#95
John Ridgeway
DAL · 2022WAS · 2022–2023NO · 2024–presentACT
JohnRidgeway#95IDL
Age
27
May 7, 1999
Height
6'5"
77"
Weight
321
lb
College
Arkansas; Illinois State
2018-2021
Drafted
2022
Rd 5, Pk 178
Exp
4
seasons
Contract
$6M
2y · $2.9M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
11
2025
TFL
1
regular season
Sacks
0.0
regular season
QB Hits
1
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
28%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2018 — Present · Includes honors
2024
New Orleans Saints · Interior DL
IDL · 27 active weeks
NFL
2022–2023
Washington Commanders · Interior DL
IDL · 32 active weeks
NFL
2022
Dallas Cowboys · Interior DL
IDL · 1 active weeks
NFL
2021
Arkansas · DL
NCAA
2018–2019
Illinois State · DL
NCAA

Draft Profile

2022 Draft
Selection
Round 5, Pick 178
#178 overall by Dallas Cowboys
TeamDAL
Overall#178

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.