QB · #6 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · week 9 · Sun Nov 8

Baker Mayfield

TYPE Pocket passer
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2018 · R1 P1
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH QB1

Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 9, Baker Mayfield was a QB for TB, age 31.4, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 97% of snaps; his line was 135.8 pass yards a game, 16 rush yards a game and a 61.8% completion rate (Pocket passer by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 128 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons. His injury history held 22 episodes (shoulder 5, ankle 3, knee 3), 1 of them reaching OUT, 11 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an illness injury in 2026 week 3.

The full read

In short

Baker Mayfield is a starter at quarterback for TB — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team named him inactive in weeks 4 and 5 and 6. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.

We have made a call on him in week 9

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

How our calls are checked

Our call

Injury report

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

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

No dated practice report for him in week 9

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 / game136 range 0.0–217
wk 1–8 · 5 games
Rush yds / game16 range 1.0–30
wk 1–8 · 5 games
Completion %61.8% range 0–82
wk 1–8 · 5 games
Snap share96.8% range 90–100
wk 1–8 · 5 games

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

100%wk 1
100%wk 2
94%wk 3
90%wk 7
100%wk 8

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	6	3

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 4	hand	6	Out
2026 · wk 3	illness	1	—
2025 · wk 13	shoulder	4	Questionable
2025 · wk 12	illness	1	—
2025 · wk 5	knee	3	—
2025 · wk 4	arm	1	Questionable
2025 · wk 3	foot	1	—
2024 · wk 16	knee	1	—
2024 · wk 14	achilles	1	—
2024 · wk 10	toe	1	—
2023 · wk 19	ankle	1	Questionable
2023 · wk 18	chest	1	Questionable
2023 · wk 13	ankle	1	—
2023 · wk 8	knee	2	Questionable
2023 · wk 2	right shoulder	1	—
2022 · wk 6	ankle	2	Doubtful
2021 · wk 17	left shoulder	1	—
2021 · wk 14	foot	2	—
2021 · wk 7	left shoulder	6	Out
2021 · wk 3	left shoulder	1	—
2020 · wk 6	chest	2	Questionable
2019 · wk 14	right hand	1	—
2019 · wk 8	hip	1	—

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

Injury history by season · 23 episodes · 42 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×5

2019

hand · 1whip · 1w

2020

chest · 2w

2021

shoulder · 1wfoot · 2wshoulder · 6wshoulder · 1w

2022

ankle · 2w

2023

chest · 1wankle · 1wknee · 2wshoulder · 1w

2024

knee · 1wachilles · 1wtoe · 1w

2025

shoulder · 4willness · 1wknee · 3warm · 1wfoot · 1w

2026

hand · 6willness · 1w

Weeks 1–18

ruled out
doubtful
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.

The rest of his team's report in week 9

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call	Chance he plays	Band
Yaya Diaby	LB	DNP	team's word	Out

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

Role

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 9


Role	QB1 · 97% snaps
Season	2026 · 5 games through wk 8
Per game	135.8 pass yards · 16 rush yards · 61.8% completion rate
Type	Pocket passer
Career	8 seasons · 128 games before 2026
Injuries	22 episodes · last: illness, 2026 wk 3
Bio	age 31.4 · 8 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

AI-generated · who he is

Baker Mayfield, a quarterback, sat the last game and is on this week’s club report with a thumb injury. Over the last four weeks he has taken nearly every snap. On Thursday the club listed Full Participation in Practice for the thumb.

What the AI text stands on

Fact	Value	Where we hold it
Role	QB, offense	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Role by snaps, last four weeks	nearly every snap	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Why he is on this week's watch list	on this week's club report	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury named by the club	Thumb	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Practice Thursday	Full Participation in Practice (Thumb)	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
practice.final	FP	the club report · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
last_game.status	sat	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
baseline.missing	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
baseline.n_games	5	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
pos_group	QB	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
return_state.activated	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.q_play_rate_shrunk	0.8270	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.style	aggressive	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
team.late_add_rate	0.615	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
episode.site	thumb	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
episode.typical_missed	2.0	R2P knowledge graph · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Position	QB	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Years of experience	8	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
College	Oklahoma; Texas Tech	nflverse players · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Drafted	round 1, pick 1, CLE 2018	nflverse draft_picks · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Height (inches)	73	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Weight (lb)	215	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Age at the start of the week	31.6	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Weeks with snaps this season	5	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: knee	3	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: ankle	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: illness	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: shoulder	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: achilles	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Thu Nov 5 · 3:00 PM ET

Written by grok-4.7, Thu Nov 5 · 4:36 PM ET. Every figure in it is one of these facts.

About him

About him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart	first at quarterback
Snaps played	97% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build	6 ft 1 in · 215 lb
College	Oklahoma; Texas Tech
Drafted	2018, round 1 pick 1, by CLE
Age	29-31 at the season's start
Experience	8 seasons

Named inactive in week 4

The team's own list. 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. 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. 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 in week 9.