Player file
Nathan Shepherd
DT Defensive Tackle · official depth DT1 · Fort Hays · #93 · PRO
6' 4" · 315 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 32 · born 1993-10-09 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NO · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 9 NFL regular-season line(s) 2018–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#18 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 130 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 DE
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z2026Signed through
APY $4,260,000 · cap hit $4,348,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · NO · DE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0.5 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 through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$4,260,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$4,348,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · 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 · NO · DE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2025 · NO · DE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved22 solo tkl · 1 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF
- 2024 · NO · DE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 1 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · NO · DE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved19 solo tkl · 7 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · NYJ · DE · 13 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved10 solo tkl · 6 ast · 1.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2021 · NYJ · DE · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved12 solo tkl · 5 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2020 · NYJ · DE · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 2 ast · 2.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2019 · NYJ · DE · 7 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved6 solo tkl · 0 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2018 · NYJ · DE · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-15 · JAX at NODid 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 · 2026-08-28 · NO at DALDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · NO at DETStarted. · 3 tackles (1-2)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 · 2026-08-15as of 2026-09-13College by year
Not joined yet · no CFBD season row joined for this id and no probe recorded (college/years.json: 1930 of 2290 people matched) Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Combine / pro day
- 2018 Combine · DT · Fort Hays State · 6-5 · 315 lb40 5.09 · vert 31" · broad 112" · 3-cone 7.5 · shuttle 4.53drafted 2018 · round 3 · New York Jets
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
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