TE · Los Angeles Chargers · week 7 vs Kansas City Chiefs · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET
David Njoku
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2017 · R1 P29
EXP 9 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH TE4
As of week 7, David Njoku was a TE for LAC, age 30.1, 9 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 2 games on 36% of snaps; his line was 33.5 receiving yards a game, 4 targets a game and a 15.1% target share. Before 2026 he played 121 games (postseason included) over 9 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 27 episodes (knee 14, ankle 3, hamstring 2), 7 of them reaching OUT, 17 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
In short
David Njoku is a starter at tight end for LAC — 55% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. 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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
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
Rec yds / game34 range 9.0–58
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Targets / game4.0 range 3.0–5.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Target share15.1% range 12–19
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snap share35.5% range 16–55
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
55%wk 1
16%wk 2
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 12
knee
7
Out
2025 · wk 11
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 4
knee
5
Out
2024 · wk 17
knee
2
Out
2024 · wk 15
hamstring
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 12
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 6
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 2
ankle
6
Out
2023 · wk 11
Not injury related
9
—
2023 · wk 9
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 8
knee
2
—
2023 · wk 6
hand
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 4
face
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 3
Not injury related
1
—
2022 · wk 13
knee
4
Out
2022 · wk 8
ankle
4
Out
2022 · wk 7
Not injury related
1
—
2022 · wk 4
knee
2
—
2022 · wk 2
Not injury related
1
—
2021 · wk 18
shoulder
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 16
knee
1
—
2021 · wk 9
neck
1
—
2021 · wk 5
knee
3
Questionable
2020 · wk 19
hamstring
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 15
knee
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 8
knee
1
—
2020 · wk 7
shoulder
1
—
2019 · wk 15
knee
1
—
2019 · wk 3
concussion
1
Out
2018 · wk 7
knee
10
Questionable
2017 · wk 15
foot
1
—
2017 · wk 14
wrist
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 32 episodes · 76 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×14
2017
foot · 1wwrist · 1w
2018
knee · 10w
2019
knee · 1wconcussion · 1w
2020
knee · 1wknee · 1wshoulder · 1w
2021
shoulder · 1wknee · 1wneck · 1wknee · 3w
2022
knee · 4wankle · 4wNot injury related · 1wknee · 2wNot injury related · 1w
2023
Not injury related · 9wankle · 1wknee · 2whand · 1wface · 1wNot injury related · 1w
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
age 30.1 · 9 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
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.