Player file
Jaylan Ford
LB Linebacker · Texas · #53 · PRO
6' 2" · 240 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
Sources disagree · age: ESPN roster says 2001-12-28, nflverse players.csv says 2001-11-28 (join espn_id); both relayed, neither chosen
NO · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2024–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#155 tkl · 2 g2026where he ranks at Tackles among 184 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-10-26
Inspect season and contract figures
1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 LB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z2027Signed through
APY $1,068,569 · cap hit $1,138,569
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · NO · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 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$1,068,569Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,138,569Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · 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 · NO · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2025 · NO · LB · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · NO · LB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 1 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · JAX at NOStarted. · 7 tackles (3-4)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NO at LARStarted. · 5 tackles (2-3)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NO at DALStarted. · 2 tackles (1-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
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 2026-08-28College by year
- 2023 · Texas · defensive96 tkl · 1 sackHC Steve SarkisianCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Texas · defensive109 tkl · 2 sackHC Steve SarkisianCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Texas · defensive53 tkl · 0 sackHC Steve SarkisianCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Texas · defensive14 tkl · 0 sackHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2024 Combine · LB · Texas · 6-2 · 240 lbvert 33.5" · broad 121"drafted 2024 · round 5 · New Orleans Saints
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
- Jaylan Ford2026-10-09 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLENO official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-09
- Jaylan Ford2026-10-08 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNO official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-08
- Jaylan Ford2026-10-07 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNO official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-07
- 2026-08-30 · NO · Injured ReservePlaced CBs Dalys Beanum and David Long Jr. , EDGE Mike Heldman , RB Devin Neal , T Barry Wesley , LB Jaylan Ford (designated to return) and WR Jordyn Tyson (designated to return) on Injured Reservedesignated to returnNO transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
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 · NOPlaced CBs Dalys Beanum and David Long Jr. , EDGE Mike Heldman , RB Devin Neal , T Barry Wesley , LB Jaylan Ford (designated to return) and WR Jordyn Tyson (designated to return) on Injured Reserve
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 · career through 2025
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