LB · Green Bay Packers · week 7 vs Detroit Lions · Sun Oct 25 · 4:25 PM ET
Zaire Franklin
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2018 · R7 P235
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH LILB1
As of week 7, Zaire Franklin was an OLB for GB, age 30.2, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 99% of snaps; his line was 6.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 135 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 12 episodes (illness 4, ankle 2, knee 2), 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an illness injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
In short
Zaire Franklin is a starter at left inside linebacker for GB — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a shin injury. This week he practised limited, then did not practise. His team has listed him Out.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“The Packers will be without linebacker Zaire Franklin for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. He's been ruled out after taking a knee to the shin during practice.”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-23
2
“the Packers have already ruled out MIKE linebacker Zaire Franklin after he was hit in the shin on Thursday and is unable to play.”
Pride Of Detroit · 2026-10-23
3
“Head coach Matt LaFleur said linebacker Zaire Franklin, who was on the injury report Thursday with a shin issue, will miss Week 7 against the Detroit Lions.”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-23
4
“both linebacker Zaire Franklin (shin) and edge defender Lukas Van Ness (illness) popped up as limited for the first time”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-22
His team's word: Out
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 own word, restated.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
LPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: worsening. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game6.8 range 3.0–10
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share98.8% range 93–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
93%wk 5
100%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
shin
1
Out
2025 · wk 18
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 16
Not injury related
1
—
2025 · wk 15
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 7
Not injury related
3
—
2025 · wk 5
ankle
1
—
2024 · wk 12
Not injury related
3
—
2024 · wk 10
ankle
1
—
2024 · wk 5
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 9
knee
2
Questionable
2022 · wk 11
illness
2
Questionable
2022 · wk 8
shoulder
1
—
2022 · wk 3
shoulder
1
—
2019 · wk 7
hamstring
1
—
2019 · wk 2
hip
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · 22 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×4
2019
hamstring · 1whip · 1w
2022
illness · 2wshoulder · 1wshoulder · 1w
2023
illness · 1wknee · 2w
2024
Not injury related · 3wankle · 1willness · 1w
2025
illness · 1wNot injury related · 1wknee · 1wNot injury related · 3wankle · 1w
2026
shin · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Micah Parsons
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jordon Riley
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Luke Musgrave
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Collin Oliver
LB
UNK
team'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
Role
OLB1 · 99% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
6.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Career
8 seasons · 135 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl · 1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
12 episodes · last: illness, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 30.2 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 7
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.