Player file
A.J. Brown
WR Wide Receiver · Ole Miss · #1 · PRO
6' 1" · 226 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 29 · born 1997-06-30 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NE · ir
Reported high ankle sprain; six-week absence estimate. An estimate, not a confirmed return date. NFL Network · 2026-09-13
Placed on injured reserve. Club confirmed September 12. Membership and return timing are separate from the reported injury. New England Patriots · 2026-09-12T16:00:00-04:00
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 8 NFL regular-season line(s) 2019–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#67 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
3 rec · 4 tgt · 26 rec yds · 0 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T21:01:54.821Z2029Signed through
APY $32,000,000 · cap hit $7,040,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · NE · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 rec · 4 tgt · 26 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T21:01:54.821Z
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 through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$32,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$7,040,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2030 · 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)
NFL by year
- 2026 · NE · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 rec · 4 tgt · 26 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2025 · PHI · WR · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved78 rec · 121 tgt · 1,003 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2024 · PHI · WR · 13 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved67 rec · 97 tgt · 1,079 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2023 · PHI · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved106 rec · 158 tgt · 1,456 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2022 · PHI · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved88 rec · 145 tgt · 1,496 rec yds · 11 rec TD
- 2021 · TEN · WR · 13 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · 10 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 63 rec · 105 tgt · 869 rec yds · 5 rec TD
- 2020 · TEN · WR · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved70 rec · 106 tgt · 1,075 rec yds · 11 rec TD
- 2019 · TEN · WR · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved3 car · 60 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 52 rec · 84 tgt · 1,051 rec yds · 8 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 · PHI at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-27 · NE at CLEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-09 · NE at SEAStarted. · 3/4, 26 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-09
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 2026-09-09College by year
- 2018 · Ole Miss · receiving85 rec · 1355 yds · 6 TDHC Matt LukeCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Ole Miss · receiving75 rec · 1252 yds · 11 TDHC Matt LukeCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2016 · Ole Miss · receiving29 rec · 412 yds · 2 TDHC Hugh FreezeCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2019 Combine · WR · Mississippi · 6-0 · 226 lb40 4.49 · bench 19 · vert 36.5" · broad 120"drafted 2019 · round 2 · Tennessee Titans
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
Availability observations
A.J. Brown · 2026-09-13 · Reported condition: Reported high ankle sprain; six-week absence estimate. An estimate, not a confirmed return date. NFL Network · 2026-09-13
A.J. Brown · 2026-09-12 · Club statement: Placed on injured reserve. Club confirmed September 12. Membership and return timing are separate from the reported injury. New England Patriots · 2026-09-12T16:00:00-04:00
- 2026-09-12 · NE · Injured ReservePlaced WR A.J. Brown On IRNE transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from 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) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
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
- 2026-09-12 · NEPlaced WR A.J. Brown On IR
- 2026-06-01 · NE ↔ PHIAcquired WR A.J. Brown in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles for future draft choices
- 2026-06-01 · PHI ↔ NEAgreed to acquire a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick from the Patriots in exchange for WR A.J. Brown.
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
3× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 7 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
Reception Perception
- 2025 · 276 routesScreen 1.4% · Slant 21% · Curl 20.3% · Dig 15.9% · Post 5.8% · Nine 17.8% · Corner 2.5% · Out 6.9% · Comeback 1.8% · Flat 3.6% · Other 2.9%man 69.2% · zone 73% · press 65.9%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2024 · 210 routesScreen 1% · Slant 22.4% · Curl 13.8% · Dig 12.9% · Post 2.9% · Nine 17.1% · Corner 4.8% · Out 11.9% · Comeback 2.4% · Flat 2.9% · Other 8.1%man 79.1% · zone 81.1% · press 82.5%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2023 · 280 routesScreen 2.5% · Slant 17.1% · Curl 22.1% · Dig 13.9% · Post 5% · Nine 22.5% · Corner 2.9% · Out 7.1% · Comeback 3.2% · Flat 1.4% · Other 2.1%man 78.9% · zone 81.5% · press 82.4%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2022 · 241 routesScreen 4.1% · Slant 23.2% · Curl 20.7% · Dig 14.1% · Post 7.1% · Nine 16.2% · Corner 3.7% · Out 4.6% · Comeback 0.8% · Flat 4.1% · Other 1.2%man 78.9% · zone 81.9% · press 83.3%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2021 · 230 routesScreen 2.6% · Slant 22.6% · Curl 13% · Dig 11.3% · Post 10.4% · Nine 12.2% · Corner 4.8% · Out 10.4% · Comeback 4.3% · Flat 5.7% · Other 2.6%man 78.8% · zone 77.9% · press 84.6%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2020 · 211 routesScreen 1.9% · Slant 25.6% · Curl 12.3% · Dig 15.2% · Post 5.7% · Nine 16.1% · Corner 2.8% · Out 12.3% · Comeback 5.2% · Flat 1.4% · Other 1.4%man 79% · zone 76.7% · press 81.6%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2019 · 187 routesScreen 2.1% · Slant 22.5% · Curl 10.7% · Dig 15.5% · Post 5.3% · Nine 14.4% · Corner 1.6% · Out 9.1% · Comeback 10.7% · Flat 2.7% · Other 5.3%man 73.9% · zone 76.5% · press 71.2%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01