Player file
Ben Sims
TE Tight End · Baylor · #89
6' 5" · 250 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-05-16 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
MIA · Current membership unresolved
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 3 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2025 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=00-0038809 (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=00-0038809 (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 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z)
2026Signed through
APY $1,332,500 · cap hit $1,332,500
Over The Cap · 2026-09-10Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-10
- APY$1,332,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,332,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-10
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-10
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 · MIN · TE · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 rec · 6 tgt · 30 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2024 · GB · TE · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 rec · 5 tgt · 42 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2023 · GB · TE · 6 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved4 rec · 6 tgt · 21 rec yds · 1 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · MIA at WASDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · NYG at MIADid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · ATL at MIADid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
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 · 2026-08-14as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2022 · Baylor · receiving31 rec · 255 yds · 3 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2021 · Baylor · receiving31 rec · 361 yds · 6 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · Baylor · receiving14 rec · 164 yds · 3 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2019 · Baylor · receiving2 rec · 5 yds · 0 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft
Searched — none · searched nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 (12927 rows) by gsis_id 00-0038809: no pick row — undrafted (the ledger carries every selection since 1980) (asOf 2026-09-20)
Combine / pro day
Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id SimsBe00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
Injuries
Sources disagree · 1 of 1 filed episode(s) sit in a composite clause naming ≥ 2 reserve/departure states — the designation cannot be read off the lead verb. Clause: "waived/injured tight end Ben Sims." (asOf 2026-09-20)
- 2026-08-31 · MIA · designation not asserted
Sources disagree · clause names 2 reserve/departure states (waived-injured, waived); the parser assigned the lead verb "waived-injured" to every name in it — ambiguous provenance, designation NOT asserted
waived/injured tight end Ben Sims.MIA transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
every clause relayed verbatim; the player's own segment is the evidence a reader can weigh — the parser split is the follow-on leg
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
- 2026-08-31 · MIAwaived/injured tight end Ben Sims.
Sources disagree · the filing names 2 reserve/departure states (waived-injured, waived) — the filing is the fact; no single verb is asserted for this player
- 2026-03-16 · MIASigned tight end Ben Sims.
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
Source not provisioned · nflverse draft_picks 1980–2026 carries drafted players only; no pick row for gsis_id 00-0038809 (undrafted or pre-1980). Honors for undrafted players are not on a provisioned source — a bounded search, not a true negative Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)