LB · Buffalo Bills · week 7 vs Las Vegas Raiders · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET
Michael Danna
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2020 · R5 P177
EXP 6 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH WLB3
As of week 7, Michael Danna was an LB for BUF, age 28.7, 6 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 12% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 103 games (postseason included) over 6 seasons. His injury history held 9 episodes (calf 2, chest 2, quad 2), 5 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a quad injury in 2025 week 5.
The full read
In short
Michael Danna is a backup at weak-side linebacker for BUF — 12% of the snaps in his best week of 1. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 3 and 4 and 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team 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. Source: his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet).
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.
Stats, with ranges
fewer than 2 games this season
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
12%wk 2
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 3
quad
3
Out
2024 · wk 7
chest
5
Out
2024 · wk 4
calf
2
Out
2024 · wk 2
quad
2
—
2023 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
chest
1
—
2022 · wk 16
illness
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 3
calf
6
Out
2021 · wk 2
groin
1
—
2020 · wk 5
hamstring
1
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 10 episodes · 23 weeks on a report · same site more than once: quad ×2
2020
hamstring · 1w
2021
groin · 1w
2022
illness · 1wcalf · 6w
2023
Not injury related · 1wchest · 1w
2024
chest · 5wcalf · 2wquad · 2w
2025
quad · 3w
2026
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 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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 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 7
Role
LB3 · 12% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 6
Career
6 seasons · 103 games before 2026
Injuries
9 episodes · last: quad, 2025 wk 5
Bio
age 28.7 · 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.