TE · Indianapolis Colts · week 6 vs Tennessee Titans · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Will Mallory

ROLE in the rotation
CLASS 2023 · R5 P162
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH TE2

As of week 6, Will Mallory was a TE for IND, age 27.2, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart. Before 2026 he played 24 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (chest 1, lung 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a lung injury in 2025 week 18.

The full read

How our call moved this week

100500

93%93%93%93%93%

Thu 7:01 AM ETFri 12:01 PM ET

our call, P(plays)

93% EXPECTED → 93% EXPECTED

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

In short

Will Mallory is in the rotation at tight end for IND — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 1. He has a thumb injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.

The reader dissents · grade B

P1 is a club announcement, not an aggregator: 'The Indianapolis Colts today activated tight end Will Mallory from the Injured Reserve list,' dated Saturday 17 Oct — the roster-reserve status that justified a SIT call no longer exists for this Sunday game. On the practice axis he was a full participant Wednesday and Thursday with a thumb issue (P4, P3, P5) and 'a full participant in all three practices' per the Friday report (P2), so only a questionable game designation stands between him and playing. The same Friday report has the starting tight end Tyler Warren 'listed as questionable due to his groin' (P2), which increases rather than decreases the reason the club spent a roster spot activating a second tight end this week. It would need to know: The Sunday 18 Oct inactive list for TEN at IND (whether Mallory is among the seven inactives); Whether Tyler Warren (groin, questionable per P2) is active, which affects how many TEs the Colts dress; Any Shane Steichen remark on Mallory's expected snap/role in his first game back

What the read cites

	What was reported	Source
1	“The Indianapolis Colts today activated tight end Will Mallory from the Injured Reserve list.”	Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-17
2	“The Colts announced the move Saturday.”	Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-17
3	“Fellow tight end Will Mallory, who has been on injured reserve, was a full participant in all three practices but is also listed as questionable.”	IndyStar · 2026-10-16
4	“Colts tight end Tyler Warren is listed as questionable due to his groin for Sunday's game”	IndyStar · 2026-10-16
5	“Will Mallory (thumb) were once again full participants”	Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-15
6	“Tight end Will Mallory (thumb) and wide receiver Darius Slayton (knee) were full participants.”	Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-14

5versions 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 · 43 h before the club. Biggest move: 93% → 93%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

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.

Head start

His club's word Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ET
Kickoff Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Stats, with ranges

fewer than 2 games this season

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

52%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	2	1

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 5	hand	2	Out
2025 · wk 18	lung	1	Out
2023 · wk 15	chest	1	—

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

Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 4 weeks on a report

2023

chest · 1w

2025

lung · 1w

2026

hand · 2w

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 5PLAY 93% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play

Wk 6PLAY 93% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 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
Keenan Allen	WR	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
DeForest Buckner	DT	DNP	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Grover Stewart	DT	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward	CB	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Arden Key	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Ashton Dulin	WR	DNP	team's word	Out
D.J. Montgomery	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Darius Slayton	WR	FULL	team's word	—
Daniel Jones	QB	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Sean McKeon	TE	UNK	ours	PLAY	71%	LIKELY
Jonathan Taylor	RB	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Alec Pierce	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Micheal Clemons	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Cameron Mitchell	DB	UNK	team's word	—
Josh Downs	WR	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Jaylon Carlies	LB	DNP	team's word	Out
Dalton Tucker	G	UNK	team's word	—
Matt Goncalves	G	LTD	ours	PLAY	96%	EXPECTED
Tyler Warren	TE	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Jalen Travis	T	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Riley Leonard	QB	UNK	team's word	—
Jaylahn Tuimoloau	DE	LTD	ours	PLAY	92%	EXPECTED
Carson Towt	TE	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

Profile — as of week 6


Role	TE3
Season	2026 · no games on file through wk 5
Career	3 seasons · 24 games before 2026
Injuries	2 episodes · last: lung, 2025 wk 18
Bio	age 27.2 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 5

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 him	As the record holds it
His role	in the rotation at tight end — 52% of the snaps in his best week of 1
Listed on the depth chart	second at tight end
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	52% a week on average over 1 week, 52% at his highest
Build	6 ft 4 in · 239 lb
College	Miami
Drafted	2023, round 5 pick 162, by IND
Age	25-28 at the season's start
Experience	3 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ETTeam reportHis team's own report first named him.
Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ETPublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ETKickoffKickoff.

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	93%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET	73 h	PLAY	93%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET	68 h	PLAY	93%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET	54 h	PLAY	93%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET	49 h	PLAY	93%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET	45 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET	44 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET	44 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET	41 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET	30 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET	25 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET	20 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET	6 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:30 AM ET	6 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET	1 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)

5 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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.

We went and found out more

Rank 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 5 of 5.

His record this season

Wk	Practice	Chance he plays	Call	Source	Played
5	FULL	93%	PLAY	before his team said anything	no
6	FULL	93%	PLAY	before his team said anything	yes

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