DeForest Buckner

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 · IND · DT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T15:51:03.555Z

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$23,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$26,600,000Over 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 · IND · DT · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · IND · DT · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved30 solo tkl · 0 ast · 4 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
3. 2024 · IND · DT · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved20 solo tkl · 4 ast · 6.5 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
4. 2023 · IND · DT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved35 solo tkl · 10 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 7 PD · 2 FF
5. 2022 · IND · DT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved34 solo tkl · 10 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 2 FF
6. 2021 · IND · DT · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved28 solo tkl · 12 ast · 7 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
7. 2020 · IND · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved28 solo tkl · 9 ast · 9.5 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 2 FF
8. 2019 · SF · DT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved34 solo tkl · 0 ast · 7.5 sk · 0 INT · 2 PD · 2 FF
9. 2018 · SF · DT · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved36 solo tkl · 8 ast · 12 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
10. 2017 · SF · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved36 solo tkl · 9 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 5 PD · 1 FF
11. 2016 · SF · DT · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved38 solo tkl · 5 ast · 6 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF

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

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · IND at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · ATL at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at INDStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
• Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · BAL at INDStarted. · 2 tackles (0-2)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

1. 2015 · Oregon · rushing1 att · 10 yds · 0 TDHC Mark HelfrichCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2016 · round 1 · pick 7 · SFO · Oregon

1. 2016 Combine · DE · Oregon · 6-7 · 291 lb40 5.05 · vert 32" · broad 116" · 3-cone 7.51 · shuttle 4.47drafted 2016 · round 1 · San Francisco 49ers

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

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)

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)

3× Pro Bowl · 1× All-Pro · 9 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