Maliek Collins

lifecycle: veteran — 11 NFL regular-season line(s) 2016–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · CLE · DT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$10,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$5,307,824Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2027 · VoidOver 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)

1. 2026 · CLE · DT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · CLE · DT · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 1 ast · 6.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
3. 2024 · SF · DT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved20 solo tkl · 0 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
4. 2023 · HOU · DT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved16 solo tkl · 3 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
5. 2022 · HOU · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 8 ast · 3.5 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 0 FF
6. 2021 · HOU · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 3 ast · 2.5 sk · 1 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
7. 2020 · LV · DT · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved7 solo tkl · 1 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
8. 2019 · DAL · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 1 ast · 4 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
9. 2018 · DAL · DT · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11 solo tkl · 1 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
10. 2017 · DAL · DT · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 solo tkl · 1 ast · 2.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
11. 2016 · DAL · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 2 ast · 5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF

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

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · CLE at CHIDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open 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 JAXStarted. · 0 tackles (0-0)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

Not joined yet · no CFBD season row joined for this id and no probe recorded (college/years.json: 1930 of 2290 people matched) Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

2016 · round 3 · pick 67 · DAL · Nebraska

1. 2016 Combine · DT · Nebraska · 6-2 · 311 lb40 5.03 · bench 25 · vert 29.5" · broad 109" · 3-cone 7.53 · shuttle 4.52drafted 2016 · round 3 · 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

• 2026-07-23 → 2026-08-24 · CLE · Reserve/PUP · ended: activatedPlaced DT Maliek Collins on active/PUPCLE transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

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)

• 2026-08-24 · CLEDT Maliek Collins passed physical and is eligible to return to practice.
• 2026-07-23 · CLEPlaced DT Maliek Collins on active/PUP

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

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 10 seasons started · career through 2026

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present