Player file
DJ Giddens
RB Running Back · official depth RB3 · Kansas State · #21 · PRO
6' 0" · 212 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 23 · born 2003-08-26 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
IND · active
Formal report: Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE. IND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18 Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2025 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=00-0040179 (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=00-0040179 (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 $1,156,186 · cap hit $1,111,186
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$1,156,186Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,111,186Over 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
- 2025 · IND · RB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved26 car · 96 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 2 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- 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 IND2 car, 8 yds, 1 TD · 1/1, 8 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 · 2026-08-13as of 2026-08-29College by year
- 2024 · Kansas State · rushing205 att · 1343 yds · 7 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2023 · Kansas State · rushing223 att · 1226 yds · 10 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2022 · Kansas State · rushing89 att · 518 yds · 6 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2025 Combine · RB · Kansas St. · 6-0 · 212 lb40 4.43 · vert 39.5" · broad 130" · shuttle 4.33drafted 2025 · round 5 · 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
Weekly injury report
- DJ Giddens2026-09-18 · Knee · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLEIND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- DJ Giddens2026-09-17 · Knee · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
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
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2025
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