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S · Baltimore Ravens · week 6 vs Cleveland Browns · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Kyle Hamilton

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2022 · R1 P14
  • EXP 4 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH NB1
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Kyle Hamilton was an SAF for BAL, age 25.5, 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 97% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 69 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons with 3 Pro Bowls, 2 first-team All-Pro and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 11 episodes (knee 3, ankle 2, back 2), 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a groin injury in 2026 week 5.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

99% EXPECTED → 99% EXPECTED

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Kyle Hamilton is a starter at nickelback for BAL — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a stinger 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 78 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade B

The stinger is a current, new-this-week injury (P4: "S Kyle Hamilton (stinger) *" under Full participation), but it has produced full participation on consecutive days, with Thursday confirming he "remained full" (P3). The Week 6 report reproduction repeats the same full-participation line with no designation attached (P2), and nothing in the passages describes a setback, limitation or game-status tag. Nothing written contradicts the PLAY call; the only gap is the unread Friday report and final designation, which keeps this at B rather than A. It would need to know: Ravens Friday 16 Oct practice report participation line for Kyle Hamilton (full/limited/DNP); Friday final Week 7 game-status designation for Hamilton (none/questionable/doubtful) ahead of Sun 18 Oct; Any Harbaugh or Zach Orr remark on the stinger's severity, recurrence risk, or a snap-count plan; Sunday 18 Oct inactive list / late-week setback or illness report for Hamilton

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“Full participation TE Mark Andrews (hand) S Kyle Hamilton (stinger) *”Baltimore Beatdown · 2026-10-14
2“safety Kyle Hamilton (stinger), outside linebacker Trey Hendrickson (finger), and receiver Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) all remained full”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
3“Here is Baltimore's full Wednesday injury report (* denotes change in status)”Baltimore Beatdown · 2026-10-16
4“safety Kyle Hamilton fumbled after making his diving overtime interception”Baltimore Ravens · 2026-10-14
14versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 99% → 99%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

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

  • Snap share97.3% range 91–100

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 99%wk 2
  3. 91%wk 3
  4. 100%wk 4
  5. 94%wk 5
  6. 100%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202620

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 6neck1—
2026 · wk 5groin1—
2025 · wk 13ankle3Questionable
2025 · wk 12shoulder1—
2025 · wk 5groin3Questionable
2024 · wk 19knee1—
2024 · wk 12neck1—
2024 · wk 11ankle1—
2024 · wk 3back1—
2023 · wk 15knee3Questionable
2023 · wk 4back1Questionable
2022 · wk 12knee2Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 12 episodes · 19 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×3

  • 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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 5PLAY 88% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 6PLAY 99% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 2 of 2 graded calls 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Calais CampbellDTDNPoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Nick VannettTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Ronnie StanleyTDNPoursPLAY75%LIKELY
Marlon HumphreyCBFULLoursPLAY96%EXPECTED
Ethan PocicCUNKteam's word—
Trey HendricksonLBFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
Mark AndrewsTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Lamar JacksonQBDNPteam's wordOut
Durham SmytheTEUNKteam's word—
Broderick WashingtonDEDNPteam's wordOut
Danny PinterGUNKteam's word—
John SimpsonGLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
K'Von WallaceSAFUNKteam's word—
Rashod BatemanWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Skylar ThompsonQBUNKteam's word—
Cam JurgensCLTDteam's wordOut
Andrew VorheesGLTDoursPLAY59%COIN FLIP
Trenton SimpsonLBFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
Jovaughn GwynCUNKteam's word—
Zay FlowersWRLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Roger RosengartenTFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
T.J. TampaCBUNKteam's word—
Emery Jones Jr.GLTDoursSIT49%COIN FLIP
Teddye BuchananLBFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Bilhal KoneCBUNKteam's word—
Mike GreenLBFULLoursPLAY85%EXPECTED
Ja'Kobi LaneWRFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Elijah SarrattWRUNKteam's word—
Matthew HibnerTEDNPteam's wordOut
Adam RandallRBUNKteam's word—
Jahquez RobinsonSAFUNKteam'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

Profile — as of week 6

RoleSAF1 · 97% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career4 seasons · 69 games before 2026
Honors3× Pro Bowl · 2× first-team All-Pro · 1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries11 episodes · last: groin, 2026 wk 5
Bioage 25.5 · 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at nickelback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at nickelback
Snaps played97% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 1% on special teams
Build6 ft 4 in · 218 lb
CollegeNotre Dame
Drafted2022, round 1 pick 14, by BAL
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience4 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET78 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET73 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET68 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET45 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET44 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET44 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET41 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET1 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

14 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.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5LTD88%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes
6FULL99%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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