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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%PLAY EXPECTED

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

  • 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 reportedSource
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

FriThu
FPdated Fri Oct 16LPdated 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

  1. 0%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 2
  3. 0%wk 3
  4. 0%wk 6

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 6groin1—
2025 · wk 18knee1—
2025 · wk 15concussion1—
2025 · wk 7knee3Questionable
2024 · wk 6groin3Out
2023 · wk 12groin4Out
2023 · wk 7concussion1—
2022 · wk 9foot1Questionable
2021 · wk 17illness1—

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

  • 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Roy Robertson-HarrisDEUNKteam's word—
Jermaine EluemunorTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Elijah CampbellSFULLoursPLAY88%EXPECTED
Braxton BerriosWRUNKteam's word—
Gunner OlszewskiWRUNKteam's word—
Brian BurnsLBUNKteam's word—
Darnell MooneyWRFULLoursPLAY91%EXPECTED
Andrew ThomasTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jason PinnockSFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Najee HarrisRBFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Paulson AdeboCBUNKteam's word—
Chauncey GolstonDEUNKteam's word—
Greg Newsome IICBLTDoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Calvin Austin IIIWRUNKteam's word—
Isaiah LikelyTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Jarrick Bernard-ConverseCBUNKteam's word—
Charlie JonesWRFULLoursPLAY93%EXPECTED
Jake HaenerQBUNKteam's word—
Basil OkoyeDTUNKteam's word—
Rico PaytonCBUNKteam's word—
Theo JohnsonTEDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler NubinSDNPteam's wordOut
Korie BlackCBUNKteam's word—
Abdul CarterLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jaxson DartQBUNKteam's word—
Thaddeus DixonCBUNKteam's word—
Colton HoodCBDNPteam's wordOut

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

RoleLB3 · 0% snaps
Season2026 · 3 games through wk 5
Per game1 tackle · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career6 seasons · 95 games before 2026
Injuries8 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 18
Bioage 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea special-teams player at left inside linebacker — 86% of the kicking snaps over 4 weeks
Listed on the depth chartthird at left inside linebacker
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played0% a week on average over 4 weeks, 0% at his highest, 86% on special teams
Build6 ft 3 in · 247 lb
CollegeOhio State
Drafted2020, round 3 pick 98, by BAL
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
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET45 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET44 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET44 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET41 hPLAY89%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY92%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY92%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY92%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY92%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET1 hPLAY92%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 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 5 of 5.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6LTD89%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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