Joe Royer
TE Tight End · Cincinnati · #18 · PRO
6' 5" · 250 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 24 · born 2002-02-25 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
CLE · reserve-nfi
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2026) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z)
2029Signed through
APY $1,203,149
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z)
Contract
- Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,203,149Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit
Not sourced yet · OTC CLE y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.
- Free agency2030 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CLE at CHIDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · BUF at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · NE at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15as of 2026-08-27College by year
- 2025 · Cincinnati · receiving29 rec · 416 yds · 4 TDHC Scott SatterfieldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2024 · Cincinnati · receiving51 rec · 532 yds · 3 TDHC Scott SatterfieldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Ohio State · receiving1 rec · 5 yds · 0 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Ohio State · receiving2 rec · 10 yds · 0 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Ohio State · receiving1 rec · 9 yds · 0 TDHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2026 Combine · TE · Cincinnati · 6-5 · 247 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
- 2026-08-30 · CLE · Reserve/NFIPlaced TE Joe Royer on reserve/non-football illness (designated for return)CLE transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-08-30 · CLEPlaced TE Joe Royer on reserve/non-football illness (designated for return)
- 2026-05-08 · CLESigned T Spencer Fano, WR Denzel Boston, T Austin Barber, C Parker Brailsford, LB Justin Jefferson, TE Joe Royer, QB Taylen Green, and TE Carsen Ryan
- 2026-04-25 · CLEDrafted TE Joe Royer
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
Not sourced yet · No Reception Perception row for this player on the Sicko tables.