Elijah Ponder

lifecycle: veteran — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · NE · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T08:31:14.055Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$993,333Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$1,010,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2028 · RFAOver 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)

1. 2026 · NE · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · NE · LB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 0 ast · 4 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · IND at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · PHI at NEDid 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
• Week 1 · 2026-09-09 · NE at SEAStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-09

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

1. 2024 · Cal Poly · defensive4 tkl · 1 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2023 · Cal Poly · defensive1 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2022 · Cal Poly · defensive4 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
4. 2021 · Cal Poly · defensive2 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0040574: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id PondEl02: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

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)

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)

Source not provisioned · no 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). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0040574 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)