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FB · San Francisco 49ers · week 6 vs Washington Commanders · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET

Kyle Juszczyk

  • TYPE Committee back
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2013 · R4 P130
  • EXP 13 seasons
  • AGE 32 and over
  • DEPTH FB1
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Kyle Juszczyk was an FB for SF, age 35.4, 13 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 48% of snaps; his line was 0 rush yards a game, 0 carries a game and 18.3 receiving yards a game (Committee back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 172 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons with 10 Pro Bowls, 2 first-team All-Pro and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 14 episodes (illness 3, concussion 2, hand 2), 3 of them reaching OUT, 4 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hand injury in 2026 week 2.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Kyle Juszczyk is a starter at fullback for SF — 56% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a knee injury. His team named him inactive in week 5. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 85 hours before kickoff. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.

The reader concurs · grade B

The club's Friday participation report headline states Juszczyk practiced in full, and he is absent from the enumerated list of Friday non-participants (P1) — a practice-axis signal consistent with availability. No passage carries any game designation, 'doubtful', or coach remark casting doubt on Monday (P1), so there is nothing written that contradicts a PLAY call. The limitation is coverage, not conflict: the record stops on Friday 16 Oct (P1) and says nothing about the final two practice days or the game status axis, which is why this is B and not A. It would need to know: 49ers official practice participation report for Sat 17 Oct and Sun 18 Oct — was Juszczyk still listed as a full participant?; Final injury report game designation for Juszczyk (Questionable/Doubtful/Out/none) for Monday 19 Oct; A Kyle Shanahan or John Lynch comment dated 17-18 Oct naming Juszczyk and his knee; Whether a fullback or extra TE was signed or elevated from the practice squad for Monday, implying a planned Juszczyk absence; Monday 19 Oct inactives list for San Francisco

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“49ers injury updates: Kyle Juszczyk practices in full; 2 rookies miss”Niners Nation · 2026-10-16
2“Here were the players who did not participate during Friday's practice:”Niners Nation · 2026-10-16
3“Nick Bosa missed for the second day in a row. With the 49ers playing on a short week”Niners Nation · 2026-10-16
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET · 85 h before kickoff.

This week's call

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

99% · EXPECTED

we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.

No dated practice report for him this week

The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.

Head start

  • Our call
  • Kickoff

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Rush yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 2–6 · 4 games

  • Carries / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 2–6 · 4 games

  • Rec yds / game16 range 0.0–28

    wk 2–6 · 4 games

  • Snap share49.6% range 41–56

    wk 1–6 · 5 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 51%wk 1
  2. 44%wk 2
  3. 56%wk 3
  4. 41%wk 4
  5. 56%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202641

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 5knee2Out
2026 · wk 1hand2—
2025 · wk 18hip1—
2025 · wk 15chest1—
2025 · wk 3concussion1—
2024 · wk 17illness1—
2024 · wk 5shoulder1—
2023 · wk 18illness1Questionable
2022 · wk 8hand2Out
2019 · wk 6knee5Out
2017 · wk 10neck1—
2017 · wk 6back3Out
2017 · wk 4concussion1Questionable
2015 · wk 17illness1Probable
2014 · wk 12foot1Probable

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 15 episodes · 24 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×3

  • ruled out
  • questionable
  • listed, and played

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 5PLAY 69% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6PLAY 99% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 of 2 graded calls of ours right. 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 rest of his team's report this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Trent WilliamsTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Mike EvansWRDNPteam's wordQuestionable
Demarcus RobinsonWRUNKteam's word—
Christian McCaffreyRBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Siran NealSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Christian KirkWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Nick BosaDEDNPteam's wordOut
Deebo Samuel Sr.WRDNPteam's wordOut
Brett TothGUNKteam's word—
Austen PleasantsOLUNKteam's word—
Colton McKivitzTFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Brandon AiyukWRUNKteam's word—
Darrick ForrestSAFUNKteam's word—
Naquan JonesDTUNKteam's word—
Garret WallowLBDNPteam's wordOut
Nate HobbsCBUNKteam's word—
Jake TongesTEUNKteam's word—
Sam OkuayinonuDTUNKteam's word—
Nick ZakeljOTUNKteam's word—
Andrew Farmer IILBUNKteam's word—
Isaac GuerendoRBUNKteam's word—
Jacob CowingWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Ricky PearsallWRUNKteam's word—
Nick MartinLBUNKteam's word—
Upton StoutCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Marques SigleSDNPteam's wordOut
Kurtis RourkeQBUNKteam's word—
Mykel WilliamsDELTDteam's wordQuestionable
C.J. WestDTUNKteam's word—
Alfred CollinsDTUNKteam's word—
De'Zhaun StriblingWRUNKteam's word—
Kaelon BlackRBDNPoursPLAY77%LIKELY
Carver WillisGFULLoursPLAY80%LIKELY
Enrique Cruz Jr.OTUNKteam's word—
Mikail KamaraDEUNKteam's word—
James Thompson Jr.DTFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
Romello HeightDELTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Gracen HaltonDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

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 6

RoleFB1 · 48% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Per game0 rush yards · 0 carries · 18.3 receiving yards
TypeCommittee back
Career10 seasons · 172 games before 2026
Honors10× Pro Bowl · 2× first-team All-Pro · 1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries14 episodes · last: hand, 2026 wk 2
Bioage 35.4 · 13 seasons' experience · drafted round 4

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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at fullback — 56% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chartfirst at fullback
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played50% a week on average over 5 weeks, 56% at his highest, 16% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 235 lb
CollegeHarvard
Drafted2013, round 4 pick 130, by BAL
Age32 and over at the season's start
Experience13 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET85 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET80 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET76 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET75 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET75 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET72 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET61 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET56 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET51 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET37 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET32 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET27 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET13 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET8 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET3 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

15 calls this week, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5DNP69%PLAYbefore his team said anythingno
6LTD99%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

Named inactive in week 5

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.