LB · New York Giants · week 6 vs New Orleans Saints · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Malik Harrison
ROLE a special-teams player
CLASS 2020 · R3 P98
EXP 6 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH LILB3
92%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Malik Harrison was an LB for NYG, age 28.5, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 3 games on 0% of snaps; his line was 1 tackle a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 95 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 8 episodes (concussion 2, groin 2, knee 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
89%89%89%89%89%89%92%92%92%92%92%
Fri 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
89% EXPECTED → 92% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Malik Harrison is a special-teams player at left inside linebacker for NYG — 86% of the kicking snaps over 4 weeks. He has a groin injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 92%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 54 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade C
The only reporting about Harrison is transactional and points toward availability, not away from it: the Giants signed him off their own practice squad to the 53-man roster on 13 Oct (P1: "LB Malik Harrison - Free Agent Signing from NYG Practice Squad (October 13)"; P2), filling the roster spot opened when Chauncey Golston went to IR (P3). No passage mentions a groin, a practice limitation, or a game-status designation for the 18 Oct game, so nothing in the prose contradicts the model's PLAY call. P2's note that he has been elevated three times and has produced on defense/special teams (two tackles, a fumble recovery) is mildly supportive of him dressing, but it is a club-transaction story, not an availability report, which is why the grade stays at C. It would need to know: Giants' Saturday 17 Oct practice report and the final game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for Harrison for the 18 Oct game; Any Brian Daboll or club comment specifically on Harrison's groin; Harrison's defensive/special-teams snap counts in Weeks 1-6 and whether he was on the inactive list for the Week 6 game; Status of the Giants' other linebackers (e.g. whether a starter is out, which would raise Harrison's need to dress)
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“LB Malik Harrison - Free Agent Signing from NYG Practice Squad (October 13)”
New York Giants · 2026-10-13
2
“They announced that they have signed Harrison to the 53-man roster.”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-13
3
“Harrison had two tackles in the season opener against the Colts and he recovered a fumble in the team's Week 3 win over the Titans.”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-13
4
“filling the spot opened on Saturday when defensive lineman Chauncey Golston was placed on injured reserve”
Big Blue View · 2026-10-14
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET · 54 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 89% → 92%, Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET to Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
92% · 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
Fri
Thu
FPdated Fri Oct 16
LPdated Fri Oct 16
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
Tackles / game1.7 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 3 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 3 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 3 games
Snap share0.0% range 0–0
wk 1–6 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 1
0%wk 2
0%wk 3
0%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
groin
1
—
2025 · wk 18
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 15
concussion
1
—
2025 · wk 7
knee
3
Questionable
2024 · wk 6
groin
3
Out
2023 · wk 12
groin
4
Out
2023 · wk 7
concussion
1
—
2022 · wk 9
foot
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 17
illness
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 9 episodes · 16 weeks on a report · same site more than once: groin ×3
2021
illness · 1w
2022
foot · 1w
2023
groin · 4wconcussion · 1w
2024
groin · 3w
2025
knee · 1wconcussion · 1wknee · 3w
2026
groin · 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 89% ✓ 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
Roy Robertson-Harris
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Jermaine Eluemunor
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Elijah Campbell
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
88%
EXPECTED
Braxton Berrios
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Gunner Olszewski
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Brian Burns
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Darnell Mooney
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Andrew Thomas
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jason Pinnock
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Najee Harris
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Paulson Adebo
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Chauncey Golston
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Greg Newsome II
CB
LTD
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Calvin Austin III
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Isaiah Likely
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jarrick Bernard-Converse
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Charlie Jones
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Jake Haener
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Basil Okoye
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Rico Payton
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Theo Johnson
TE
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyler Nubin
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Korie Black
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Abdul Carter
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jaxson Dart
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Thaddeus Dixon
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Colton Hood
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
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
LB3 · 0% snaps
Season
2026 · 3 games through wk 5
Per game
1 tackle · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
6 seasons · 95 games before 2026
Injuries
8 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 28.5 · 6 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
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 special-teams player at left inside linebacker — 86% of the kicking snaps over 4 weeks
Listed on the depth chart
third at left inside linebacker
Last week
He did not dress last week
Snaps played
0% a week on average over 4 weeks, 0% at his highest, 86% on special teams
Build
6 ft 3 in · 247 lb
College
Ohio State
Drafted
2020, round 3 pick 98, by BAL
Age
25-28 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
54 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before 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 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 5 of 5.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
89%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.