Player file
Graham Mertz
QB Quarterback · Florida · #18 · PRO
6' 2" · 216 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 25 · born 2000-12-06 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
HOU · ir
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — nflverse joined (player_id=00-0040211) with no stat line and no rookie flag — a veteran without a recorded regular-season line (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0040211 (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=00-0040211 (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)
2028Signed through
APY $1,107,121 · cap hit $597,121
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 through2028Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$1,107,121Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$597,121Over 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
Searched — none · searched nflverse stats_player_reg 1999–2026 (50637 rows) for player_id 00-0040211: no regular-season stat line. The table records stat lines, so a roster season without one is not distinguishable here; 2026: searched, no line recorded (asOf 2026-09-20)
Searched — none · 2026: searched https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-source record (1123 rows, 2026-09-20T15:36:11.310Z); value not present
Inspect
2026: searched https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data/releases/download/stats_player/stats_player_reg_2026.csv (1123 rows, 2026-09-20T15:36:11.310Z); value not presentStack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · LAC at HOU4/7, 23 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 3 car, 15 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
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 · 2026-08-13College by year
- 2024 · Florida · passing72/94 · 791 yds · 6 TD · 2 INTHC Billy NapierCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Florida · passing260/357 · 2878 yds · 20 TD · 3 INTHC Billy NapierCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2022 · Wisconsin · passing164/286 · 2136 yds · 19 TD · 10 INTHC Paul ChrystCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2021 · Wisconsin · passing169/284 · 1958 yds · 10 TD · 11 INTHC Paul ChrystCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Wisconsin · passing118/193 · 1238 yds · 9 TD · 5 INTHC Paul ChrystCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Wisconsin · passing9/10 · 73 yds · 0 TD · 0 INTHC Paul ChrystCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2025 Combine · QB · Florida · 6-3 · 212 lb
Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which
drafted 2025 · round 6 · Houston Texans
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
- 2026-08-15 · HOU · Injured Reserveplaced QB Graham Mertz and RB Joshua Pitsenberger on the Reserve/Injured list.HOU 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
- 2026-08-15 · HOUplaced QB Graham Mertz and RB Joshua Pitsenberger on the Reserve/Injured list.
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
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