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Riley Nowakowski

FB Fullback · official depth FB1 · Indiana · #37 · PRO

6' 2" · 250 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 24 · born 2002-06-30 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20Over The Cap · 2026-09-20

PIT · active

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2026–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Not joined yet · 2026 regular-season line on the seasonal record but no rank row joined for this id — a join task (the rank record lists 18 unmatched nflverse names), not an unranked player Next: match this player to the available source records. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Inspect2026 regular-season line on the seasonal well but no rank row joined for this id — a join task (the rank well lists 18 unmatched nflverse names), not an unranked player Next: match this player to the available source records.
Inspect season and contract figures
Season stats
  1. 2026 · PIT · FB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

ContractOver 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
  1. 2026 · PIT · FB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

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 · 2026-08-13as of 2026-09-13
College by year
  1. 2025 · Indiana · receiving32 rec · 387 yds · 2 TDHC Curt CignettiCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  2. 2024 · Wisconsin · receiving11 rec · 74 yds · 0 TDHC Luke FickellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  3. 2023 · Wisconsin · receiving7 rec · 57 yds · 1 TDHC Luke FickellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  4. 2020 · Wisconsin · defensive1 tkl · 0 sackHC Paul ChrystCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2026 · round 5 · pick 169 · PIT · Indiana

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day
  1. 2026 Combine · TE · Indiana · 6-2 · 250 lb40 4.66 · vert 33.5" · broad 119"
nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

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
  • 2026-05-09 · PITSigned fifth-round selection FB Riley Nowakowski to a four-year contract.
  • 2026-04-25 · PITDrafted FB Riley Nowakowski from the Indiana University with the 169th overall pick in the 2026 draft.
PIT transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-19

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 · career through 2026

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

Riley Nowakowski · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 6 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 2

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

  • Membership

    Answered · active

    Evidence window: 2026-09-20T13:09:21.779Z

    steelers.com / current roster sections
  • Lineup eligibility

    Answered · Roster eligible; game clearance is separate.

    Evidence window: 2026-09-20T13:09:21.779Z

    steelers.com / current roster sections
  • Listed role

    Answered · FB

    steelers.com / players-roster + depth chart
  • Recent usage / sample

    Answered · Appeared · ATL at PIT · one connected game / observation

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13

    NFL Game Summary
  • Production / sample

    Answered · defense: tkl 0, ast 0, comb 0, sk 0 · one connected game: ATL at PIT

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13 · Week 1

    NFL Game Summary
  • Practice participation

    Not sourced yet · No dated report row is connected to this person. Publication, a missing join and omission from a report are not distinguished by this evidence.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Game designation

    Not sourced yet · No dated report row is connected to this person. Publication, a missing join and omission from a report are not distinguished by this evidence.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Contract term

    Answered · Signed through 2029

    Evidence window: 2026-09-20

    Over The Cap