S · Tennessee Titans · week 6 vs Indianapolis Colts · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Amani Hooker
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R4 P116
EXP 7 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SS1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Amani Hooker was an SAF for TEN, age 28.2, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 99% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 101 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history held 14 episodes (concussion 3, groin 2, illness 2), 6 of them reaching OUT, 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
89%89%89%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
89% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Amani Hooker is a starter at strong safety for TEN — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a concussion injury. His team named him inactive in week 5. This week he practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.
The reader concurs · grade A
The club's own Oct. 16 report for the Oct. 18 game at Indianapolis lists 'S Amani Hooker (Concussion), Full (---)' — full participation with no game designation (P1). The same report tags other players 'OUT' (Jordan Elliott, Kevin Winston Jr.) and 'QUESTIONABLE' (Tyjae Spears, Joshua Williams), so the blank tag beside Hooker is a deliberate signal of availability, not a gap (P1). With Winston Jr. ruled OUT at the same position, the safety room is thinner, which only reinforces the PLAY call (P1). It would need to know: Confirmation the independent neurological consultant cleared Hooker from concussion protocol (not shown on the injury report); The Sunday Oct. 18 inactives list at Indianapolis
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“S Amani Hooker (Concussion), Full (---)”
The Tennessean · 2026-10-14
2
“S Kevin Winston Jr. (Quad), DNP (OUT)”
The Tennessean · 2026-10-14
3
“RB Tyjae Spears (Knee), Full (QUESTIONABLE)”
The Tennessean · 2026-10-14
4
“Here's a full look at the Oct. 16 Titans injury report before the Week 6 game at Indianapolis on Oct. 18.”
The Tennessean · 2026-10-14
14versions 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: 89% → 99%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice this week
Wed
LPdated Wed Oct 14
Shape of the week: single reading. 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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share99.0% range 97–100
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
97%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
98%wk 4
100%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
1
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
concussion
2
Out
2025 · wk 18
ankle
1
Doubtful
2025 · wk 16
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 14
chest
1
—
2024 · wk 17
shoulder
2
Out
2024 · wk 13
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 9
groin
2
Questionable
2024 · wk 4
concussion
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 16
knee
1
Out
2023 · wk 6
hand
1
—
2023 · wk 2
concussion
2
Out
2022 · wk 15
knee
4
Out
2022 · wk 9
shoulder
4
Out
2022 · wk 4
concussion
3
Out
2021 · wk 7
groin
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 15 episodes · 28 weeks on a report · same site more than once: concussion ×4
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 74% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6PLAY 89% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 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
Tanoh Kpassagnon
DE
UNK
team's word
—
John Franklin-Myers
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tony Pollard
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jordan Elliott
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Milo Eifler
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Kylen Granson
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Cordale Flott
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Joshua Williams
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Alontae Taylor
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Kendell Brooks
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Tyjae Spears
RB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Jaylen Harrell
DE
UNK
team's word
—
David Martin-Robinson
TE
LTD
ours
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
Kevin Winston Jr.
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Jackson Slater
G
UNK
team's word
—
Marcus Harris
CB
LTD
ours
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
Dorian Mausi
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Fernando Carmona
G
UNK
team's word
—
Nicholas Singleton
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Jackie Marshall
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Jaren Kanak
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
SAF1 · 99% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Career
7 seasons · 101 games before 2026
Injuries
14 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 28.2 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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.
a starter at strong safety — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
first at strong safety
Last week
He did not dress last week
Snaps played
99% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
5 ft 11 in · 210 lb
College
Iowa
Drafted
2019, round 4 pick 116, by TEN
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
7 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
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
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 calls this week, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. 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 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
DNP
74%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
6
LTD
89%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 5
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.