Player file
Kene Nwangwu
RB Running Back · official depth RB4 · Iowa State · #3 · PRO
6' 1" · 210 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 28 · born 1998-02-09 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NYJ · active
Formal report: Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT. NYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18 Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2021–2025 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=00-0036842 (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=00-0036842 (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 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
2026Signed through
APY $2,000,000 · cap hit $1,926,471
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$1,926,471Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver 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
- 2025 · NYJ · RB · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved13 car · 49 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 1 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2024 · NYJ · RB · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2023 · MIN · RB · 8 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 car · 13 rush yds · 0 rush TD
- 2022 · MIN · RB · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved9 car · 14 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 2 rec · 2 tgt · 21 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2021 · MIN · RB · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved13 car · 61 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 4 rec · 5 tgt · 9 rec yds · 0 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJ6 car, 6 yds, 0 TD · 1/1, 4 yds, 0 TD · 0 tackles (0-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PIT7 car, 11 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJIn the official book without an individual stat line.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
- 2020 · Iowa State · rushing61 att · 339 yds · 4 TDHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2019 · Iowa State · rushing16 att · 115 yds · 0 TDHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Iowa State · rushing39 att · 157 yds · 0 TDHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2016 · Iowa State · rushing27 att · 133 yds · 0 TDHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id NwanKe00: 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
Weekly injury report
- Kene Nwangwu2026-09-18 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUTNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- Kene Nwangwu2026-09-17 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Kene Nwangwu2026-09-16 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
- Kene Nwangwu2026-09-11 · Back · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUTNYJ official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-11
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 · 0 seasons started · career through 2025
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