Player file
Daequan Hardy
CB Cornerback · Penn State · #31
5' 9" · 178 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 25 · born 2001-06-13 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
PIT · Current membership unresolved
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — nflverse joined (player_id=00-0039883) with no stat line and no rookie flag — a veteran without a recorded regular-season line (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
Searched — none · no 2026 regular-season stat line on nflverse for player_id=00-0039883 (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=00-0039883 (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 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z)
2026Signed through
APY $885,000 · cap hit $515,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-07Season stats
Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z)
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-07
- APY$885,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$515,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-07
- Free agency2027 · ERFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-07
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
Searched — none · searched nflverse stats_player_reg 1999–2026 (50637 rows) for player_id 00-0039883: no regular-season stat line. The table records stat lines, so a roster season without one is not distinguishable here; 2026: searched, no line recorded (asOf 2026-09-20)
Searched — none · 2026: searched https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-source record (1123 rows, 2026-09-20T15:36:11.310Z); value not present
Inspect
2026: searched https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data/releases/download/stats_player/stats_player_reg_2026.csv (1123 rows, 2026-09-20T15:36:11.310Z); value not presentStack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
Not sourced yet · no line, start, appearance or DNP row for this id in the 65 NFL game summaries ingested (2026 preseason; not the full slate) — a coverage bound, not a DNP (asOf 2026-09-20)
College by year
- 2023 · Penn State · defensive22 tkl · 1 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2022 · Penn State · defensive13 tkl · 0.5 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2021 · Penn State · defensive15 tkl · 1 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · Penn State · defensive10 tkl · 1 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2024 Combine · CB · Penn St. · 5-9 · 179 lb40 4.38 · vert 42.5" · broad 126"drafted 2024 · round 6 · Buffalo Bills
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
- 2026-01-14 → 2026-03-11 · PIT · FUTURES · ended: league-year-lapseSigned the following players to Reserve/Future Contracts: DT Kyler Baugh, WR Cole Burgess, WR John Rhys Plumlee, DE Anthony Goodlow, DE K.J. Henry, DB Daequan Hardy, DB Jack Henderson, RB Max Hurleman, RB Lew Nichols, G PIT transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
derived from 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) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown
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
- 2026-01-14 · PITSigned the following players to Reserve/Future Contracts: DT Kyler Baugh, WR Cole Burgess, WR John Rhys Plumlee, DE Anthony Goodlow, DE K.J. Henry, DB Daequan Hardy, DB Jack Henderson, RB Max Hurleman, RB Lew Nichols, G
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
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started
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