DE · Chicago Bears · week 6 vs Atlanta Falcons · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Dayo Odeyingbo
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2021 · R2 P54
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RDE3
As of week 6, Dayo Odeyingbo was a DE for CHI, age 26.9, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 56% of snaps; his line was 1.8 tackles a game, 0.6 sacks a game and 0.4 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 69 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (shoulder 2, ankle 1, arm 1), 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2026 week 2.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
his club's word: Out72%72%72%72%72%72%71%71%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSat 2:02 AM ET
our call, P(plays)
club report (public)
72% LIKELY → 71% LIKELY
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Dayo Odeyingbo is a starter at right defensive end for CHI — 64% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a quadricep injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. His team has listed him Out. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
The reader concurs · grade A
The club ruled him out for this week's game against Atlanta with a quadricep injury (P2), and a same-day update states he has been placed on injured reserve (P2), which ends his availability for Sunday entirely. The Falcons-side report for the 18 October matchup independently confirms the Bears have ruled out 'defensive lineman Dayo Odeyingbo' (P1), and the week's framing as losing 'their two starting defensive ends' is forward-looking to this game (P3).
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“defensive lineman Dayo Odeyingbo (quadricep)”
Windy City Gridiron · 2026-10-16
2
“UPDATE: Dayo has been placed on IR.”
Windy City Gridiron · 2026-10-16
3
“The Bears have ruled out a several key players”
The Falcoholic · 2026-10-17
4
“losing their two starting defensive ends couldn't come at a worse time”
Windy City Gridiron · 2026-10-16
8versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
LIKELY since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff · 43 h before the club. Biggest move: 72% → 71%, Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET, with no club report in between.
His team's word: Out
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 own word, restated.
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
His club's word
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.8 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.6 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.4 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share56.4% range 36–64
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
63%wk 1
60%wk 2
64%wk 3
59%wk 4
36%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
1
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
quad
1
Out
2026 · wk 2
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 10
arm
1
—
2024 · wk 7
hamstring
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 6
hip
1
—
2023 · wk 9
shoulder
1
—
2021 · wk 11
ankle
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 7 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×2
2021
ankle · 1w
2023
shoulder · 1w
2024
arm · 1whamstring · 1whip · 1w
2026
quad · 1wshoulder · 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 72% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Season on him: 0 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
Case Keenum
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Grady Jarrett
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Joe Thuney
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
T.J. Edwards
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Tony Fields II
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Nikola Kalinic
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Braxton Jones
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brittain Brown
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Dallis Flowers
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Nephi Sewell
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Kyler Gordon
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Coby Bryant
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Anthony Johnson Jr.
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Jordan McFadden
G
UNK
team's word
—
Tyrique Stevenson
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Caleb Williams
QB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Ruben Hyppolite II
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Kyle Monangai
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Keyshaun Elliott
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Hayden Large
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Jayden Loving
DT
UNK
team's word
—
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
DE3 · 56% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game
1.8 tackles · 0.6 sacks · 0.4 passes defended
Career
5 seasons · 69 games before 2026
Injuries
6 episodes · last: shoulder, 2026 wk 2
Bio
age 26.9 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
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 defensive end — 64% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
third at right defensive end
Last week
His snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played
56% a week on average over 5 weeks, 64% at his highest, 11% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 282 lb
College
Vanderbilt
Drafted
2021, round 2 pick 54, by IND
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
5 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
Team reportHis team listed him Out.
PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
72%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:50 PM ET
41 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sat Oct 17 · 2:10 AM ET
35 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
8 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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
DNP
72%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.