Player file
Aaron Donald
EDG Edge Defender · official depth EDG2 · Pittsburgh · #99 · PRO
6' 1" · 280 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 35 · born 1991-05-23 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
LAR · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 10 NFL regular-season line(s) 2014–2023 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#104 sacks · 5 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 172 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-10-26
Inspect season and contract figures
5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 DE
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z2027Signed through
APY $20,000,000 · cap hit $5,826,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · LAR · DE · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts. The scheduled season-total refresh is overdue.
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$20,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$5,826,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2031 · 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)
NFL by year
- 2026 · LAR · DE · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved23 solo tkl · 5 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · LAR · DL · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 8 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 1 FF
- 2021 · LAR · DL · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 8 ast · 12.5 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 4 FF
- 2020 · LAR · DL · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved26 solo tkl · 1 ast · 13.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 4 FF
- 2019 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved25 solo tkl · 4 ast · 12.5 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 2 FF
- 2018 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved35 solo tkl · 6 ast · 20.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 4 FF
- 2017 · LAR · DL · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 2 ast · 11 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 5 FF
- 2016 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved33 solo tkl · 3 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 5 PD · 2 FF
- 2015 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved41 solo tkl · 3 ast · 11 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
- 2014 · LAR · DL · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved35 solo tkl · 3 ast · 9 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 2 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
Not sourced yet · no line, start, appearance or DNP row for this id in the 65 NFL game summaries ingested (2026 preseason; not the full slate) — a coverage bound, not a DNP (asOf 2026-09-20)
College by year
Not joined yet · no CFBD season row joined for this id and no probe recorded (college/years.json: 1930 of 2290 people matched) Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Combine / pro day
- 2014 Combine · DT · Pittsburgh · 6-1 · 285 lb40 4.68 · bench 35 · vert 32" · broad 116" · 3-cone 7.11 · shuttle 4.39drafted 2014 · round 1 · St. Louis Rams
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
Weekly injury report
- Aaron Donald2026-10-23 · NIR-Rest · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 7 injury report · 2026-10-23
- Aaron Donald2026-10-10 · Back/NIR-Rest · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-10
- Aaron Donald2026-10-09 · Back/NIR-Rest · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-09
- Aaron Donald2026-10-08 · Back/NIR-Rest · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-08
- Aaron Donald2026-10-02 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUTLAR official Week 4 injury report · 2026-10-02
- Aaron Donald2026-10-01 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 4 injury report · 2026-10-01
- Aaron Donald2026-09-30 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 4 injury report · 2026-09-30
- Aaron Donald2026-09-25 · NIR - Rest · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 3 injury report · 2026-09-25
- Aaron Donald2026-09-19 · NIR - Rest · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-19
- Aaron Donald2026-09-09 · NIR - Rest · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUTLAR official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-09
- Aaron Donald2026-09-08 · NIR - Rest · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-08
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
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 · LARDL Aaron Donald officially comes out of retirement.
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
10× Pro Bowl · 8× All-Pro · 10 seasons started · career through 2023
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