QB · Atlanta Falcons · week 2 vs Chicago Bears · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Cooper Rush
ROLE a starter
EXP 9 seasons
AGE 32 and over
DEPTH QB3
As of week 2, Cooper Rush was a QB for ATL, age 32.8, 9 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 42 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 3 episodes (illness 1, knee 1, neck 1); the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 14.
The full read
In short
Cooper Rush is a starter at quarterback for ATL — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4 and 5 and 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.
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
Pass yds / game115 range 86–143
wk 1–2 · 2 games · below most of his peers
Rush yds / game10 range 0.0–20
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Completion %56.4% range 55–59
wk 1–2 · 2 games · below most of his peers
Snap share79.0% range 58–100
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
58%wk 2
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 2
back
1
—
2024 · wk 13
knee
2
—
2024 · wk 11
neck
1
—
2023 · wk 19
illness
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 5 weeks on a report
2024
knee · 2wneck · 1w
2026
back · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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 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 2
Role
QB3 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 1
Career
8 seasons · 42 games before 2026
Injuries
3 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 14
Bio
age 32.8 · 9 seasons' experience
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.
a starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 2
Listed on the depth chart
third at quarterback
Snaps played
79% a week on average over 2 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
6 ft 3 in · 225 lb
College
Central Michigan; Tarrant County JC
Drafted
undrafted
Age
32 and over at the season's start
Experience
9 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
KickoffKickoff.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
UNK
—
his team's word
his team's published inactive list, on the day
no
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 3
The team's own list (3rd QB). We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 4
The team's own list (Designated emergency third quarterback). We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 5
The team's own list (Emergency third quarterback). We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 6
The team's own list (Emergency third quarterback). We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week; the rest of his team's report.