T · San Francisco 49ers · week 6 vs Washington Commanders · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET
Colton McKivitz
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2020 · R5 P153
EXP 6 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH RT1
98%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Colton McKivitz was an OT for SF, age 30.1, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 89 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (ankle 2, knee 2, calf 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a calf injury in 2025 week 5.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
96%96%96%99%99%82%82%82%82%98%98%98%98%98%98%
Fri 7:01 AM ETMon 5:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
96% EXPECTED → 98% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Colton McKivitz is a starter at right tackle for SF — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an illness injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 98%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 85 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The most recent club report in evidence (Fri 16 Oct) lists McKivitz as a limited participant with an illness, explicitly separate from the DNP group of Bosa, Samuel, Sigle, Wallow, Thompson Jr. and Trent Williams (P1, P5), and no game-status designation appears anywhere in the passages. The illness is described as the short flu-like bug circulating the locker room, with Kittle — who caught it the prior Saturday — fully recovered by Friday (P3), which points to a resolving short-duration issue for a healthy starter rather than a structural injury. The one caution is that McKivitz was seen 'working on the side' Friday rather than with the team (P2), so his limited tag is soft; with two further practice days (Sat/Sun) before a Monday game and no designation, that is not enough to flip the PLAY call. It would need to know: 49ers practice/injury report for Sat 17 Oct and Sun 18 Oct — McKivitz full, limited or DNP; Final game-status designation on the last report before Monday 19 Oct (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for McKivitz; Shanahan or Lynch remark on McKivitz's illness or on who is taking first-team right tackle reps (Spencer Burford / Carver Willis); Whether McKivitz practiced with the team rather than on the side on Sat or Sun; Whether Trent Williams (rest) returns, which would signal the OL alignment for Monday
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Here were the limited participants:
Siran Neal (neck)
Upton Stout (shoulder)
Colton McKivitz (illness)”
Niners Nation · 2026-10-16
2
“offensive tackle Colton McKivitz, who is battling an illness, were also seen working on the side”
49ers Webzone · 2026-10-16
3
“Flu-like symptoms hit other teammates' near his locker over the past two weeks, including kicker Eddy Piñeiro, tight end George Kittle and right tackle Colton McKivitz. Kittle said it took until Friday for him to fully recover after getting ill last Saturday.”
Mercury News · 2026-10-16
4
“offensive tackle Colton McKivitz (illness), safety Siran Neal (neck), cornerback Upton Stout (shoulder), defensive end Mykel Williams (knee) and offensive guard Carver Willis (toe) were limited.”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-16
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET · 37 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 99% → 82%, Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
98% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share100.0% range 100–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
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 6
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 5
calf
1
—
2024 · wk 17
knee
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 11
ankle
1
—
2022 · wk 5
knee
1
Out
2022 · wk 3
ankle
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 7 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×2
2022
knee · 1wankle · 1w
2023
ankle · 1w
2024
knee · 2w
2025
calf · 1w
2026
illness · 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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Trent Williams
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Kyle Juszczyk
FB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Mike Evans
WR
DNP
team's word
Questionable
Demarcus Robinson
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Christian McCaffrey
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Siran Neal
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Christian Kirk
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Nick Bosa
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Deebo Samuel Sr.
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Brett Toth
G
UNK
team's word
—
Austen Pleasants
OL
UNK
team's word
—
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Darrick Forrest
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Naquan Jones
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Garret Wallow
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Nate Hobbs
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Jake Tonges
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Sam Okuayinonu
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Nick Zakelj
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Andrew Farmer II
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Isaac Guerendo
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Jacob Cowing
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ricky Pearsall
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Nick Martin
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Upton Stout
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Marques Sigle
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Kurtis Rourke
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Mykel Williams
DE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
C.J. West
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Alfred Collins
DT
UNK
team's word
—
De'Zhaun Stribling
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Kaelon Black
RB
DNP
ours
PLAY
77%
LIKELY
Carver Willis
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
Enrique Cruz Jr.
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Mikail Kamara
DE
UNK
team's word
—
James Thompson Jr.
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Romello Height
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Gracen Halton
DT
LTD
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 6
Role
OT1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career
6 seasons · 89 games before 2026
Injuries
5 episodes · last: calf, 2025 wk 5
Bio
age 30.1 · 6 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.
a starter at right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at right tackle
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 20% on special teams
Build
6 ft 6 in · 301 lb
College
West Virginia
Drafted
2020, round 5 pick 153, by SF
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
6 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
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
85 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
80 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
72 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
61 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
56 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
51 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
32 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET
27 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET
13 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET
8 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET
3 h
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
15 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
6
LTD
96%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.