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Christian Gonzalez

CB Cornerback · official depth CB1 · Oregon · #0 · PRO

6' 1" · 205 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 24 · born 2002-06-28 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20

NE · active

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Reported extension · NFL Network and ESPN report agreement on a four-year extension. Reported package: $135 million, including $102 million guaranteed. Effective end year, verified new-money structure and annual cap charges remain unresolved; the previous through-2027 term is superseded. Reported totals are not a filed cap schedule. NFL.com / Bobby Kownack, citing NFL Network and ESPN · 2026-09-08T09:59:09.786Z · Contract evidence and history

Inspect sources and coverage

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2026 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

Contract

Not sourced yet · NFL Network and ESPN report agreement on a four-year extension. Reported package: $135 million, including $102 million guaranteed. Effective end year, verified new-money structure and annual cap charges remain unresolved; the previous through-2027 term is superseded. Reported totals are not a filed cap schedule. (asOf 2026-09-08)

Season stats
  1. 2026 · NE · CB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

Contract

Reported extension · NFL Network and ESPN report agreement on a four-year extension. Reported package: $135 million, including $102 million guaranteed. Effective end year, verified new-money structure and annual cap charges remain unresolved; the previous through-2027 term is superseded. Reported totals are not a filed cap schedule.

NFL.com / Bobby Kownack, citing NFL Network and ESPN · 2026-09-08T09:59:09.786Zas of 2026-09-08
Previous accounting · historical

Signed through unresolved · APY unresolved · cap hit unresolved. These values precede the current reconciliation.

Previous observation: NFL Network and ESPN report agreement on a four-year extension. Reported package: $135 million, including $102 million guaranteed. Effective end year, verified new-money structure and annual cap charges remain unresolved; the previous through-2027 term is superseded. Reported totals are not a filed cap schedule.

NFL by year
  1. 2026 · NE · CB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 4 PD · 0 FF
  2. 2025 · NE · CB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved53 solo tkl · 1 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 10 PD · 0 FF
  3. 2024 · NE · CB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved45 solo tkl · 5 ast · 0 sk · 2 INT · 11 PD · 0 FF
  4. 2023 · NE · CB · 4 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved14 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 1 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

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 2026-09-09
College by year
  1. 2022 · Oregon · defensive51 tkl · 0 sackHC Dan LanningCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  2. 2021 · Colorado · defensive53 tkl · 0 sackHC Karl DorrellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  3. 2020 · Colorado · defensive25 tkl · 0 sackHC Karl DorrellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2023 · round 1 · pick 17 · NWE · Oregon

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day
  1. 2023 Combine · CB · Oregon · 6-1 · 197 lb40 4.38 · bench 14 · vert 41.5" · broad 133"drafted 2023 · round 1 · New England Patriots
nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

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

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

1× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 2 seasons started · career through 2026

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

Christian Gonzalez · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 5 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 3

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

  • Membership

    Answered · active

    Evidence window: 2026-09-21T19:09:18.787Z

    patriots.com / current roster sections
  • Lineup eligibility

    Answered · Roster eligible; game clearance is separate.

    Evidence window: 2026-09-21T19:09:18.787Z

    patriots.com / current roster sections
  • Listed role

    Answered · CB

    patriots.com / players-roster + depth chart
  • Recent usage / sample

    Answered · Started · NE at SEA · one connected game / observation

    Evidence window: 2026-09-09

    NFL Game Summary
  • Production / sample

    Answered · defense: tkl 2, ast 0, comb 2, sk 0 · one connected game: NE at SEA

    Evidence window: 2026-09-09 · Week 1

    NFL Game Summary
  • Practice participation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Game designation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Contract term

    Not sourced yet · NFL Network and ESPN report agreement on a four-year extension. Reported package: $135 million, including $102 million guaranteed. Effective end year, verified new-money structure and annual cap charges remain unresolved; the previous through-2027 term is superseded. Reported totals are not a filed cap schedule.

    Evidence window: 2026-09-08

    NFL.com / Bobby Kownack, citing NFL Network and ESPN

    Owner: Player evidence ingestion · Resolve or update this question.