OT · Houston Texans · week 5 vs Jacksonville Jaguars · Sun Oct 18 · 9:30 AM ET
Braden Smith
CLASS 2018 · R2 P37
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH RT2
As of week 5, Braden Smith was an OT for HOU, age 30.4, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart. Before 2026 he played 110 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 14 episodes (knee 3, hand 2, achilles 1), 5 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a concussion injury in 2025 week 15.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
64%64%64%68%68%68%43%43%43%43%43%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
64% COIN FLIP → 43% COIN FLIP
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Braden Smith is listed at right tackle for HOU. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in week 6. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
COIN FLIP since Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET · 30 h before kickoff · after the club said it (-5 h). Biggest move: 68% → 43%, Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET to Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET, after: given a designation (Questionable).
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.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Sat Oct 10
FPdated Sat Oct 10
LPdated Sat Oct 10
Shape of the week: improving. 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
fewer than 2 games this season
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
1
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 5
foot
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 15
concussion
1
Out
2025 · wk 5
Not injury related
5
—
2025 · wk 4
achilles
1
—
2024 · wk 11
Not injury related
4
Out
2024 · wk 3
knee
8
Questionable
2023 · wk 14
knee
5
Out
2023 · wk 13
Not injury related
1
—
2023 · wk 6
hip
5
Out
2023 · wk 4
wrist
1
—
2023 · wk 2
knee
1
—
2022 · wk 13
illness
2
Out
2022 · wk 11
back
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 10
arm
2
—
2021 · wk 2
foot
7
Out
2020 · wk 16
Not injury related
1
Out
2020 · wk 14
groin
1
—
2020 · wk 11
hand
2
Questionable
2018 · wk 10
hand
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 19 episodes · 50 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×4
concussion · 1wNot injury related · 5wachilles · 1w
2026
foot · 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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 64% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: 0 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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jadeveon Clowney
DE
DNP
ours
PLAY
66%
LIKELY
Trent Brown
T
DNP
ours
PLAY
87%
EXPECTED
M.J. Stewart
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
Azeez Al-Shaair
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Nico Collins
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Logan Hall
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Ed Ingram
G
LTD
ours
SIT
39%
COIN FLIP
Tank Dell
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Will Anderson Jr.
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jamal Hill
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Nathan Thomas
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
Blake Fisher
T
LTD
ours
SIT
36%
COIN FLIP
Aireontae Ersery
T
DNP
ours
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
Kayden McDonald
DT
FULL
ours
SIT
37%
COIN FLIP
Wade Woodaz
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
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 5
Role
OT3
Season
2026 · no games on file through wk 4
Career
8 seasons · 110 games before 2026
Injuries
14 episodes · last: concussion, 2025 wk 15
Bio
age 30.4 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
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.
PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
64%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
68%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
11 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
LTD
64%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
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 6
The team's own list. 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
his snap history; the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.