Melvin Priestly

lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — ESPN roster lists 0 years of experience; no nflverse join to corroborate (ESPN team roster) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z)

• Signed through2028Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY$1,040,000Over The Cap · 2026-08-15
• Cap hit$891,666Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• Free agency2029 · RFAOver 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)

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · DET at CINIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · WAS at DETIn the official book without an individual stat line.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at INDIn the official book without an individual stat line.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

Not joined yet · no nflverse join to search the draft ledger by (no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 4917235 not in players.csv and no name match); stats tables are keyed by gsis player_id); ESPN roster carries no draft string Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not joined yet · no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 4917235 not in players.csv and no name match); combine.csv is keyed by pfr_id, so there is nothing to search by Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

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)

• 2026-08-30 · DETThe Detroit Lions waive QB Luke Altmyer, WR Tarik Black, CB Ekow Boye-Doe, DB Aamaris Brown, OL Devin Cochran, CB Bump Cooper Jr., WR Malik Cunningham, TE Thomas Gordon, OL Gus Hartwig, TE Zach Horton, LB Erick Hunter, S
• 2026-05-12 · DETThe Detroit Lions sign QB Luke Altmyer, DB Aamaris Brown, LB Erick Hunter, DL Aidan Keanaaina, TE Miles Kitselman, EDGE Anthony Lucas, EDGE Eric O'Neill, OL Melvin Priestly and CB De'Shawn Rucker.

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

Not joined yet · no nflverse players.csv join (espn_id 4917235 not in players.csv and no name match); draft_picks is keyed by gsis_id / pfr id Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)