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DJ ReaderNew York Giants · #98

Defensive Tackle · 6' 3", 335 lbs · Greensboro, NC · Age 32
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DJ Reader
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New York Giants · #98 · Defensive Tackle
DJ Reader
Season avg28 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg328 tkl · 12.5 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
Scouting report

DJ Reader — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Defensive Tackle · Rotation piece · Impact 50
DJ Reader is a Defensive Tackle for the New York Giants, drafted 166th overall, 2016. In 2025 he recorded 28 tackles.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
✦ Balladex Consensus: #79 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
29Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
⚖ Overlay a rival →
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the New York Giants built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
-42.5net index
50off index
8def index
94pace
Aggressive hedge & helpscheme
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Abdul Carter, Anquin Barnes Jr..
How his role moves
Primary defensive tackle role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #78 of 2270 in NFL.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1994-07-01

The beginning

DJ Reader is a Defensive Tackle for the New York Giants, in his 11th NFL season.

New York Giants

Turning pro

Drafted 166th overall, 2016 as a Defensive Tackle.

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DJ Reader is a New York Giants defensive tackle, drafted 166th overall, 2016.

Chapter

Across 10 seasons (2016–2025) he has recorded 328 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 28 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Reader's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 3"
Weight
335 lbs
Draft
166th overall, 2016
Born
Greensboro, NC
Age
32
Jersey
#98
DJ Reader career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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