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T · Miami Dolphins · week 5 vs Cincinnati Bengals · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET

Austin Jackson

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2020 · R1 P18
  • EXP 6 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH RT1
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 5, Austin Jackson was an OT for MIA, age 27.1, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 63 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 13 episodes (ankle 2, back 2, illness 2), 3 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2025 week 18.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

96% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Austin Jackson is a starter at right tackle for MIA — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a knee injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. 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.

11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 96% → 98%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

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

FriThuWed
FPdated Sun Oct 11LPdated Sun Oct 11LPdated Sun Oct 11

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.

Head start

  • Our call
  • Kickoff

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Snap share100.0% range 100–100

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 100%wk 2
  3. 100%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 100%wk 5

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 5knee1—
2025 · wk 18back1Questionable
2025 · wk 11toe3Doubtful
2025 · wk 1toe2Out
2024 · wk 10knee1Out
2024 · wk 7back1Questionable
2023 · wk 12abdomen5Questionable
2022 · wk 9ankle3Out
2022 · wk 2ankle1—
2021 · wk 15illness1Questionable
2021 · wk 7shoulder1—
2021 · wk 1illness1Questionable
2020 · wk 15knee1—
2020 · wk 5foot1—

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 14 episodes · 23 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3

  • 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 96% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 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 this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Tucker AddingtonLSLTDoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
Reese TaylorCBDNPteam's wordOut
Rob Beal Jr.DEDNPteam's wordOut
Julius BrentsCBFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Storm DuckCBFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Jaylen WrightRBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jackson WoodardLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Kenneth GrantDTFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Dante Trader Jr.SFULLoursPLAY88%EXPECTED
Justin JolyTEDNPteam's wordOut
Caleb DouglasWRDNPteam's wordOut
Chris BellWRFULLoursPLAY90%EXPECTED

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 5

RoleOT1 · 100% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Career6 seasons · 63 games before 2026
Injuries13 episodes · last: back, 2025 wk 18
Bioage 27.1 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 1

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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chartfirst at right tackle
Snaps played100% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest, 13% on special teams
Build6 ft 5 in · 305 lb
CollegeUSC
Drafted2020, round 1 pick 18, by MIA
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience6 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET78 hPLAY96%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET73 hPLAY96%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET68 hPLAY96%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET44 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET30 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET25 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET1 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

11 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

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5LTD96%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.