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RB · Dallas Cowboys · week 1 vs Green Bay Packers · Sun Oct 18 · 8:20 PM ET

Malik Davis

  • EXP 4 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH KR2

As of week 1, Malik Davis was an RB for DAL, age 27.8, 4 seasons of experience. Before 2026 he played 27 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (calf 1, toe 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a calf injury in 2025 week 18.

The full read

In short

Malik Davis is listed at kick returner for DAL. He has a not stated injury. This week he practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report.

His team's own announcement

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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).

Practice this week

Fri
LPdated Sun Sep 13

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.

Stats, with ranges

fewer than 2 games this season

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202611

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 1hip1Out
2025 · wk 18calf1Out
2025 · wk 17toe1—

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

Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 3 weeks on a report

  • ruled out
  • 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 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play

Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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 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 1

RoleRB4
Season2026 · no games on file
Career3 seasons · 27 games before 2026
Injuries2 episodes · last: calf, 2025 wk 18
Bioage 27.8 · 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolelisted at kick returner
Listed on the depth chartsecond at kick returner
Build5 ft 11 in · 205 lb
CollegeFlorida
Draftedundrafted
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience4 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  2. KickoffKickoff.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6UNK—his team's wordhis team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)no

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

What this page does not show

his snap history; the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week; the rest of his team's report.