Player file
John Ridgeway III
DT Defensive Tackle · official depth DT2 · Arkansas · #95 · PRO
6' 5" · 321 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1999-05-07 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NO · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2025 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=00-0037283 (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=00-0037283 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T04:16:03.525Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T04:16:03.525Z)
2027Signed through
APY $2,857,500 · cap hit $2,040,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T04:16:03.525Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T04:16:03.525Z)
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,857,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$2,040,000Over 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
- 2025 · NO · DT · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · NO · DT · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · WAS · DT · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11 solo tkl · 5 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · WAS · DT · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 3 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 1 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · JAX at NODid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NO at LARDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NO at DALDid not play. On the official DNP list.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
- 2021 · Arkansas · defensive39 tkl · 2 sackHC Sam PittmanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Illinois State · defensive8 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2018 · Illinois State · defensive4 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · DT · Arkansas · 6-5 · 321 lb40 5.3 · broad 101" · shuttle 4.73drafted 2022 · round 5 · Dallas Cowboys
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
- 2026-03-11 · NOAgreed to terms with G David Edwards , RB Travis Etienne Jr. , TE Noah Fant and P Ryan Wright , DT John Ridgeway III and LB Kaden Elliss .
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