DT · New Orleans Saints · week 7 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
John Ridgeway
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2022 · R5 P178
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH LDE3
As of week 7, John Ridgeway was a DT for NO, age 27.3, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 28% of snaps; his line was 1.5 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 49 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 4 episodes (abdomen 1, foot 1, illness 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was an illness injury in 2025 week 9.
The full read
In short
John Ridgeway is in the rotation at left defensive end for NO — 37% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 3 and 6. 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 published inactive list, on the day.
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 / game1.5 range 1.0–2.0
wk 4–5 · 2 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–5 · 2 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–5 · 2 games
Snap share28.0% range 19–37
wk 4–5 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
19%wk 4
37%wk 5
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 9
illness
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 5
shoulder
4
Out
2024 · wk 9
abdomen
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 16
foot
3
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Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 10 weeks on a report
2023
foot · 3w
2024
abdomen · 2w
2025
illness · 1wshoulder · 4w
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.
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 rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Mason Tipton
WR
UNK
team's word
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Jordyn Tyson
WR
UNK
team's word
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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
DT3 · 28% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Per game
1.5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
4 seasons · 49 games before 2026
Injuries
4 episodes · last: illness, 2025 wk 9
Bio
age 27.3 · 4 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.