S · #41 · New England Patriots · week 10 · Sun Nov 15
Brenden Schooler
ROLE a special-teams player
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH FS3
Call locked
Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment
As of week 10, Brenden Schooler was an SAF for NE, age 29.3, 4 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 9 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 4% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 70 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl and 1 first-team All-Pro. His injury history held 7 episodes (illness 2, abdomen 1, ankle 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hamstring injury in 2026 week 9.
The full read
In short
In short
Brenden Schooler is a special-teams player at free safety for NE — 67% of the kicking snaps over 5 weeks. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 4 and he did not play.
We have made a call on him in week 10
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
No dated practice report for him in week 10
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share3.6% range 0–17
wk 5–9 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
17%wk 5
0%wk 6
1%wk 7
0%wk 8
0%wk 9
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 9
hamstring
1
Questionable
2026 · wk 3
back
3
Out
2025 · wk 13
ankle
2
Out
2024 · wk 18
abdomen
1
—
2024 · wk 8
illness
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2022 · wk 18
hip
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 10 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×2
2022
hip · 1w
2023
illness · 1w
2024
abdomen · 1willness · 1w
2025
ankle · 2w
2026
hamstring · 1wback · 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.
The rest of his team's report in week 10
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Greg Van Roten
G
UNK
team's word
Questionable
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 10
Role
SAF3 · 4% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 9
Career
4 seasons · 70 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl · 1× first-team All-Pro
Injuries
7 episodes · last: hamstring, 2026 wk 9
Bio
age 29.3 · 4 seasons' experience
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.