As of week 7, Elijah Ponder was an LB for NE, age 24, 1 season of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 74% of snaps; his line was 3.5 tackles a game, 0.9 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 19 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 1 episode (knee 1); the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 8.
The full read
In short
Elijah Ponder is a starter at weak-side linebacker for NE — 83% of the snaps in his best week of 7. 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 / game3.1 range 1.0–6.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Sacks / game0.8 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snap share75.1% range 60–83
wk 1–7 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
78%wk 1
77%wk 2
82%wk 3
69%wk 4
60%wk 5
77%wk 6
83%wk 7
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 8
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
2025
knee · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
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
Morgan Moses
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Kevin Byard
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Carlton Davis III
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Harold Landry III
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Mike Onwenu
G
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Elliss
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Alijah Vera-Tucker
G
DNP
team's word
Out
Ben Brown
C
DNP
team's word
Out
Romeo Doubs
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Bryce Baringer
P
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Gonzalez
CB
UNK
team's word
Questionable
Dell Pettus
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Joshua Farmer
DT
FULL
team's word
—
Marcus Bryant
T
FULL
team's word
—
Craig Woodson
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Karon Prunty
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Behren Morton
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Channing Canada
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Khalil Jacobs
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Quintayvious Hutchins
LB
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
LB1 · 74% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
3.5 tackles · 0.9 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
1 season · 19 games before 2026
Injuries
1 episode · last: knee, 2025 wk 8
Bio
age 24 · 1 season' experience
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.