DE · Las Vegas Raiders · week 6 vs Buffalo Bills · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET
Malcolm Koonce
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2021 · R3 P79
EXP 5 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH WLB2
91%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Malcolm Koonce was a DE for LV, age 28.2, 5 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 45% of snaps; his line was 2.2 tackles a game, 0.8 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 56 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (knee 3, ankle 1, arm 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 1.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
91%91%91%91%91%91%91%
Sat 2:16 AM ETSun 12:29 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
91% EXPECTED → 91% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Malcolm Koonce is a starter at weak-side linebacker for LV — 56% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an elbow injury. This week he practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 91%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 38 hours before kickoff.
7versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET · 38 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 91% → 91%, Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET to Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
91% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice this week
Fri
FPdated Fri Oct 16
Shape of the week: single reading. 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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game2.0 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.6 range 0.0–1.5
wk 1–6 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snap share46.8% range 41–56
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
52%wk 1
41%wk 2
47%wk 3
42%wk 4
43%wk 5
56%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
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
arm
1
—
2024 · wk 1
knee
1
Out
2023 · wk 18
arm
1
—
2023 · wk 17
chest
1
—
2023 · wk 14
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 6
knee
1
—
2023 · wk 4
groin
2
Questionable
2022 · wk 15
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 9 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3
2022
knee · 1w
2023
arm · 1wchest · 1wankle · 1wknee · 1wgroin · 2w
2024
knee · 1w
2026
arm · 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 91% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 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
Foley Fatukasi
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Patrick Johnson
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Dareke Young
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Jalen Nailor
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Tristin McCollum
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Segun Olubi
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Spencer Burford
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Aidan O'Connell
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Chris Collier
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Brock Bowers
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Chigozie Anusiem
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Brennan Jackson
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Ashton Jeanty
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Tonka Hemingway
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Carter Runyon
TE
LTD
team's word
Out
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR
FULL
team's word
Out
Bryce Cabeldue
G
UNK
team's word
—
Jack Bech
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Trey Zuhn III
C
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Dalton Johnson
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Justin Pickett
G
UNK
team's word
—
Corey Rucker
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Cian Slone
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Keyron Crawford
DE
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
DE2 · 45% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game
2.2 tackles · 0.8 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
4 seasons · 56 games before 2026
Injuries
7 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 1
Bio
age 28.2 · 5 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
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 weak-side linebacker — 56% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
second at weak-side linebacker
Snaps played
47% a week on average over 6 weeks, 56% at his highest, 4% on special teams
Build
6 ft 2 in · 243 lb
College
Buffalo
Drafted
2021, round 3 pick 79, by LV
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, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
23 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:29 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
7 calls this week, 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.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
FULL
91%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.