As of week 7, DJ Reader was a DT for NYG, age 32.2, 10 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 54% of snaps; his line was 3.3 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 150 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 13 episodes (knee 4, shoulder 3, back 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2025 week 7.
The full read
In short
DJ Reader is a starter at nose tackle for NYG — 64% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game3.3 range 1.0–7.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share54.5% range 47–64
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
47%wk 1
53%wk 2
50%wk 3
64%wk 4
52%wk 5
61%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 7
back
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 16
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 14
shoulder
2
Out
2024 · wk 13
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 9
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 1
quad
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 14
back
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 12
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 11
knee
1
—
2022 · wk 14
Not injury related
6
—
2022 · wk 12
ankle
2
—
2022 · wk 4
knee
1
Out
2021 · wk 16
knee
1
—
2021 · wk 14
Not injury related
3
Questionable
2017 · wk 9
shoulder
1
—
2017 · wk 4
knee
1
—
2016 · wk 13
shoulder
2
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 17 episodes · 28 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×4
2016
shoulder · 2w
2017
shoulder · 1wknee · 1w
2021
knee · 1wNot injury related · 3w
2022
Not injury related · 6wankle · 2wknee · 1w
2023
back · 1willness · 1wknee · 1w
2024
Not injury related · 1wshoulder · 2willness · 1wNot injury related · 1wquad · 2w
2025
back · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Tremaine Edmunds
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Paulson Adebo
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Greg Newsome II
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jevon Holland
S
LTD
team's word
Out
Korie Black
CB
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
DT1 · 54% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
3.3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
10 seasons · 150 games before 2026
Injuries
13 episodes · last: back, 2025 wk 7
Bio
age 32.2 · 10 seasons' experience · drafted round 5
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.