DE · Cincinnati Bengals · week 2 vs Baltimore Ravens · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Shemar Stewart
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2025 · R1 P17
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH RDE2
As of week 2, Shemar Stewart was a DE for CIN, age 22.8, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart. Before 2026 he played 8 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 3 episodes (knee 2, ankle 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 16.
The full read
In short
Shemar Stewart is a backup at right defensive end for CIN — 12% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 7. In week 2 he practised in full every day the report covers. 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.
Practice in week 2
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Sep 18
FPdated Fri Sep 18
FPdated Fri Sep 18
Shape of the week: steady. 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 / game1.5 range 1.0–2.0
wk 2–5 · 2 games
Sacks / game0.5 range 0.0–1.0
wk 2–5 · 2 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 2–5 · 2 games
Snap share8.3% range 6–12
wk 2–5 · 3 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
6%wk 2
7%wk 4
12%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
1
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
Doubtful
2025 · wk 15
knee
2
Doubtful
2025 · wk 11
knee
1
Out
2025 · wk 3
ankle
5
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 10 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3
2025
knee · 2wknee · 1wankle · 5w
2026
knee · 2w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
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 7not 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
DE2
Season
2026 · no games on file through wk 1
Career
1 season · 8 games before 2026
Injuries
3 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 16
Bio
age 22.8 · 1 season' 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.