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DT · Cleveland Browns · week 7 · Sun Oct 25

Maliek Collins

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2016 · R3 P67
  • EXP 10 seasons
  • AGE 29-31
  • DEPTH RDT1
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Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Maliek Collins was a DT for CLE, age 31.4, 10 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 63% of snaps; his line was 2.3 tackles a game, 0.6 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 153 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 19 episodes (knee 6, illness 3, abdomen 2), 3 of them reaching OUT, 9 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a quad injury in 2026 week 2.

The full read

In short

Maliek Collins is a starter at right defensive tackle for CLE — 79% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.

We have made a call on him this week

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

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.

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

  • Tackles / game2.3 range 0.0–3.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Sacks / game0.6 range 0.0–1.5

    wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers

  • Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Snap share63.3% range 39–79

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 39%wk 1
  2. 63%wk 2
  3. 69%wk 3
  4. 79%wk 4
  5. 60%wk 5
  6. 70%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202630

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 6foot2—
2026 · wk 1quad2—
2025 · wk 12Not injury related2—
2025 · wk 11abdomen1Questionable
2025 · wk 3Not injury related5—
2024 · wk 16illness1—
2024 · wk 7left knee1—
2023 · wk 16hip4Questionable
2023 · wk 15chest1—
2023 · wk 13Not injury related1—
2023 · wk 5abdomen2Questionable
2022 · wk 14Not injury related3—
2022 · wk 8chest6Out
2022 · wk 2knee5Questionable
2021 · wk 14illness1—
2021 · wk 1knee1—
2020 · wk 13hamstring1Out
2020 · wk 5shoulder5Questionable
2020 · wk 1thigh1—
2018 · wk 19illness1Questionable
2018 · wk 11knee4Questionable
2018 · wk 3knee5Out
2017 · wk 8foot10Questionable
2016 · wk 9knee1Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 24 episodes · 66 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×6

  • 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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 6PLAY 78% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 7locked

Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call 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
Teven JenkinsGDNPteam's wordOut
Kalia DavisDTDNPteam's wordOut
Bub MeansWRUNKteam's word—
Mike Hall Jr.DTDNPteam's wordOut
Dylan SampsonRBFULLteam's word—
Dillon GabrielQBFULLteam's wordOut
Parker BrailsfordCUNKteam's word—
Joe RoyerTEUNKteam's word—
Taylen GreenQBUNKteam's word—

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 7

RoleDT1 · 63% snaps
Season2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game2.3 tackles · 0.6 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career10 seasons · 153 games before 2026
Injuries19 episodes · last: quad, 2026 wk 2
Bioage 31.4 · 10 seasons' experience · drafted round 3

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 right defensive tackle — 79% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at right defensive tackle
Snaps played63% a week on average over 6 weeks, 79% at his highest, 4% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 310 lb
CollegeNebraska
Drafted2016, round 3 pick 67, by DAL
Age29-31 at the season's start
Experience10 seasons

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6DNP78%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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