DT · New York Jets · week 2 vs New England Patriots · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
David Onyemata
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2016 · R4 P120
EXP 10 seasons
AGE 32 and over
DEPTH RDT3
As of week 2, David Onyemata was a DT for NYJ, age 33.8, 10 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 70% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 161 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 11 episodes (illness 2, knee 2, ankle 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a foot injury in 2025 week 15.
The full read
In short
David Onyemata is a starter at right defensive tackle for NYJ — 70% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. This week he did not practise, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Sep 18
FPdated Fri Sep 18
DNPdated Fri Sep 18
Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share46.0% range 22–70
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
70%wk 1
22%wk 2
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 2
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 14
foot
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 1
Not injury related
12
—
2024 · wk 18
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 13
Not injury related
3
—
2024 · wk 1
Not injury related
7
—
2023 · wk 10
ankle
6
Out
2023 · wk 9
Not injury related
1
—
2022 · wk 9
thigh
1
—
2022 · wk 8
illness
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 17
knee
1
—
2020 · wk 14
illness
1
—
2020 · wk 3
calf
2
Questionable
2018 · wk 14
hip
1
—
2017 · wk 19
hand
1
—
2016 · wk 11
knee
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · 43 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×5
2016
knee · 2w
2018
hip · 1w
2020
knee · 1willness · 1wcalf · 2w
2022
thigh · 1willness · 1w
2023
ankle · 6wNot injury related · 1w
2024
shoulder · 1wNot injury related · 3wNot injury related · 7w
2025
foot · 2wNot injury related · 12w
2026
Not injury related · 1w
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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
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 2
Role
DT2 · 70% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 1
Career
10 seasons · 161 games before 2026
Injuries
11 episodes · last: foot, 2025 wk 15
Bio
age 33.8 · 10 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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.