DeCarlos Nicholson

lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — ESPN roster lists 0 years of experience; no nflverse join to corroborate (ESPN team roster) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z)

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY

  Not sourced yet · not yet read from the OTC player page — published-but-unparsed until otc-player-extract reads it; absence of a read is not absence on the source

• Cap hit$885,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-30

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

• 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 · 2026-08-15 · CAR at BUFIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
• Preseason week 2 · 2026-08-21 · CAR at JAXIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · HOU at CAR4 tackles (2-2)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

1. 2025 · USC · defensive42 tkl · 1 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2024 · USC · defensive27 tkl · 0 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2023 · Mississippi State · defensive42 tkl · 0 sackHC Zach ArnettCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
4. 2022 · Mississippi State · defensive5 tkl · 0 sackHC Zach ArnettCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

Not joined yet · no nflverse join to search the draft ledger by (no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 5081149 not in players.csv and no name match); stats tables are keyed by gsis player_id); ESPN roster carries no draft string Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not joined yet · no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 5081149 not in players.csv and no name match); combine.csv is keyed by pfr_id, so there is nothing to search by Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-05-26 → 2026-07-25 · CLE · Waived/injured · ended: signedwaived CB DeCarlos Nicholson with an injury designationCLE 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

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)

• 2026-08-30 · CARWaived CB DeCarlos Nicholson , CB Cam Miller , S Demani Richardson , OLB Isaiah Smith , LB Maz Mwansa , DT Parker Petersen , OL Isaia Glass , CB Devonta Smith , LB Maema Njongmeta , C Nick Samac, RB Tre Tyus , CB Corey T
• 2026-07-25 · CARSigned DT Kyon Barrs, DT Elijah Garcia , and CB DeCarlos Nicholson .
• 2026-05-26 · CLEwaived CB DeCarlos Nicholson with an injury designation
• 2026-05-08 · CLESigned RB Davon Booth, CB Nate Evans, DE Logan Fano, DT Bernard Gooden, RB TJ Harden, T Izavion Miller, CB DeCarlos Nicholson, P Wes Pahl, DE Tyreak Sapp, DE Khordae Sydnor, S Zion Washington and WR Kole Wilson

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

Not joined yet · no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 5081149 not in players.csv and no name match); draft_picks is keyed by gsis_id / pfr id Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)