As of week 2, Daron Payne was an NT for WAS, age 29.3, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 62% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 133 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 14 episodes (knee 4, back 3, ankle 2), 1 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
In short
Daron Payne is a starter at nose tackle for WAS — 86% of the snaps in his best week of 6. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. 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.
Practice this week
Thu
Wed
FPdated Wed Sep 16
LPdated Wed Sep 16
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
Tackles / game2.3 range 1.0–4.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share73.8% range 62–86
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
62%wk 1
67%wk 2
72%wk 3
86%wk 4
71%wk 5
85%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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 1
knee
2
—
2025 · wk 17
back
2
Out
2025 · wk 16
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 8
toe
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 5
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 4
Not injury related
2
—
2025 · wk 2
calf
1
—
2024 · wk 21
knee
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 20
hand
1
—
2024 · wk 15
back
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 7
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 1
back
1
—
2023 · wk 3
ankle
1
—
2021 · wk 5
toe
1
Questionable
2019 · wk 12
ankle
2
Doubtful
2019 · wk 5
knee
2
—
2018 · wk 11
shoulder
2
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 17 episodes · 24 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×5
2018
shoulder · 2w
2019
ankle · 2wknee · 2w
2021
toe · 1w
2023
ankle · 1w
2024
back · 2wknee · 1wback · 1w
2025
back · 2wNot injury related · 1wtoe · 1wknee · 1wNot injury related · 2wcalf · 1w
2026
knee · 2w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
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.
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
NT1 · 62% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 1
Career
8 seasons · 133 games before 2026
Injuries
14 episodes · last: back, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 29.3 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
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.