WR · Dallas Cowboys · week 7 vs Philadelphia Eagles · Mon Oct 26 · 8:15 PM ET
KaVontae Turpin
TYPE Possession receiver
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH PR1
As of week 7, KaVontae Turpin was a WR for DAL, age 30.1, 4 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 6 games on 15% of snaps; his line was 6.5 receiving yards a game, 1.2 targets a game and a 3.1% target share (Possession receiver by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 68 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons with 2 Pro Bowls, 1 first-team All-Pro and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 7 episodes (shoulder 2, ankle 1, chest 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2025 week 18.
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In short
KaVontae Turpin is in the rotation at punt returner for DAL — 40% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a ribs injury. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he did not practise. His team has listed him Out.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“KaVontae Turpin (ribs) is tracking to miss Monday's game. He left last week's game, and it looks like the Cowboys will have to seek alternatives to handle return duties. He did not practice today.”
Blogging The Boys · 2026-10-23
2
“wide receiver KaVontae Turpin (ribs), and linebacker Dee Winters (calf) remained out of practice”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-23
3
“the team will issue their final injury report for that game on Saturday”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-23
4
“KaVontae Turpin (ribs) also did not practice Thursday”
Blogging The Boys · 2026-10-22
His team's word: Out
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 own word, restated.
Practice this week
Thu
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
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 — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game6.5 range 0.0–22
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Targets / game1.2 range 0.0–4.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Target share3.1% range 0–10
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share14.8% range 0–40
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
14%wk 1
9%wk 2
16%wk 3
10%wk 4
40%wk 5
0%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 13
shoulder
4
—
2025 · wk 5
foot
3
Out
2025 · wk 3
neck
1
—
2023 · wk 10
shoulder
3
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
ankle
1
—
2022 · wk 18
illness
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 10
chest
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 15 weeks on a report · same site more than once: chest ×2
2022
illness · 1wchest · 1w
2023
shoulder · 3wankle · 1w
2025
shoulder · 4wfoot · 3wneck · 1w
2026
chest · 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.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
P.J. Locke
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Dee Winters
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Marist Liufau
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Drew Shelton
T
DNP
team's word
Out
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
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.