Player file
Dylan Sampson
RB Running Back · official depth RB2 · Tennessee · #22 · PRO
5' 8" · 200 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 22 · born 2004-09-14 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
CLE · ir
Knee injury; placed on injured reserve. Official roster move. No return date confirmed. Cleveland Browns · 2026-09-15T19:10:42.944Z
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#73 rush yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Rushing yards among 89 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD2026 RB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z2028Signed through
APY $1,282,641 · cap hit $798,474
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · CLE · RB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse 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 through2028Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,282,641Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$798,474Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- 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
- 2026 · CLE · RB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2025 · CLE · RB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved65 car · 175 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 33 rec · 40 tgt · 271 rec yds · 2 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CLE at CHI4 car, 6 yds, 0 TD · 2/2, 43 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · BUF at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · NE at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · CLE at JAXIn the official book without an individual stat line.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 · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2024 · Tennessee · rushing258 att · 1491 yds · 22 TDHC Josh HeupelCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Tennessee · rushing106 att · 603 yds · 7 TDHC Josh HeupelCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Tennessee · rushing58 att · 397 yds · 6 TDHC Josh HeupelCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2025 Combine · RB · Tennessee · 5-8 · 200 lbbench 13 · vert 35" · broad 124"drafted 2025 · round 4 · Cleveland Browns
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
Availability observations
Dylan Sampson · 2026-09-15 · Club statement: Knee injury; placed on injured reserve. Official roster move. No return date confirmed. Cleveland Browns · 2026-09-15T19:10:42.944Z
- 2026-09-15 · CLE · Injured ReservePlaced RB Dylan Sampson (knee) on injured reservekneeCLE 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
- 2026-09-15 · CLEPlaced RB Dylan Sampson (knee) on injured reserve
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