Player file
Sydney Brown
S Safety · official depth S2 · Illinois · #29 · PRO
5' 10" · 211 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-03-21 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
ATL · 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
#11 INT · 1 g2026where he ranks at Interceptions among 101 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
stat row carries no counting column at this position2026 SAF
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z2026Signed through
APY $1,437,277 · cap hit $1,533,969
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · ATL · SAF · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this positionnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z
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$1,437,277Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,533,969Over 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 · ATL · SAF · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2025 · PHI · SAF · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2024 · PHI · SAF · 7 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
- 2023 · PHI · SAF · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolvedstat row carries no counting column at this position
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · DEN at ATLStarted. · 5 tackles (1-4)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · ATL at INDStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ATL at MIA1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · ATL at PITStarted. · 7 tackles (4-3)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 · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2022 · Illinois · defensive59 tkl · 1 sackHC Bret BielemaCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Illinois · defensive69 tkl · 1 sackHC Bret BielemaCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Illinois · defensive36 tkl · 0 sackHC Lovie SmithCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Illinois · defensive88 tkl · 0 sackHC Lovie SmithCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Illinois · defensive55 tkl · 0 sackHC Lovie SmithCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2023 Combine · DB · Illinois · 5-10 · 211 lb40 4.47 · bench 23 · vert 40.5" · broad 130"drafted 2023 · round 3 · Philadelphia Eagles
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
- 2026-03-21 · PHI ↔ ATLAgreed to acquire a 2026 fourth-round pick (No. 114 overall) and a 2026 sixth-round pick (No. 197 overall) from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for S Sydney Brown, a 2026 fourth-round pick (No. 122 overall), and a 2026 s
- 2026-03-20 · ATLThe Falcons traded their No. 114 and No. 197 overall picks in the 2026 NFL Draft for S Sydney Brown along with picks No. 122 and No. 215 in the draft.
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 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