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CB · Cleveland Browns · week 7 · Sun Oct 25

Denzel Ward

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2018 · R1 P4
  • EXP 8 seasons
  • AGE 29-31
  • DEPTH LCB1
Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Denzel Ward was a CB for CLE, age 29.3, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 100% of snaps; his line was 4.2 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.7 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 112 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons with 5 Pro Bowls. His injury history held 27 episodes (shoulder 5, concussion 4, hamstring 4), 7 of them reaching OUT, 17 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a calf injury in 2025 week 17.

The full read

In short

Denzel Ward is a starter at left cornerback for CLE — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has listed him Questionable.

We have made a call on him this week

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

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

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

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

  • Tackles / game4.2 range 1.0–7.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–2.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Snap share99.8% range 99–100

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 100%wk 2
  3. 99%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 100%wk 5
  6. 100%wk 6

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 7hand1Questionable
2025 · wk 15calf3Out
2025 · wk 14hip1—
2025 · wk 11Not injury related3—
2025 · wk 6hip2—
2025 · wk 1shoulder4—
2024 · wk 18shoulder1Out
2024 · wk 12chest1—
2024 · wk 9concussion1Questionable
2024 · wk 6hamstring2Questionable
2024 · wk 2shoulder3—
2023 · wk 12shoulder8Out
2023 · wk 11neck1—
2023 · wk 1concussion1—
2022 · wk 15shoulder4Questionable
2022 · wk 13ankle2—
2022 · wk 12groin1—
2022 · wk 6concussion4Out
2022 · wk 4back2—
2021 · wk 16groin2Questionable
2021 · wk 8hamstring2Out
2021 · wk 5neck3Questionable
2020 · wk 12calf5Out
2020 · wk 10Not injury related1—
2020 · wk 3groin2Questionable
2019 · wk 15ankle2—
2019 · wk 3hamstring5Questionable
2018 · wk 14concussion4Out
2018 · wk 10hip1Questionable
2018 · wk 3hamstring1—

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

Injury history by season · 30 episodes · 73 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×5

  • 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 7locked

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 rest of his team's report this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Teven JenkinsGDNPteam's wordOut
Kalia DavisDTDNPteam's wordOut
Bub MeansWRUNKteam's word—
Mike Hall Jr.DTDNPteam's wordOut
Dylan SampsonRBFULLteam's word—
Dillon GabrielQBFULLteam's wordOut
Parker BrailsfordCUNKteam's word—
Joe RoyerTEUNKteam's word—
Taylen GreenQBUNKteam'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

RoleCB1 · 100% snaps
Season2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game4.2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.7 passes defended
Career8 seasons · 112 games before 2026
Honors5× Pro Bowl
Injuries27 episodes · last: calf, 2025 wk 17
Bioage 29.3 · 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

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at left cornerback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at left cornerback
Snaps played100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 15% on special teams
Build5 ft 11 in · 190 lb
CollegeOhio State
Drafted2018, round 1 pick 4, by CLE
Age29-31 at the season's start
Experience8 seasons

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.