Player file

Jihad Ward

EDG Edge Defender · Illinois · PRO

6' 5" · 285 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 32 · born 1994-05-11 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20

MIN · practice-squad

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 10 NFL regular-season line(s) 2016–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0033046 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)

Inspect

no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0033046 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists

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)

Contract

Not sourced yet · OTC MIN salary-cap table had no Active/IR row matching this official-chart name. — the club cap table is Active/IR only (practice squad and reserve rows omitted), so a miss is a coverage gap, not "no contract" (asOf 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390Z)

Season stats

Contract

as of 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390Z

NFL by year

2025 · TEN · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 1 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 0 FF
2024 · MIN · LB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
2023 · NYG · LB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 1 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
2022 · NYG · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved20 solo tkl · 8 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 2 FF
2021 · JAX · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved10 solo tkl · 0 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2020 · BAL · LB · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved7 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 0 FF
2019 · BAL · LB · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 1 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
2018 · IND · LB · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2017 · LV · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2016 · LV · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF

nflverse stats_player_reg 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20

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)

Draft

2016 · round 2 · pick 44 · OAK · Illinois

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20

Combine / pro day

2016 Combine · DT · Illinois · 6-5 · 297 lb40 5.11 · bench 20 · vert 25" · broad 111" · 3-cone 7.38 · shuttle 4.63drafted 2016 · round 2 · Oakland Raiders

nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

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

Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name 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) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

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

2026-09-09 · MINSigned OLB Jihad Ward.

MIN transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-19

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 · 4 seasons started · career through 2025

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

Jihad Ward · Practice Squad · observed 2026-09-21 · transition date unresolved · Promotion/elevation required for a lineup; any assumption belongs to Scenario. · Official roster

Jihad Ward · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 3 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 4 · Not yet available: 1

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

Membership
Answered · practice-squad
Evidence window: 2026-09-21T09:09:18.240Z
vikings.com / current roster sections
Lineup eligibility
Answered · Promotion/elevation required. Actual is unchanged.
Evidence window: 2026-09-21T09:09:18.240Z
vikings.com / current roster sections
Listed role
Answered · OLB
vikings.com / players-roster + depth chart
Recent usage / sample
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
Evidence window: 2026-09-20
Owner: Player evidence ingestion · Resolve or update this question.
Production / sample
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.
Evidence window: 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved)
Owner: Player evidence ingestion · Await the named event or checkpoint.
Practice participation
Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.
Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.
Game designation
Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.
Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.
Contract term
Not sourced yet · OTC MIN salary-cap table had no Active/IR row matching this official-chart name. — the club cap table is Active/IR only (practice squad and reserve rows omitted), so a miss is a coverage gap, not "no contract"
Evidence window: 2026-09-20T15:11:45.390Z
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