As of week 2, Andrew Van Ginkel was an OLB for MIN, age 31.2, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 1 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 81% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 104 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 19 episodes (foot 3, back 2, concussion 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a neck injury in 2025 week 11.
The full read
In short
Andrew Van Ginkel is a starter at weak-side linebacker for MIN — 96% of the snaps in his best week of 5. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Sep 18
LPdated Fri Sep 18
LPdated Fri Sep 18
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 — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game2.8 range 2.0–3.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.8 range 0.0–1.5
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share85.2% range 78–96
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
81%wk 1
86%wk 2
78%wk 3
85%wk 4
96%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
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 2
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 2
concussion
2
Out
2025 · wk 1
neck
7
Out
2024 · wk 15
hip
1
—
2024 · wk 13
thigh
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 11
hip
1
—
2024 · wk 10
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 2
foot
2
—
2023 · wk 17
wrist
1
—
2023 · wk 15
abdomen
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 7
illness
1
—
2023 · wk 3
ankle
1
—
2022 · wk 9
chest
1
—
2022 · wk 1
illness
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 11
back
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 2
back
1
—
2020 · wk 12
wrist
3
—
2020 · wk 8
concussion
1
—
2019 · wk 17
shoulder
1
—
2019 · wk 12
foot
1
—
2019 · wk 1
foot
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 21 episodes · 34 weeks on a report · same site more than once: foot ×3
2019
shoulder · 1wfoot · 1wfoot · 1w
2020
wrist · 3wconcussion · 1w
2021
back · 1wback · 1w
2022
chest · 1willness · 2w
2023
wrist · 1wabdomen · 2willness · 1wankle · 1w
2024
hip · 1wthigh · 2whip · 1wNot injury related · 1wfoot · 2w
2025
concussion · 2wneck · 7w
2026
chest · 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 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 2
Role
OLB1 · 81% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 1
Career
7 seasons · 104 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl · 1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
19 episodes · last: neck, 2025 wk 11
Bio
age 31.2 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 5
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.