Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment
As of week 7, A.J. Epenesa was an LB for PHI, age 28, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 14% of snaps; his line was 1.3 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.3 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 105 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 12 episodes (ankle 2, chest 2, concussion 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 4 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a neck injury in 2025 week 20.
The full read
In short
A.J. Epenesa is in the rotation at weak-side linebacker for PHI — 21% of the snaps in his best week of 4. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 6. This week he practised limited every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“The Eagles listed eight players under LIMITED PARTICIPATION: Saquon Barkley, Landon Dickerson, Jalyx Hunt, Tyler Steen, Moro Ojomo, A.J. Epenesa, Willie Lampkin, and Fred Johnson.”
Bleeding Green Nation · 2026-10-23
2
“With Greenard and Smith on track to miss this game, the Eagles are looking thin at edge rusher.”
Bleeding Green Nation · 2026-10-23
3
“The Eagles listed eight players under LIMITED PARTICIPATION: Saquon Barkley, Landon Dickerson, Jalyx Hunt, Jonathan Greenard, Drew Kendall, Tyler Steen, Moro Ojomo, and A.J. Epenesa.”
Bleeding Green Nation · 2026-10-22
4
“A.J. Epenesa is nursing a back injury, Jonathan Greenard is on a pitch count and Nolan Smith Jr. suffered a concussion last week.”
Philadelphia Inquirer · 2026-10-22
We have made a call on him this week
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
LPdated Fri Oct 23
LPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: steady. 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 / game1.3 range 1.0–2.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 3 games
Snap share14.2% range 4–21
wk 1–5 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
17%wk 1
15%wk 2
4%wk 4
21%wk 5
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
back
3
Doubtful
2025 · wk 20
neck
1
—
2025 · wk 18
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 14
foot
1
—
2025 · wk 10
concussion
2
Out
2025 · wk 4
chest
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 15
chest
3
Out
2023 · wk 7
quad
1
—
2022 · wk 16
arm
1
—
2022 · wk 12
ankle
2
Doubtful
2021 · wk 15
ankle
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 5
foot
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 16
Not injury related
1
—
2020 · wk 12
concussion
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 14 episodes · 20 weeks on a report · same site more than once: foot ×2
2020
Not injury related · 1wconcussion · 1w
2021
ankle · 1wfoot · 1w
2022
arm · 1wankle · 2w
2023
chest · 3wquad · 1w
2025
illness · 1wfoot · 1wconcussion · 2wchest · 1w
2026
back · 3w
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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 91% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 6PLAY 91% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 7locked
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
Jalen Hurts
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Carter II
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
DeVonta Smith
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Landon Dickerson
G
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Grant Calcaterra
TE
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Dontayvion Wicks
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Nolan Smith
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jakorian Bennett
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Carson Steele
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Joe Milton III
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Eli Stowers
TE
FULL
team's word
Questionable
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
Role
LB3 · 14% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 6
Per game
1.3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.3 passes defended
Career
6 seasons · 105 games before 2026
Injuries
12 episodes · last: neck, 2025 wk 20
Bio
age 28 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
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.