Player file
D'Angelo Ponds
NB Nickelback · official depth NB2 · Indiana · #23 · PRO
5' 8" · 182 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 21 · born 2005-01-13 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NYJ · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2026) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
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 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z)
2029Signed through
APY $2,459,230 · cap hit $1,788,530
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z)
Contract
- Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,459,230Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,788,530Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2030 · 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)
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
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 · 2026-08-14as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2025 · Indiana · defensive60 tkl · 0 sackHC Curt CignettiCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2024 · Indiana · defensive55 tkl · 0 sackHC Curt CignettiCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · James Madison · defensive51 tkl · 0 sackHC Curt CignettiCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2026 Combine · CB · Indiana · 5-9 · 182 lbvert 43.5"
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
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-18 · Calf · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-17 · Calf · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-16 · Calf · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-11 · Calf · Practice: LP · Game designation: DOUBTFULNYJ official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-11
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-10 · Calf · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-10
- D'Angelo Ponds2026-09-09 · Calf · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-09
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
- 2026-05-08 · NYJSigned Edge David Bailey, TE Kenyon Sadiq, CB D'Angelo Ponds, QB Cade Klubnik, OL Anez Cooper & DB VJ Payne to rookie contracts.
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
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