LB · Atlanta Falcons · week 7 vs Chicago Bears · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Drake Jackson
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2022 · R2 P61
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH WLB3
As of week 7, Drake Jackson was an LB for ATL, age 25.4, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 3% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 26 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 4 episodes (knee 3, groin 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a groin injury in 2025 week 16.
The full read
In short
Drake Jackson is a backup at weak-side linebacker for ATL — 3% of the snaps in his best week of 1. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in week 6. 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 published inactive list, on the day.
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.
Stats, with ranges
fewer than 2 games this season
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
3%wk 5
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 15
groin
2
Out
2025 · wk 11
knee
3
Out
2023 · wk 10
knee
1
Out
2022 · wk 7
knee
1
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Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 7 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3
2022
knee · 1w
2023
knee · 1w
2025
groin · 2wknee · 3w
2026
Weeks 1–18
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 rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
A.J. Terrell
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Divine Deablo
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Brian Robinson
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
JD Bertrand
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Jerrell
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Billy Bowman Jr.
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Beaux Collins
WR
FULL
team's word
Out
Cameron Williams
T
LTD
team's word
Out
Anterio Thompson
DT
UNK
team's word
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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 7
Role
LB3 · 3% snaps
Season
2026 · 1 game through wk 6
Career
3 seasons · 26 games before 2026
Injuries
4 episodes · last: groin, 2025 wk 16
Bio
age 25.4 · 4 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
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.