Player file
Malcolm Koonce
EDG Edge Defender · official depth EDG2 · Buffalo · #51 · PRO
6' 3" · 243 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 28 · born 1998-06-06 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
LV · 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) 2021–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#36 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 128 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF2026 DE
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T16:51:12.189Z2026Signed through
APY $11,010,000 · cap hit $11,010,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · LV · DE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T16:51:12.189Z
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 through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$11,010,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$11,010,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · 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 · LV · DE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
- 2025 · LV · DE · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved13 solo tkl · 1 ast · 4.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
- 2023 · LV · DE · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved29 solo tkl · 3 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 3 FF
- 2022 · LV · DE · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2021 · LV · DE · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · ARI at LVStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-20 · LV at HOUStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · SF at LVStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · MIA at LV1 tackles (0-1)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
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2020 · Buffalo · defensive30 tkl · 5 sackHC Lance LeipoldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Buffalo · defensive33 tkl · 9.0 sackHC Lance LeipoldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Buffalo · defensive30 tkl · 3 sackHC Lance LeipoldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Buffalo · defensive16 tkl · 1 sackHC Lance LeipoldCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2021 Combine · DE · Buffalo · 6-2 · 249 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 2021 · round 3 · Las Vegas Raiders
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
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)
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 · LV ↔ BUFRe-signed DE Malcolm Koonce
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 · 1 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