Player file
Tommy Akingbesote
DT Defensive Tackle · Maryland · #71
6' 4" · 316 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 23 · born 2003-02-25 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
BUF · Current membership unresolved
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 2025) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
ESPN lists 1 year(s) of experience; nflverse has no stat line and calls the player first-year — nflverse kept (it carries rookie_season), ESPN relayed
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 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z)
Contract
Not sourced yet · term is not on the OTC player page (asOf 2026-08-15)
Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z)
Contract
- Signed through
Not sourced yet · signed through is not on a provisioned source
- APY$970,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-15
- Cap hit
Not sourced yet · OTC BUF y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.
- Free agency2028 · ERFAOver The Cap · 2026-08-15
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 · 2026-08-15 · CAR at BUFIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
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 · 2026-08-15College by year
- 2024 · Maryland · defensive32 tkl · 1 sackHC Mike LocksleyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Maryland · defensive28 tkl · 1 sackHC Mike LocksleyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Maryland · defensive14 tkl · 2 sackHC Mike LocksleyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Maryland · defensive3 tkl · 0 sackHC Mike LocksleyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2025 Combine · DT · Maryland · 6-4 · 306 lb40 5.09 · vert 28" · broad 103"drafted 2025 · round 7 · 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
- 2026-01-19 → 2026-03-11 · BUF · FUTURES · ended: league-year-lapseSigned the following players to reserve/future contracts: DT Tommy Akingbesote, LB Jimmy Ciarlo, OL Travis Clayton, DB Te'Cory Couch, CB M.J. Devonshire, RB Frank Gore Jr., WR Stephen Gosnell, WR Mecole Hardman Jr., LB KBUF transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from 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) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
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
- 2026-08-30 · JAXTommy Akingbesote (DT) waived.
- 2026-08-23 · JAXTommy Akingbesote (DT) signed.
- 2026-08-18 · BUFreleased DL Tommy Akingbesote.
- 2026-01-19 · BUFSigned the following players to reserve/future contracts: DT Tommy Akingbesote, LB Jimmy Ciarlo, OL Travis Clayton, DB Te'Cory Couch, CB M.J. Devonshire, RB Frank Gore Jr., WR Stephen Gosnell, WR Mecole Hardman Jr., LB K
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