DT · New Orleans Saints · week 6 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Colby Wooden
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2023 · R4 P116
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH LDE2
90%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Colby Wooden was a DE for NO, age 25.7, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 38% of snaps; his line was 2.4 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 51 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 3 episodes (shoulder 2, knee 1), 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2025 week 10.
The full read
How our call moved this week
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89%89%89%90%90%90%90%90%90%90%90%90%90%90%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
89% EXPECTED → 90% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Colby Wooden is a starter at left defensive end for NO — 68% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a toe injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 90%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
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: 90% → 90%, Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
90% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 16
FPdated Fri Oct 16
LPdated Fri Oct 16
Shape of the week: improving. 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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game2.2 range 1.0–5.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share41.0% range 23–68
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
23%wk 1
28%wk 2
30%wk 3
39%wk 4
68%wk 5
58%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
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
toe
1
—
2025 · wk 10
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 11
shoulder
3
Doubtful
2024 · wk 7
knee
2
Questionable
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: shoulder ×2
2024
shoulder · 3wknee · 2w
2025
shoulder · 1w
2026
toe · 1w
Weeks 1–18
doubtful
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 6PLAY 89% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call 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
Zach Wood
LS
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Davon Godchaux
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Alvin Kamara
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Nathan Shepherd
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Kaden Elliss
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
David Long
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Anfernee Jennings
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dillon Radunz
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Travis Etienne
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Zach Wilson
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Chris Olave
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Ty Chandler
RB
UNK
team's word
—
John Ridgeway
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Tyree Wilson
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Nick Saldiveri
G
UNK
team's word
—
Rejzohn Wright
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Bryan Bresee
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Mason Tipton
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Moliki Matavao
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Michael Reid
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Vernon Broughton
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
Tyler Shough
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
78%
LIKELY
Jordyn Tyson
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jeremiah Wright
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
73%
LIKELY
Lorenzo Styles Jr.
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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
Role
DE2 · 38% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game
2.4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
3 seasons · 51 games before 2026
Injuries
3 episodes · last: shoulder, 2025 wk 10
Bio
age 25.7 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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 left defensive end — 68% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
second at left defensive end
Snaps played
41% a week on average over 6 weeks, 68% at his highest, 26% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 273 lb
College
Auburn
Drafted
2023, round 4 pick 116, by GB
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
3 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
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
90%
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
6
LTD
89%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.