WR · Indianapolis Colts · week 6 vs Tennessee Titans · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Darius Slayton
CLASS 2019 · R5 P171
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH WR6
As of week 6, Darius Slayton was a WR for IND, age 29.6, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. Before 2026 he played 108 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 15 episodes (hamstring 3, concussion 2, groin 2), 4 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hamstring injury in 2025 week 13.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
95%95%95%95%95%95%96%96%96%96%96%96%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSat 5:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
95% EXPECTED → 96% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Darius Slayton is listed at wide receiver for IND. He has a knee injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 4 and 5. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
The reader concurs · grade A
The Colts' own communications department announced on Friday 16 Oct that the team "today released wide receiver Darius Slayton" (P3), with IndyStar (P1) and Stampede Blue (P2) independently reporting the same transaction. The full-participation practice reports of 14-15 Oct with a knee injury (P5, P6) predate that release and are therefore superseded. He is no longer on the roster, so he cannot play in Sunday's 18 Oct game against Tennessee; the SIT call is correct.
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“The Indianapolis Colts today released wide receiver Darius Slayton.”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-16
2
“The Indianapolis Colts released wide receiver Darius Slayton four weeks after signing him.”
IndyStar · 2026-10-16
3
“the Indianapolis Colts have released Darius Slayton”
Stampede Blue · 2026-10-16
4
“wide receiver Darius Slayton (knee) and Will Mallory (thumb) were once again full participants”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-15
5
“was a full participant for a second consecutive day with a knee injury he suffered last Friday”
IndyStar · 2026-10-15
12versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 95% → 96%, Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET, with no club report in between.
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: no longer on his team's roster (cut, traded or released).
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
fewer than 2 games this season
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
2
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
knee
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 6
hamstring
6
Out
2025 · wk 4
calf
1
—
2025 · wk 2
groin
2
—
2024 · wk 10
concussion
2
Out
2024 · wk 7
groin
1
—
2024 · wk 4
hand
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 2
concussion
1
—
2023 · wk 12
neck
1
Doubtful
2022 · wk 13
illness
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 18
shoulder
1
—
2021 · wk 4
hamstring
4
Out
2020 · wk 13
shoulder
1
—
2020 · wk 6
foot
2
Questionable
2019 · wk 17
knee
1
—
2019 · wk 1
hamstring
3
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 16 episodes · 30 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×3
2019
knee · 1whamstring · 3w
2020
shoulder · 1wfoot · 2w
2021
shoulder · 1whamstring · 4w
2022
illness · 1w
2023
neck · 1w
2024
concussion · 2wgroin · 1whand · 1wconcussion · 1w
2025
hamstring · 6wcalf · 1wgroin · 2w
2026
knee · 2w
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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 68% ✗ missafter his team's announcement; did not play
Wk 6PLAY 95% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Season on him: 0 of 2 graded calls 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
Keenan Allen
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
DeForest Buckner
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Grover Stewart
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Arden Key
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Ashton Dulin
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
D.J. Montgomery
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Daniel Jones
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Sean McKeon
TE
UNK
ours
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
Jonathan Taylor
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Alec Pierce
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Micheal Clemons
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Will Mallory
TE
FULL
team's word
—
Cameron Mitchell
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Josh Downs
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jaylon Carlies
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dalton Tucker
G
UNK
team's word
—
Matt Goncalves
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Tyler Warren
TE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jalen Travis
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Riley Leonard
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Jaylahn Tuimoloau
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Carson Towt
TE
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
Profile — as of week 6
Role
WR6
Season
2026 · no games on file through wk 5
Career
7 seasons · 108 games before 2026
Injuries
15 episodes · last: hamstring, 2025 wk 13
Bio
age 29.6 · 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.
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 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:50 AM ET
12 h
his team's word
—
—
no longer on his team's roster (cut, traded or released)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
his team's word
—
—
no longer on his team's roster (cut, traded or released)
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
his team's word
—
—
no longer on his team's roster (cut, traded or released)
12 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_dissents. Fetched 5 of 5.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
LTD
68%
PLAY
after his team's announcement
no
6
FULL
95%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
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 (knee). We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.