Shaka Heyward

lifecycle: veteran — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2024–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY$247,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit

  Not sourced yet · OTC CIN y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.

• Free agency2027 · SFAOver 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)

1. 2025 · CIN · LB · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2024 · CIN · LB · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · DET at CIN3 tackles (1-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · CHI at CINStarted. · 6 tackles (4-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · CIN at PHIStarted. · 4 tackles (3-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29

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. 2022 · Duke · defensive93 tkl · 2 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
2. 2021 · Duke · defensive97 tkl · 3 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
3. 2020 · Duke · defensive79 tkl · 3 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
4. 2019 · Duke · defensive68 tkl · 3.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14

Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0038890: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)

1. 2023 Combine · LB · Duke · 6-3 · 235 lb40 4.53 · bench 22 · vert 31" · broad 116" · 3-cone 7.32 · shuttle 4.4

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

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)

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)

• 2026-08-31 · CIN ↔ PHISigned the following 11 players to the Practice Squad: HB Kentrel Bullock , QB Sean Clifford , DT Howard Cross III , DE Isaiah Foskey , LB Joe Giles-Harris , LB Shaka Heyward , CB Bralyn Lux , HB Kendall Milton , WR Jord
• 2026-08-30 · CINWaived the following 30 players: LB Liam Anderson , S Daijahn Anthony , G Liam Brown , HB Kentrel Bullock , QB Sean Clifford , OT Andrew Coker , DT Howard Cross III , LB Jack Dingle , DE Isaiah Foskey , LB Eric Gentry ,
• 2026-01-05 · CINSigned the following six players to contract extensions: DE Isaiah Foskey , LB Joe Giles-Harris , TE Cam Grandy , LB Shaka Heyward , S PJ Jules and WR Mitch Tinsley.

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

Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0038890 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)