WR · Atlanta Falcons · week 6 vs Chicago Bears · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Drake London
TYPE Alpha receiver
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2022 · R1 P8
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH WR1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Drake London was a WR for ATL, age 25.1, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 88% of snaps; his line was 97.6 receiving yards a game, 7.2 targets a game and a 28.3% target share (Alpha receiver by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 62 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 8 episodes (knee 3, hip 2, groin 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
99%99%99%99%99%99%
Sat 2:16 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Drake London is a starter at wide receiver for ATL — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a hip injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 35 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade C
Nothing in the passages mentions a hip injury or any limitation: the club's own site has him speaking at Flowery Branch on Oct 15, mid-practice-week, about the offense's ceiling with no injury note (P1). The AJC on Oct 13 describes him as 'playing at an extremely high level' with no caveat (P2), and he was the team's best player in the Oct 11 game against Baltimore (P3), which is history but indicates he is a full-volume workhorse carrying a minor issue. No passage contradicts the PLAY call, though none directly confirms a practice status or game designation either. It would need to know: Falcons' official Wed/Thu/Fri (14-16 Oct) practice participation reports for London and whether the LTD tag persisted or upgraded to FP; Any Friday game-status designation (Q/D/O) filed for London for the Oct 18 game; A coach (Morris) or London remark specifically naming the hip and how it was sustained; Whether London took part in team drills or was limited/held out on any named practice day this week
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Drake London has high hopes for Falcons' offense: 'We're nowhere near our ceiling'”
Atlanta Falcons · 2026-10-15
2
“Falcons' Drake London playing at 'extremely high level.' He sees room to grow.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 2026-10-13
3
“Drake London, who simply vacuumed up every target sent his way and kept the Falcons alive over and over again.”
The Falcoholic · 2026-10-12
6versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET · 35 h before kickoff.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
No dated practice report for him this week
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
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game92 range 29–194
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Targets / game7.7 range 4.0–11
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Target share28.7% range 16–43
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Snap share90.0% range 62–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
98%wk 1
62%wk 2
93%wk 3
89%wk 4
98%wk 5
100%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
hip
1
—
2025 · wk 12
knee
7
Out
2025 · wk 11
illness
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 8
hip
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 2
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 16
knee
3
—
2024 · wk 14
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 10
hip
3
Questionable
2023 · wk 9
groin
2
Out
2022 · wk 1
knee
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 10 episodes · 22 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hip ×3
2022
knee · 1w
2023
groin · 2w
2024
knee · 3wNot injury related · 1whip · 3w
2025
knee · 7willness · 1whip · 2wshoulder · 1w
2026
hip · 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 99% ✓ 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
Jake Matthews
T
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Za'Darius Smith
DE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Cooper Rush
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Storm Norton
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Da'Shawn Hand
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Jawaan Taylor
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
C.J. Henderson
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
A.J. Terrell
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Trey Sermon
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Divine Deablo
LB
LTD
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
DeAngelo Malone
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Cameron Thomas
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Christian Harris
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Drake Jackson
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Yasir Abdullah
LB
UNK
team's word
—
JD Bertrand
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Penix Jr.
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
Beaux Collins
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Cameron Williams
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Kendal Daniels
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Ethan Onianwa
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Malcolm DeWalt IV
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Jack Strand
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Anterio Thompson
DT
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 25.1 · 4 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
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 wide receiver — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at wide receiver
Snaps played
90% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
6 ft 4 in · 215 lb
College
USC
Drafted
2022, round 1 pick 8, by ATL
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
4 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
35 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
6 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
99%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.