Player file
Nik Bonitto
EDG Edge Defender · Oklahoma · #15 · PRO
6' 3" · 240 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 1999-09-26 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
DEN · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#36 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 128 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
9 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF2026 LB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T11:21:04.086Z2029Signed through
APY $26,500,000 · cap hit $8,421,200
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · DEN · LB · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T11:21:04.086Z
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 through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$26,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$8,421,200Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2030 · 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)
NFL by year
- 2026 · DEN · LB · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 solo tkl · 0 ast · 3.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
- 2025 · DEN · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 1 ast · 14 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 2 FF
- 2024 · DEN · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 3 ast · 13.5 sk · 1 INT · 4 PD · 2 FF
- 2023 · DEN · LB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 9 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 1 FF
- 2022 · DEN · LB · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · DEN at ATLStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · GB at DENStarted. · 3 tackles (3-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · MIN at DENDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-14 · DEN at KCStarted. · 2 tackles (1-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-14
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 · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-14College by year
- 2021 · Oklahoma · defensive39 tkl · 7.0 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Oklahoma · defensive33 tkl · 9.0 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Oklahoma · defensive43 tkl · 3.5 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Oklahoma · defensive3 tkl · 0 sackHC Lincoln RileyCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · EDGE · Oklahoma · 6-3 · 248 lb40 4.54 · vert 35.5" · broad 120" · 3-cone 7.07 · shuttle 4.23drafted 2022 · round 2 · Denver Broncos
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
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)
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
Source not provisioned · no 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). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
2× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 2 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