RB · #3 · New York Jets · week 8 vs Las Vegas Raiders · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
Kene Nwangwu
TYPE Committee back
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2021 · R4 P119
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH KR1
74%PLAYLIKELY
As of week 8, Kene Nwangwu was an RB for NYJ, age 28.6, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 7 he had played 3 games on 0% of snaps; his line was 0 rush yards a game, 0 carries a game and 0 receiving yards a game (Committee back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 52 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons with 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 13 episodes (hamstring 3, illness 3, back 2), 5 of them reaching OUT, 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2026 week 7.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 8
100500
74%74%74%74%74%74%
Tue 10:00 AM ETWed 5:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
74% LIKELY → 74% LIKELY
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Kene Nwangwu is a backup at kick returner for NYJ — 0% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 3 and 7. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 74%, in a band that plays 78% of the time. We have said PLAY since 124 hours before kickoff. We called him PLAY in week 7 and he did not play.
6versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
LIKELY since Tue Oct 27 · 10:00 AM ET · 124 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 74% → 74%, Tue Oct 27 · 5:05 PM ET to Wed Oct 28 · 7:02 AM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 8
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
74% · LIKELY
likely to play — this band plays 78% of the time (73–83%), measured out of fold. We do not stand behind a call in this band, and say so rather than dress it up.
No dated practice report for him in week 8
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
Our call
Kickoff
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Carries / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Snap share0.0% range 0–0
wk 4–8 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 4
0%wk 5
0%wk 6
0%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
5
4
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 7
knee
1
Questionable
2026 · wk 1
back
4
Out
2025 · wk 18
quad
1
—
2025 · wk 12
hamstring
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 8
concussion
2
Out
2025 · wk 2
hamstring
5
Out
2024 · wk 15
hand
1
Out
2023 · wk 14
concussion
1
—
2023 · wk 8
illness
1
Out
2023 · wk 6
back
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 19
illness
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 17
hamstring
2
—
2021 · wk 13
illness
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 13 episodes · 22 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×3
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Demario Davis
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Tim Patrick
WR
UNK
team's word
Out
Harrison Phillips
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jack Heflin
DT
UNK
team's word
Out
Joseph Ossai
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Nahshon Wright
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Dylan Parham
G
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Marcelino McCrary-Ball
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Max Mitchell
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Breece Hall
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Kohl Levao
G
UNK
team's word
Out
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
DB
UNK
team's word
Out
Braelon Allen
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
T'Vondre Sweat
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyler Baron
DE
UNK
team's word
Out
David Bailey
DE
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Anez Cooper
G
UNK
team's word
—
VJ Payne
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Tue Oct 27 · 10:00 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Oct 27 · 12:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Oct 27 · 5:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 7:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 12:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 28 · 5:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Role
Call history
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 8
Role
RB4 · 0% snaps
Season
2026 · 3 games through wk 7
Per game
0 rush yards · 0 carries · 0 receiving yards
Type
Committee back
Career
5 seasons · 52 games before 2026
Honors
1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
13 episodes · last: knee, 2026 wk 7
Bio
age 28.6 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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 backup at kick returner — 0% of the snaps in his best week of 4
Listed on the depth chart
first at kick returner
Snaps played
0% a week on average over 4 weeks, 0% at his highest, 20% on special teams
Build
6 ft 1 in · 210 lb
College
Iowa State
Drafted
2021, round 4 pick 119, by MIN
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
5 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Tue Oct 27 · 10:00 AM ET
124 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Tue Oct 27 · 12:02 PM ET
122 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Tue Oct 27 · 5:05 PM ET
117 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 7:02 AM ET
103 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 12:05 PM ET
98 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 28 · 5:02 PM ET
93 h
PLAY
74%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
6 calls in week 8, 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.
Last week, when he was on the report
Last week
His team said
Our call
Played
Week 7
Questionable
PLAY
no
Named inactive in week 1
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 2
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 3
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 7
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 8.