DT · #97 · Carolina Panthers · week 9 · Sun Nov 8

Bobby Brown III

ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2021 · R4 P117
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH RDE2

Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 9, Bobby Brown III was a DT for CAR, age 26.1, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 41% of snaps; his line was 1.4 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 73 games (postseason included) over 5 seasons. His injury history held 8 episodes (knee 3, ankle 1, back 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2026 week 3.

The full read

In short

Bobby Brown III is in the rotation at right defensive end for CAR — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team named him inactive in weeks 2 and 8. In week 9 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 8 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	“He was a full participant in practice this week and doesn't have an injury designation as of Friday's practice.”	Cat Scratch Reader · 2026-11-06
2	“defensive tackle Bobby Brown III (hand) were listed as full participants”	Carolina Panthers · 2026-11-04
3	“after missing last week's game with a hand injury”	Cat Scratch Reader · 2026-11-06

We have made a call on him in week 9

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our call

Injury report

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

Practice in week 9

Fri	Thu	Wed
FPdated Fri Nov 6	FPdated Fri Nov 6	FPdated Fri Nov 6

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

Tackles / game1.4 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–7 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–7 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–7 · 5 games
Snap share41.2% range 28–52
wk 1–7 · 5 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

52%wk 1
44%wk 3
28%wk 4
36%wk 6
46%wk 7

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	4	2

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 8	hand	2	Questionable
2026 · wk 1	back	3	Out
2025 · wk 19	concussion	1	—
2025 · wk 3	knee	1	—
2024 · wk 20	shoulder	1	Questionable
2024 · wk 3	ankle	1	Questionable
2023 · wk 19	illness	1	Questionable
2023 · wk 18	knee	1	—
2023 · wk 11	knee	1	—
2021 · wk 9	Not injury related	1	—

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 9 episodes · plus 1 not injury related · 13 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3

2021

Not injury related · 1w

2023

knee · 1wknee · 1w

2024

ankle · 1w

2025

knee · 1w

2026

hand · 2wback · 3w

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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.

The rest of his team's report in week 9

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call
Bobby Okereke	LB	DNP	team's word	Out
AJ Dillon	RB	UNK	team's word	Out
Damien Lewis	G	DNP	team's word	Out
Jaelan Phillips	LB	DNP	team's word	Out
Brady Christensen	G	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Ikem Ekwonu	OT	UNK	team's word	Out
Akayleb Evans	CB	UNK	team's word	IR
Corey Bullock	G	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Xavier Legette	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Jonathon Brooks	RB	UNK	team's word	—
TeRah Edwards	DT	UNK	team's word	Out
Torricelli Simpkins III	G	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Will Lee III	CB	DNP	team's word	Out
Haynes King	QB	UNK	team's word	Out

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

Role

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 9


Role	DT2 · 41% snaps
Season	2026 · 5 games through wk 8
Per game	1.4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Career	5 seasons · 73 games before 2026
Injuries	8 episodes · last: back, 2026 wk 3
Bio	age 26.1 · 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

AI-generated · who he is

Bobby Brown III, a DT, has been in a part-time role over the last four weeks. He is on this week's club report with a hand injury, and a questionable designation carried into the week after he sat his last game. The club listed full participation in practice Thursday and Friday for the hand, with a flat practice trend. He had been listed questionable with a hand injury after a Monday non-participation and full practices Tuesday and Wednesday, then was ruled inactive for the Thursday game; reports cite only the hand injury and give no specific cause for the final call.

What the AI text stands on

Fact	Value	Where we hold it
Role	DL, defense	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Role by snaps, last four weeks	a part-time role	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Why he is on this week's watch list	carried into the week from his last game week; on this week's club report	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury named by the club	Hand	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Designation carried into the week	Questionable	R2P carry-over (his last game week) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Practice Thursday	Full Participation in Practice (Hand)	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Practice Friday	Full Participation in Practice (Hand)	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
practice.final	FP	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
practice.trend	flat	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
last_game.status	sat	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
baseline.missing	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
baseline.n_games	5	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
return_state.activated	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.q_play_rate_shrunk	0.8161	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.style	aggressive	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.late_add_rate	0.867	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
lookback.reason	unknown — Brown was listed questionable with a hand injury after a Monday non-participation and full practices Tuesday and Wednesday, then was ruled inactive for the Thursday game. Reports cite only the hand injury and give no specific cause for the final call. [2026-10-26 https:	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Earlier hand injury episodes since 2023	1	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
episode.site	hand	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
episode.typical_missed	1.0	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Reserve list IR, season 2023	placed week 6, activated week 11	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
For DL players, a hand wrist injury costs a game	sometimes	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Position	DT	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Years of experience	5	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
College	Texas A&M	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Drafted	round 4, pick 117, LA 2021	nflverse draft_picks · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Height (inches)	76	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Weight (lb)	332	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Age at the start of the week	26.2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Weeks with snaps this season	5	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: knee	3	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: ankle	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: back	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: concussion	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: hand	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET

Written by grok-4.7, Fri Nov 6 · 7:23 PM ET. Every figure in it is one of these facts.

About him

About him	As the record holds it
His role	in the rotation at right defensive end — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart	second at right defensive end
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	41% a week on average over 5 weeks, 52% at his highest, 15% on special teams
Build	6 ft 4 in · 332 lb
College	Texas A&M
Drafted	2021, round 4 pick 117, by LA
Age	25-28 at the season's start
Experience	5 seasons

Last week, when he was on the report

Last week	His team said	Our call	Played
Week 8	Questionable	PLAY	no

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 8

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 8

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.