TE · Minnesota Vikings · week 8 vs Indianapolis Colts · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Josh Oliver
TYPE Blocking TE
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R3 P69
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH TE4
As of week 8, Josh Oliver was a TE for MIN, age 29.4, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 7 he had played 3 games on 55% of snaps; his line was 15.3 receiving yards a game, 1.7 targets a game and a 7.9% target share (Blocking TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 84 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (ankle 2, feet 1, foot 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a foot injury in 2025 week 11.
The full read
In short
Josh Oliver is a starter at tight end for MIN — 65% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a not stated injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 7 and he did not play.
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 in week 8
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 / game15 range 0.0–24
wk 1–3 · 3 games
Targets / game1.7 range 0.0–4.0
wk 1–3 · 3 games
Target share7.9% range 0–17
wk 1–3 · 3 games
Snap share55.3% range 41–65
wk 1–3 · 3 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
65%wk 1
60%wk 2
41%wk 3
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 9
foot
3
Out
2025 · wk 2
ankle
2
—
2024 · wk 12
ankle
3
Out
2024 · wk 8
feet
1
—
2024 · wk 4
wrist
11
—
2019 · wk 1
hamstring
7
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 27 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2
2019
hamstring · 7w
2024
ankle · 3wfeet · 1wwrist · 11w
2025
foot · 3wankle · 2w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
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 7PLAY 70% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; 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 in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Max Brosmer
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Elijah Williams
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Caleb Tiernan
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Jakobe Thomas
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Charles Demmings
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Demond Claiborne
RB
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
age 29.4 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
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.