A quarter of the way into the 2026 NFL season, Miami’s fingerprints are all over Sundays – for better and worse. A historic nine-man 2026 draft class is already splitting into clear winners and strugglers, a 40-year-old legend just tied an NFL iron-man record, and the NFL’s reigning sacks leader just had his streak snapped after the best four-game start of his career.
Here’s a full, updated look at every ProCane after Week 4.
The Struggling Former No. 1
Cam Ward, QB, Tennessee Titans — 63.0% completion percentage, 726 passing
yards, 3 TD, 2 INT: Ward’s sophomore season has been a grind. In Sunday’s 24-18 loss to Baltimore, he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, a season high, with one touchdown and one interception, adding 27 rushing yards on four carries and a late touchdown pass to Wan’Dale Robinson that wasn’t enough to complete the comeback. Through four games he’s at 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, and he has yet to top 222 yards in a game. Needless to say, in part due to the surroundings creating a tough situation in Tennessee at 0-4, Ward has struggled.
The Historic Rookie Class: Hits, Injuries, and Everything In Between
Francis Mauigoa, OG, New York Giants — 258 offensive snaps (100%): Mauigoa has started all four games at right guard and has taken every offensive snap, 258 of 258, so the Giants clearly trust him. The performance data is more mixed than the headlines. His debut was excellent: 36 pass-blocking snaps against Dallas without a pressure allowed. Since then PFF has been tougher on him, grading him in the high 40s to about 50 overall (63rd of 72 guards entering Week 4) with a pass-blocking grade of 34.0, and charging him with five pressures, including a sack, in Sunday’s 36-24 win over Arizona. Giants-focused charting is far kinder, so treat his first month as promising-but-unfinished. Remember, he’s a college right tackle learning guard on the fly but did project more to guard during the draft process.
Rueben Bain Jr., EDGE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 3 games, 111 defensive snaps, 3 tackles: The injury trouble continues. Bain played 76 snaps across Weeks 1 and 2, recorded one tackle, and has now missed two straight games with shoulder and groin issues. Veteran ProCane Al-Quadin Muhammad has absorbed the work, starting twice.
Akheem Mesidor, EDGE, Los Angeles Chargers — 14 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 QBHits: Mesidor has quietly settled into a real role, playing 43% to 53% of the defensive snaps each week. He had 6 tackles in Sunday’s 30-23 loss at Seattle and sits at 14 combined tackles and 1.5 sacks, all as a reserve (no starts yet).
Keionte Scott, CB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 24 tackles: Scott has been a regular in Tampa Bay’s nickel package, logging 142 snaps through four games. His workload dipped to 47% in Week 4 while he dealt with a toe injury that limited him in practice. Scott played a pivotal role in the Bucs win on Thursday night.
Carson Beck, QB, Arizona Cardinals — Beck has been the inactive emergency third quarterback for all four games, behind Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew II. League insiders have floated the possibility that a Brissett slump could eventually open the door to see what the Cardinals have in Beck.
Markel Bell, OT, Philadelphia Eagles — 62 offensive snaps (26%) Bell’s first NFL start came with almost no warning, and it was also his first start at right tackle at any level. With Lane Johnson out for personal reasons, Bell played all 61 offensive snaps against the Rams in a 24-20 loss. The results were rough in pass protection: a team-high six pressures allowed, an 18.8% pressure rate per dropback, though he generated good push in the run game. Local grading was split (Yahoo graded the offensive line an F, while NBC Sports Philadelphia gave the group a B- and said Bell wasn’t among the biggest problems). The stakes just jumped: Johnson announced his retirement Tuesday, which makes Bell the Eagles’ starting right tackle going forward.
Jakobe Thomas, S, Minnesota Vikings — Thomas was inactive in Week 4 as the Vikings continue easing him back after a back injury that slowed his camp.
Anez Cooper, OG, New York Jets — Cooper opened the season on injured reserve and is eligible to return as of Week 5. Before the injury he posted one of the best preseason pass-blocking grades in the league (90.9 per PFF).
CJ Daniels, WR, Los Angeles Rams — Daniels was inactive in Week 4 and hasn’t yet found a role in one of the league’s deepest receiver rooms.
The Veteran Standouts
Greg Rousseau, Buffalo Bills — 19 tackles, 6.0 sacks, 8 TFL, 16 QBHits, 3 PD, 3 FF: Rousseau’s historic start cooled in Week 4. He had no sacks, ending a run of three straight multi-sack games, but he still played 62 snaps (82%) in a loss to New England. PFF has him 6th among 110 edge defenders (88.2 overall) and first in total pressures (29), quarterback hits (12), and forced fumbles (3), with 6 sacks (2nd).
Calais Campbell, Baltimore Ravens — 7 tackles, 3 QBHits: The 40-year-old appeared in his 282nd career game in Sunday’s win over Tennessee, tying Jim Marshall for the most games ever played by a defensive lineman. He continues in a steady rotational role.
Jaelan Phillips, Carolina Panthers — 8 tackles, 2 TFL, 4 QBHits, 2.0 sacks: Phillips, who signed a four-year, $120 million deal with Carolina in free agency, has 8 tackles and 2 sacks through four games. He left Sunday’s win over Detroit with a back injury and a concussion evaluation, and could miss time, which was a part of his journeyman trek at the college level.
David Njoku, Los Angeles Chargers — 6 receptions, 67 receiving yards: Njoku’s Chargers debut has been cut short. He caught 6 passes for 67 yards in two games (5 for 58 against Arizona, 1 for 9 against Las Vegas) before the team placed him on injured reserve on September 21.
The Grinders and Practice Squad Fighters
Defense
Tyrique Stevenson, DB, Chicago Bears — 18 tackles, 2 TFL: Stevenson, a 2023 second-round pick, tops the tackle chart in this group. Two tackles for loss from a defensive back shows he’s being asked to play downhill and finish in run support, not just cover.
Rayshawn Jenkins, S, Pittsburgh Steelers — 16 tackles: The veteran safety is in his first season in Pittsburgh after spending last year in Cleveland. Sixteen tackles through four games makes him one of the steadier producers among Miami’s NFL safeties.
Kamren Kinchens, DB, Los Angeles Rams — 15 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 PD, 1 QB hit: Kinchens’ line shows the versatility that made him one of Miami’s most disruptive safeties: he’s tackling, getting after the quarterback, and breaking up passes. A half-sack and a quarterback hit from the secondary suggests the Rams are using him around the line of scrimmage as well as on the back end.
DJ Ivey, CB, Cincinnati Bengals — 6 tackles, 58 defensive snaps (22%): Ivey made the first start of his three-year career in Week 4 against Jacksonville, sliding outside after Jalen Davis went on injured reserve. He played 41 snaps (67%), up from single digits in each of the first three weeks, and finished with a tackle in a 22-17 loss. He missed a tackle on a 26-yard touchdown run that proved costly.
Mike Jackson, CB, Carolina Panthers (IR) — 6 tackles: Jackson’s season has been cut short by injury. He had 6 tackles in three starts before leaving the Week 3 loss to Cleveland with a groin injury. He underwent surgery on September 30 and was placed on injured reserve, with Panthers coach Dave Canales estimating about eight weeks. It’s a significant loss for Carolina, since Jackson led the NFL with 19 pass breakups last season and formed one of the league’s best cornerback tandems with Jaycee Horn, who is also on IR.
Jaden Davis, CB, Houston Texans (practice squad) Davis is one of the newest ProCane on a new roster. The former seventh-round pick of Arizona (2024) was waived in August, was medically cleared after an injury, and signed with Houston’s practice squad this week as the 0-4 Texans search for secondary help. A 5-foot-10 nickel-type corner, he played at Oklahoma before spending 2023 at Miami.
Al-Quadin Muhammad, DE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers — 4 tackles: Muhammad’s role grew quickly with Rueben Bain Jr. sidelined. He played 121 defensive snaps through four games, including 71% of the snaps in Week 3, and has started the last two. He had 11.0 sacks for Detroit last season, so the Bucs are counting on his pass rush to turn into more disruption.
Jonathan Ford, DT, Green Bay Packers — 5 tackles, 0.5 sacks: Ford is in his first season in Green Bay after moving from Chicago. A half-sack and five tackles is solid rotational production for an interior lineman. He’s one of three ex-Hurricanes in the Packers’ defensive line room, along with Anthony Campbell and practice squad lineman David Blay Jr.
Leonard Taylor III, DT, New England Patriots — 27 defensive snaps (25%): Taylor has moved from the Patriots’ practice squad to the active roster and is in the interior rotation. Playing about a quarter of the defensive snaps is a meaningful role for a young tackle still carving out his place.
Kiko Mauigoa, LB, New York Jets — 24 special teams snaps (43%): Kiko has been used mainly on special teams so far, playing a little under half of the Jets’ kicking-game snaps. He was inactive in Week 4 with a quad injury.
James Williams, LB, Tennessee Titans — 28 defensive snaps (14%), 70 special teams snaps (92%): Williams is the definition of a core special teamer. He’s been on the field for 92% of Tennessee’s kicking-game snaps, with occasional defensive reps on top.
Denzel Perryman, LB, Los Angeles Chargers (IR) The 33-year-old veteran was placed on injured reserve September 1 with an undisclosed injury and has not played yet this season. He’s eligible to return as early as Week 5 against Denver on October 11. A second-round pick in 2015, Perryman started all 10 games he played last year (47 tackles) despite a high-ankle sprain and a two-game suspension limiting him. The 0-4 Chargers could use his run-stopping presence, since Troy Dye has been picking up his work.
Tyler Baron, DL, New York Jets (reserve/PUP) Baron has yet to play this season. The 2025 fifth-round pick tore his knee in Week 14 last year and opened training camp on the PUP list, then moved to reserve/PUP at roster cuts. That makes him eligible to return after the Jets’ fourth game, and he logged 9 tackles in six games as a rookie before the injury. His path back to the field depends on how his knee responds in practice.
Te’Cory Couch, CB, Buffalo Bills — 21 special teams snaps (43%): Couch, a Chaminade-Madonna product who’s spent most of two seasons on Buffalo’s practice squad, has started seeing in-game elevations as the Bills deal with secondary injuries, logging special teams snaps and picking off a pass during the preseason. He remains a depth piece but is finally carving out real game-day roles.
Anthony Campbell, DT, Green Bay Packers — 9 defensive snaps (12%): Campbell, who played just 56 total defensive snaps across two seasons at Miami has found a spot in the NFL but was inactive for Week 4 while recovering from an ankle injury after making the Packers’ 53-man roster as an undrafted free agent and recording a sack in preseason on Sam Ehlinger.
David Blay Jr., DT, Green Bay Packers — On the practice squad after stops in New England and Philadelphia.
Jonathan Garvin, DE, Chicago Bears — On injured reserve, one of the longest journeys of any ProCane (Packers, 49ers, a UFL title in Birmingham, now Chicago).
Offense
Elijah Arroyo, TE, Seattle Seahawks — 63 offensive snaps (26%), 1 reception, 17 yards: Arroyo, a 2025 second-round pick, is getting regular snaps (about a quarter of Seattle’s offensive plays) but minimal passing-game volume so far. He’s functioning more as a rotational blocker and secondary option than as a featured target, which is a surprise due to his prowess in the pass game in college.
Brevin Jordan, TE, Houston Texans — 1 game, 1 reception, 13 yards: Jordan has barely been involved, with a single catch in one game. The winless Texans have been searching for answers, and a bigger role for Jordan could come if Houston shakes up its depth chart.
Will Mallory, TE, Indianapolis Colts (IR) Rounding out active TEU, Mallory started the year on injured reserve with a thumb injury suffered during a joint practice with Atlanta on August 20. The Colts opened his 21-day practice window October 7 and he was a full participant, but he’s been ruled out for Week 5 against Pittsburgh. A 2023 fifth-round pick (No. 162), he could be activated any time in the next three weeks and would be valuable in the Colts passing attack.
Braxton Berrios, WR, New York Giants — 24 offensive snaps (9%), 24 special teams snaps (25%): The former All-Pro return specialist is in a limited role in his first season with the Giants, splitting time between offense and special teams. However, Berrios’ season hit a sudden halt as he underwent season-ending surgery shortly after being activated in place of Odell Beckham Jr.
Xavier Restrepo, WR, Tennessee Titans (practice squad) Restrepo reunited with Cam Ward in Tennessee as an undrafted rookie in 2025. He made the Titans’ initial 53-man roster this year but was waived a day later and re-signed to the practice squad. Last season he caught 3 of 7 targets for 41 yards in two games. The Titans using a top-10 pick on receiver Carnell Tate hasn’t made his path any easier, but he’s still the quarterback’s college teammate and a fan favorite who will get chances.
Phillip Dorsett II, WR, Las Vegas Raiders (practice squad) Dorsett, 33, is the elder statesman of the group: a first-round pick (29th overall) in 2015 who caught 121 passes for 2,132 yards and 17 touchdowns at Miami and won Super Bowl LIII with the Patriots. The Raiders released him August 31, then brought him back to the practice squad on September 29. He hasn’t appeared in a regular-season game since 2023.
Jalen Rivers, OG, Cincinnati Bengals — 19 special teams snaps: Rivers is a reserve guard in his second season. The 2025 fifth-round pick started seven games as a rookie but is slated as a backup behind starting guards like Dylan Fairchild, and his 2026 snaps have come on special teams. His versatility at both guard spots and tackle keeps him valuable for depth.
James Brockermeyer, C, Philadelphia Eagles (practice squad) Brockermeyer is the latest Hurricane to join the Eagles. The undrafted rookie center, a first-team All-American and All-ACC selection at Miami (825 snaps, 71.0 PFF grade, 83.4 pass-blocking grade), started his career at Alabama and played at TCU before Miami. The Falcons waived him in August and released him from their practice squad September 21, and Philadelphia signed him October 7 as its offensive line thins out. His father, Blake, played 14 years in the NFL. He’s also a former college teammate of Markel Bell and has a chance to get opportunities with a rebuilding Philly offensive line.
DeeJay Dallas, RB, Minnesota Vikings — 35 offensive snaps (14%), 77 special teams snaps (68%): Dallas is the Vikings’ special teams workhorse, playing more than two-thirds of the kicking-game snaps with a small change-of-pace role on offense.
Travis Homer, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers — 36 special teams snaps (44%): Homer’s value is in the kicking game, where he’s been on the field for a little under half of the Steelers’ special teams plays.
K.J. Osborn, WR, Tennessee Titans — On the practice squad for his sixth NFL team, alongside fellow Hurricane Xavier Restrepo.
Special Teams
Andy Borregales, K, New England Patriots — 5-for-7 FGs, 50-yard long, 6-for-6 XP Borregales has been perfect on extra points and reached 50 yards on his long field goal, but 5-for-7 on field goals (71.4%) is a step back from the 91.7% he hit through seven games as a rookie. It’s a small sample, and he remains New England’s kicker with the leg to hit from distance.
Looking Ahead
Four weeks in, many Canes remain on active NFL rosters around the league, continuing a Miami pipeline that keeps churning out contributors from the top of the draft all the way down to the practice squad. And the story of Miami’s 2026 NFL class is really two stories: a rookie group still sorting out who’s ready (Mauigoa, Bell) from who’s hurt (Bain, Thomas, Cooper) and who’s waiting (Beck, Daniels), and a veteran corps still anchored by genuine stars – an NFL sacks leader in Rousseau, a $120 million signing in Phillips, and a 40-year-old defensive lineman in Campbell still chasing history one snap at a time.
