DJ Reader stats

Giants

Defensive Tackle · #98

Age 32 · 6' 3" · 335 lbs

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DJ Reader recorded 21 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the New York Giants. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
21
SOLO
13
AST
8
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016HOU16227151.0010
2017HOU144723241.0000
2018HOU163323102.0000
2019HOU155228242.5000
2020CIN5198110.0020
2021CIN154322212.0000
2022CIN11271890.0041
2023CIN143420141.0010
2024DET152311123.0010
2025DET172811170.0000
2026NYG7211380.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
145
TOT
349
SOLO
184
AST
165
SACK
12.5
INT
0
PD
9
FF
1

Career Postseason

GP
13
TOT
37
SOLO
20
AST
17
SACK
2.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
3
SOLO
1.9
AST
1.1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016HOU161.40.40.90.100.10.0
2017HOU143.41.61.70.100.00.0
2018HOU162.11.40.60.100.00.0
2019HOU153.51.91.60.200.00.0
2020CIN53.81.62.20.000.40.0
2021CIN152.91.51.40.100.00.0
2022CIN112.51.60.80.000.40.1
2023CIN142.41.410.100.10.0
2024DET151.50.70.80.200.10.0
2025DET171.60.610.000.00.0
2026NYG73.01.91.10.000.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
145
TOT
2.4
SOLO
1.3
AST
1.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
32 yearsJul 1, 1994
Height
6' 3"
Weight
335 lbs
Experience
11 yearsDebut 2016
Birthplace
Greensboro, NC
Draft
2016Rd 5, Pk 166
College
Clemson
Salary
$6.25 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 115 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Tackles21

    Higher than 75% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Solo Tackles13

    Higher than 90% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

DJ Reader

Oct 25 · @ HOU · W 27-21 OT

TOT
2
SOLO
0
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

57% of his club's defensive snaps a game (252 in 7 games); 72% in week 7.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1DAL2747%1
2LAR3353%1
3TEN3050%1
4ARI4264%0
5WSH3252%1
6NO4461%1
7HOU4472%1

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

DJ Reader has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Knee

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2016 NFL combine

DT, 6'3", 327 lb · Clemson

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.33s4th
Vertical jump29.5"28th
Broad jump8' 3"5th
Bench press (225 lb)30 reps80th
3-cone drill7.90s13th
20-yard shuttle4.71s22nd

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2016 combine

Games

All games

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at PHISun, Nov 08

vs PHI since 2018

3
GP
7
TOT
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 25atHOUW 27-21 OT2000
Sun, Oct 18vsNOL 34-276500
Sun, Oct 11atWSHT 27-27 OT5200
Sun, Oct 04vsARIW 36-242100
Sun, Sep 27vsTENW 12-71100
Mon, Sep 21atLARL 28-63300

What are DJ Reader's career stats?

DJ Reader has played 11 seasons for the Texans, the Bengals, the Lions and the Giants. He has recorded 349 tackles and 12.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2019: 52 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 7 vs NE on Dec 1, 2019, W 28-22
  • Sacks: 2 @ NE on Sep 9, 2018, L 27-20
DJ Reader's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20262—
20255—
202442.0
202361.0
20225—
202161.0
20206—
201971.5
201862.0
201761.0
201621.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2016.

DJ Reader college stats

DJ Reader played 4 seasons at Clemson Tigers (2012 to 2015): 71 tackles, 5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

DJ Reader's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2012Clemson Tigers21714000000
2013Clemson Tigers20146030000
2014Clemson Tigers1751201.50000
2015Clemson Tigers138500.50000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on DJ Reader

Playoff games

DJ Reader played 13 games across 6 NFL postseasons — 7 won, 6 lost.

DJ Reader's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024WSHL 45-3110.00
2022BALW 24-1720.00
2022BUFW 27-1020.00
2022KCL 23-2040.00
2021LVW 26-1920.00
2021TENW 19-1660.00
2021KCW 27-24 OT30.00
2021LARL 23-2011.00
2019BUFW 22-19 OT60.00
2019KCL 51-3110.00
2018INDL 21-760.00
2016LVW 27-1411.00
2016NEL 34-1620.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.