Player file
Jaylen Watson
CB Cornerback · official depth CB1 · Washington State · #35 · PRO
6' 2" · 197 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 28 · born 1998-09-17 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
LAR · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#8 INT · 1 g2026where he ranks at Interceptions among 136 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 CB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z2028Signed through
APY $17,000,000 · cap hit $6,946,666
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · LAR · CB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2028Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$17,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$6,946,666Over 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
- 2026 · LAR · CB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2025 · KC · CB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved42 solo tkl · 0 ast · 2 sk · 2 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · KC · CB · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · KC · CB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved28 solo tkl · 0 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · KC · CB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved35 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 1 INT · 6 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · LAR at KCDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NO at LARDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · LAR at LACDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-11 · SF at LARStarted. · 4 tackles (2-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-11
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 · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-11College by year
- 2021 · Washington State · defensive31 tkl · 0 sackHC Jake DickertCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2020 · Washington State · defensive13 tkl · 0 sackHC Nick RolovichCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · CB · Washington St. · 6-2 · 197 lb40 4.51 · bench 18drafted 2022 · round 7 · Kansas City Chiefs
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
- Jaylen Watson2026-09-09 · Toe · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-09
- Jaylen Watson2026-09-08 · Toe · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedLAR official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-08
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
- 2026-03-11 · LAR ↔ KCAgreed to terms with CB Jaylen Watson on three-year deal, LS Joe Cardona on two-year deal and OLB Keir Thomas on one-year deal.
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 · 2 seasons started · career through 2026
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