WR · Kansas City Chiefs · week 7 vs Los Angeles Chargers · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET
Tyquan Thornton
TYPE Deep threat
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2022 · R2 P50
EXP 4 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH PR3
As of week 7, Tyquan Thornton was a WR for KC, age 26.1, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 4 games on 59% of snaps; his line was 54.8 receiving yards a game, 3.8 targets a game and a 12.7% target share (Deep threat by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 42 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 7 episodes (ankle 2, concussion 1, foot 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a concussion injury in 2025 week 17.
The full read
In short
Tyquan Thornton is a starter at punt returner for KC — 68% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a not stated injury. 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).
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 — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game55 range 0.0–111
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Targets / game3.8 range 1.0–8.0
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Target share12.7% range 4–30
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Snap share59.0% range 46–68
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
68%wk 1
59%wk 2
46%wk 3
63%wk 4
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 16
concussion
2
Out
2024 · wk 11
Not injury related
1
—
2024 · wk 9
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 18
ankle
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 15
hamstring
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 9
foot
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
shoulder
1
Questionable
2022 · wk 16
knee
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 10 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2
2022
knee · 2w
2023
ankle · 1whamstring · 1wfoot · 1wshoulder · 1w
2024
Not injury related · 1wankle · 1w
2025
concussion · 2w
2026
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.
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
Jaylon Moore
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Rashee Rice
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Brashard Smith
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Josh Simmons
T
DNP
team's word
—
Cooper McDonald
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT
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 26.1 · 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.