WR · Pittsburgh Steelers · week 7 vs New Orleans Saints · Sun Oct 25 · 9:30 AM ET
Ben Skowronek
TYPE Possession receiver
ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2021 · R7 P249
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH WR3
As of week 7, Ben Skowronek was a WR for PIT, age 29.2, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 12% of snaps; his line was 10.7 receiving yards a game, 1.3 targets a game and a 3.7% target share (Possession receiver by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 79 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 17 episodes (shoulder 4, back 2, hip 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hand injury in 2025 week 19.
The full read
In short
Ben Skowronek is in the rotation at wide receiver for PIT — 21% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a calf injury. His team named him inactive in week 6. This week he did not practise every day the report covers. His team has listed him Out. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“Wide receiver Ben Skowronek and corner Brandin Echols are listed as out for Week 7, which HC Mike McCarthy confirmed earlier this week.”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-23
2
“DNP
WR Ben Skowronek (calf – Out)”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-23
3
“DID NOT PRACTICE:
CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist)
CB Brandin Echols (hamstring)
WR Ben Skowronek (calf)”
Steelers Depot · 2026-10-21
4
“wide receiver Ben Skowronek (calf) are still dealing with their prior injuries”
Behind The Steel Curtain · 2026-10-21
5
“Ben Skowronek is dealing with a calf injury”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-20
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.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: steady. 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.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game11 range 2.0–23
wk 2–4 · 3 games
Targets / game1.3 range 1.0–2.0
wk 2–4 · 3 games
Target share3.7% range 3–5
wk 2–4 · 3 games
Snap share11.6% range 0–21
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 1
21%wk 2
18%wk 3
11%wk 4
8%wk 5
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
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
calf
2
Out
2025 · wk 16
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 15
hand
4
—
2025 · wk 13
shoulder
2
—
2025 · wk 9
neck
1
—
2025 · wk 6
illness
1
—
2024 · wk 17
hip
2
Out
2024 · wk 10
shoulder
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 15
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 12
hip
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 4
achilles
6
Questionable
2022 · wk 16
calf
3
Out
2022 · wk 14
shoulder
1
—
2021 · wk 20
back
1
—
2021 · wk 17
shoulder
1
—
2021 · wk 12
back
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 10
thigh
1
Questionable
2021 · wk 1
arm
2
Doubtful
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 18 episodes · 34 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×4
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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 61% ✗ 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
DeShon Elliott
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Sebastian Joseph-Day
DE
DNP
team's word
—
Jack Driscoll
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brandin Echols
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Donte Kent
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Gennings Dunker
G
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
age 29.2 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 7
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.