Player file
Dorian Strong
CB Cornerback · Virginia Tech · #43 · PRO
6' 1" · 185 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 24 · born 2002-03-14 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
BUF · reserve-nfi
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2025 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=00-0040197 (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=00-0040197 (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 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z)
2028Signed through
APY $1,121,339
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z)
Contract
- Signed through2028Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,121,339Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit
Not sourced yet · OTC BUF y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.
- Free agency2029 · 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 · BUF · CB · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
Not sourced yet · no line, start, appearance or DNP row for this id in the 65 NFL game summaries ingested (2026 preseason; not the full slate) — a coverage bound, not a DNP (asOf 2026-09-20)
College by year
- 2024 · Virginia Tech · defensive32 tkl · 0 sackHC Brent PryCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Virginia Tech · defensive24 tkl · 0 sackHC Brent PryCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Virginia Tech · defensive9 tkl · 0 sackHC Brent PryCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Virginia Tech · defensive22 tkl · 0 sackHC Justin FuenteCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Virginia Tech · defensive22 tkl · 0 sackHC Justin FuenteCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2025 Combine · CB · Virginia Tech · 6-1 · 185 lb40 4.5 · bench 15 · vert 36" · broad 116"drafted 2025 · round 6 · Buffalo Bills
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
Sources disagree · 1 of 1 filed episode(s) sit in a composite clause naming ≥ 2 reserve/departure states — the designation cannot be read off the lead verb. Clause: "waived/NFI CB Dorian Strong" (asOf 2026-09-20)
- 2026-06-11 · BUF · designation not asserted
Sources disagree · clause names 2 reserve/departure states (nfi, waived); the parser assigned the lead verb "nfi" to every name in it — ambiguous provenance, designation NOT asserted
waived/NFI CB Dorian StrongBUF transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
every clause relayed verbatim; the player's own segment is the evidence a reader can weigh — the parser split is the follow-on leg
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
- 2026-06-11 · BUFwaived/NFI CB Dorian Strong
Sources disagree · the filing names 2 reserve/departure states (nfi, waived) — the filing is the fact; no single verb is asserted for this player
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