18Justin Jefferson
WR · MIN
1depth rank
- On the chart
- 1st choice wide receiver
- Snaps played
- 68% over 3 weeks
- Build
- 6 ft 1 in · 195 lb
- College
- LSU
- Drafted
- 2020, round 1 pick 22, by MIN
- Experience
- 7 seasons
WR · MIN vs MIA · week 4
Justin Jefferson
This man
Justin Jefferson
WR · MIN vs MIA · Ankle
1.3%SIT
This is the CLUB'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His club filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page.
the club's own announcement, restated
The club's own practice report, day by day
| Day | Practice | Dated by the publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fri | DNP | 2026-10-02 |
| Thu | DNP | 2026-10-02 |
| Wed | DNP | 2026-10-02 |
Shape of the week: steady. Only rows the publisher dated are here; a row we could not date is excluded until the nightly sweep stamps it. No measured play rate exists for most of these patterns, so the shape is a fact and not a forecast.
The reader dissents · grade C
The written evidence is encouraging but all of it predates the practice week: the reports are dated Sept 27-28 and say only that he 'could play Sunday' after avoiding serious damage (P1, P2). O'Connell's own words are explicitly conditional rather than clearing him — 'it's just going to be about progressing throughout the week... getting the swelling out and then what kind of work week he can have' (P3) — which is consistent with the dossier's current Did Not Participate line and does not yet constitute a clearance; ESPN likewise frames the team as leaving Tampa with 'questions about the health' of its star receiver (P4). Given that the model's track record in the DNP cell is weak (519 calls, 23% played) and the prose supplies encouragement but no mid- or late-week practice or designation evidence, I shade below 0.908 rather than reversing the PLAY call. It would need to know: Wednesday/Thursday/Friday practice participation lines for Jefferson (DNP vs limited vs full) for the Week 5 game; Friday final injury report game status (Out / Doubtful / Questionable / no designation); A Kevin O'Connell remark later in the week specifically on whether the swelling came out and whether Jefferson practiced; Any beat-reporter note on Jefferson's pregame warmup or inactive-list status on game day; Whether Jordan Addison or other Vikings WRs are also listed, which would change the club's incentive to push Jefferson back
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (starter), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
| Wk | Practice | P(plays) | Call | Source | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | DNP | 1.3% | SIT | designation | — |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
The rest of his club's report this week
| Player | Pos | Practice | P(plays) | Call | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Smith | S | LTD | 58.8% | PLAY | COIN FLIP |
| Aaron Jones | RB | LTD | 61.8% | PLAY | COIN FLIP |
| Blake Cashman | LB | FULL | 78.2% | PLAY | LIKELY |
| Christian Darrisaw | T | DNP | 22.6% | SIT | UNLIKELY |
| Charles Demmings | CB | DNP | 1.3% | SIT | NOT EXPECTED |
| Brett Thorson | P | DNP | 1.3% | SIT | NOT EXPECTED |
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
What this page does not show
his depth-chart position, snap history and previous injuries (research substrate, not the product database).