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%PLAYEXPECTED
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
100500
99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 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
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 reported
Source
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
100%wk 1
99%wk 2
91%wk 3
100%wk 4
94%wk 5
100%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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
neck
1
—
2026 · wk 5
groin
1
—
2025 · wk 13
ankle
3
Questionable
2025 · wk 12
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 5
groin
3
Questionable
2024 · wk 19
knee
1
—
2024 · wk 12
neck
1
—
2024 · wk 11
ankle
1
—
2024 · wk 3
back
1
—
2023 · wk 15
knee
3
Questionable
2023 · wk 4
back
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 12
knee
2
Questionable
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
2022
knee · 2w
2023
knee · 3wback · 1w
2024
neck · 1wankle · 1wback · 1w
2025
ankle · 3wshoulder · 1wgroin · 3w
2026
neck · 1wgroin · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Calais Campbell
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Nick Vannett
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ronnie Stanley
T
DNP
ours
PLAY
75%
LIKELY
Marlon Humphrey
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Ethan Pocic
C
UNK
team's word
—
Trey Hendrickson
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Mark Andrews
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Lamar Jackson
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Durham Smythe
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Broderick Washington
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Danny Pinter
G
UNK
team's word
—
John Simpson
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
K'Von Wallace
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Rashod Bateman
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Skylar Thompson
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Cam Jurgens
C
LTD
team's word
Out
Andrew Vorhees
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
59%
COIN FLIP
Trenton Simpson
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Jovaughn Gwyn
C
UNK
team's word
—
Zay Flowers
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Roger Rosengarten
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
T.J. Tampa
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Emery Jones Jr.
G
LTD
ours
SIT
49%
COIN FLIP
Teddye Buchanan
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Bilhal Kone
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Mike Green
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Elijah Sarratt
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Matthew Hibner
TE
DNP
team's word
Out
Adam Randall
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Jahquez Robinson
SAF
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 25.5 · 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.
a starter at nickelback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at nickelback
Snaps played
97% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 1% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 218 lb
College
Notre Dame
Drafted
2022, round 1 pick 14, by BAL
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
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 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
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
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
LTD
88%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
6
FULL
99%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.