Player file
Jamien Sherwood
LB Linebacker · official depth LB1 · Auburn · #44 · PRO
6' 2" · 216 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-01-12 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NYJ · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 6 NFL regular-season line(s) 2021–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#53 tkl · 1 g2026where he ranks at Tackles among 125 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
15 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 1 FF2026 LB
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T07:01:05.044Z2027Signed through
APY $15,000,000 · cap hit $11,500,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · NYJ · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 1 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T07:01:05.044Z
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 through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$15,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$11,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · 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 · NYJ · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved15 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 1 FF
- 2025 · NYJ · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved68 solo tkl · 3 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 8 PD · 0 FF
- 2024 · NYJ · LB · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved83 solo tkl · 15 ast · 2 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
- 2023 · NYJ · LB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved22 solo tkl · 6 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 1 FF
- 2022 · NYJ · LB · 8 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 solo tkl · 3 ast · 0.5 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
- 2021 · NYJ · LB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved8 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 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJStarted.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITStarted. · 2 tackles (1-1)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · NYJ at TENStarted. · 4 tackles (2-2)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 · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2020 · Auburn · defensive75 tkl · 1 sackHC Gus MalzahnCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Auburn · defensive43 tkl · 0 sackHC Gus MalzahnCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Auburn · defensive23 tkl · 1.5 sackHC Gus MalzahnCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2021 Combine · DB · Auburn · 6-1 · 216 lb40 4.76 · bench 15 · vert 36" · broad 123" · 3-cone 7.15 · shuttle 4.36drafted 2021 · round 5 · 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
Weekly injury report
- Jamien Sherwood2026-09-18 · Knee · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- Jamien Sherwood2026-09-17 · Knee · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Jamien Sherwood2026-09-16 · Knee · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
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