Player file
Sam Ehlinger
QB Quarterback · Texas · #4 · PRO
6' 1" · 222 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1998-09-30 · 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 — 2 NFL regular-season line(s) 2021–2022 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0036879 (seasonal record, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank exists (asOf 2026-09-20)
Inspect
no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0036879 (seasonal well, recorded search) ⇒ no 2026 within-position rank existsInspect season and contract figures
Last season line
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)
2026Signed through
APY $2,000,000 · cap hit $2,000,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
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)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$2,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · 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
- 2022 · IND · QB · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved64/101 · 573 pass yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · 17 car · 87 rush yds · 0 rush TD
- 2021 · IND · QB · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 car · 9 rush yds · 0 rush TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · DEN at ATL10/14, 67 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 6 car, 21 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · GB at DEN2/2, 10 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 2 car, 7 yds, 0 TD · 0 tackles (0-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · MIN at DEN15/20, 233 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · 4 car, 5 yds, 0 TDOpen 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
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2020 · Texas · passing194/322 · 2566 yds · 26 TD · 5 INTHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Texas · passing296/454 · 3663 yds · 32 TD · 10 INTHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Texas · passing274/424 · 3294 yds · 25 TD · 5 INTHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Texas · passing158/275 · 1915 yds · 11 TD · 7 INTHC Tom HermanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2021 Combine · QB · Texas · 6-1 · 220 lb40 4.84 · vert 36.5" · broad 114" · 3-cone 7.15 · shuttle 4.44drafted 2021 · round 6 · Indianapolis Colts
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
- 2026-03-11 · DENRe-signed QB Sam Ehlinger.
- 2026-01-05 · DENPromoted QB Sam Ehlinger to active roster.
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 2023
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