Player file
Chad Ryland
K Kicker · official depth K1 · Maryland · #38 · PRO
6' 0" · 195 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 1999-10-15 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
ARI · 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) 2023–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#21 field-goal % · 1 g2026where he ranks at Field-goal % among 28 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
FG 4/5 · PAT 3/32026 K
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z2026Signed through
APY $1,850,000 · cap hit $1,850,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · ARI · K · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedFG 4/5 · PAT 3/3nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,850,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,850,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · 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 · ARI · K · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedFG 4/5 · PAT 3/3
- 2025 · ARI · K · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedFG 25/33 · PAT 36/36
- 2024 · ARI · K · 13 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedFG 28/32 · PAT 26/27
- 2023 · NE · K · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedFG 16/25 · PAT 24/25
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Hall of Fame Game · 2026-08-06 · CAR at ARIIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-06
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · ARI at LVIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · DAL at ARIIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-23
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ARI at GBIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · ARI at LACIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
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 · 2026-08-06as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2022 · Maryland · kicking19/23 FG · 39 XPHC Mike LocksleyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Eastern Michigan · kicking19/22 FG · 47 XPHC Chris CreightonCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Eastern Michigan · kicking11/13 FG · 18 XPHC Chris CreightonCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Eastern Michigan · kicking14/19 FG · 35 XPHC Chris CreightonCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Eastern Michigan · kicking12/20 FG · 41 XPHC Chris CreightonCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2023 Combine · K · Maryland · 6-0 · 190 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
drafted 2023 · round 4 · New England Patriots
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
- 2026-03-09 · ARICardinals agree to one-year contract extensions with DL L.J. COLLIER, K CHAD RYLAND and P BLAKE GILLIKIN
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 · 2 seasons started · career through 2026
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