Player file
Minkah Fitzpatrick
S Safety · official depth S1 · Alabama · #29 · PRO
6' 1" · 202 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 29 · born 1996-11-17 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
NYJ · active
Groin injury; described as week-to-week by Aaron Glenn. Did not practice September 16. Week 2 participation has not been ruled out by this report. New York Jets · 2026-09-16T20:06:00Z
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 — 8 NFL regular-season line(s) 2018–2025 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=00-0034789 (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=00-0034789 (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)
2030Signed through
APY $13,333,333 · cap hit $7,411,765
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 through2030Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$13,333,333Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$7,411,765Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2031 · 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 · MIA · FS · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved57 solo tkl · 2 ast · 1 sk · 1 INT · 6 PD · 1 FF
- 2024 · PIT · FS · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved54 solo tkl · 8 ast · 0 sk · 1 INT · 4 PD · 1 FF
- 2023 · PIT · FS · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved35 solo tkl · 8 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 0 FF
- 2022 · PIT · FS · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved50 solo tkl · 6 ast · 0 sk · 6 INT · 11 PD · 0 FF
- 2021 · PIT · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved76 solo tkl · 8 ast · 0 sk · 2 INT · 7 PD · 1 FF
- 2020 · PIT · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved55 solo tkl · 5 ast · 0 sk · 4 INT · 11 PD · 1 FF
- 2019 · PIT · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved40 solo tkl · 4 ast · 0 sk · 5 INT · 9 PD · 2 FF
- 2018 · MIA · FS · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved49 solo tkl · 2 ast · 0 sk · 2 INT · 9 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. · 1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PITStarted. · 1 tackles (0-1)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.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
- 2017 · Alabama · defensive60 tkl · 1.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2016 · Alabama · defensive66 tkl · 1.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2018 Combine · DB · Alabama · 6-1 · 201 lb40 4.46 · bench 14 · vert 33" · broad 121"drafted 2018 · round 1 · Miami Dolphins
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
Minkah Fitzpatrick · 2026-09-16 · Club statement: Groin injury; described as week-to-week by Aaron Glenn. Did not practice September 16. Week 2 participation has not been ruled out by this report. New York Jets · 2026-09-16T20:06:00Z
- Minkah Fitzpatrick2026-09-18 · Groin · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUTNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- Minkah Fitzpatrick2026-09-17 · Groin · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedNYJ official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Minkah Fitzpatrick2026-09-16 · Groin · Practice: DNP · 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
- 2026-03-11 · MIA ↔ NYJAgreed to terms on a trade with the New York Jets to acquire a 2026 seventh-round selection in exchange for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, pending a physical.
- 2026-03-11 · NYJ ↔ MIAAcquired S Minkah Fitzpatrick from the Dolphins for a 2026 7th round selection.
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
5× Pro Bowl · 3× 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