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S · Los Angeles Chargers · week 6 vs Kansas City Chiefs · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET

Kendall Williamson

  • ROLE a special-teams player
  • CLASS 2023 · R7 P258
  • EXP 3 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH SS3
85%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 6, Kendall Williamson was an SAF for LAC, age 26, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 0% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 19 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (achilles 1, ankle 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 19.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

80% LIKELY → 85% EXPECTED

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

In short

Kendall Williamson is a special-teams player at strong safety for LAC — 68% of the kicking snaps over 6 weeks. He has an ankle injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 85%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 81 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade C

The single available passage lists Williamson as a limited participant with an ankle issue on 15 Oct (P1), which mildly contradicts the model's FULL practice input but is not evidence against a PLAY call — limited participation with no reported designation is routine maintenance. P1 reports no ruling-out, no downgrade and no new injury, and places him in the same limited bucket as a long list of starters (Johnston, McConkey, Molden, Tomlinson), suggesting a broad maintenance day rather than a specific concern (P1). Nothing written here contradicts the PLAY call, though the dossier's end-of-week practice days and the final designation are simply absent from the passages, so my confidence stays at C. It would need to know: Friday 16 Oct and Saturday 17 Oct Chargers injury/practice report — did Williamson upgrade to full or remain limited?; Official game-status designation (Questionable/Doubtful/Out) on the final injury report for Sun 18 Oct vs. this opponent; Any Harbaugh/coordinator remark naming Williamson's ankle and his expected availability for Sunday; Whether Elijah Molden (hamstring) or other DBs are ruled out, which would thin the secondary and raise a third-stringer's odds of dressing; Whether Williamson has been dressing on special teams in recent games (his likely route to being active as a third-string S)

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“safety Kendall Williamson (ankle) were all limited participants”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
2“defensive back Elijah Molden (hamstring)”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET · 33 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 82% → 85%, Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET to Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).

This week's call

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

85% · 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

FriThuWed
FPdated Sun Oct 18LPdated Sun Oct 18LPdated Sun Oct 18

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

  • Snap share0.0% range 0–0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 0%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 2
  3. 0%wk 3
  4. 0%wk 4
  5. 0%wk 5
  6. 0%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

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 6ankle1—
2025 · wk 19ankle1Out
2025 · wk 9achilles1—

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

Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 3 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2

  • 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 6PLAY 80% ✓ 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Khalil MackDEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Denzel PerrymanMLBUNKteam's word—
Bud DupreeDELTDteam's wordQuestionable
Dalvin TomlinsonDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
David NjokuTEUNKteam's word—
Donte JacksonCBDNPteam's wordOut
Derwin JamesSDNPteam's wordOut
Alec IngoldFBDNPteam's word—
Trey PipkinsOTUNKteam's word—
Tyler BiadaszCUNKteam's word—
Kayode AwosikaGDNPteam's wordOut
Elijah MoldenSFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Rashawn SlaterOTUNKteam's word—
Trey LanceQBUNKteam's word—
Trevor PenningOTUNKteam's word—
Charlie KolarTEFULLoursPLAY96%EXPECTED
Quentin JohnstonWRFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Daiyan HenleyLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Justin EboigbeDEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Joe AltTDNPteam's wordOut
Ladd McConkeyWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Jamaree CaldwellDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
KeAndre Lambert-SmithWRFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Tre HarrisWRDNPteam's wordOut
Rodney ShelleyCBDNPteam's wordDoubtful
Isaiah WorldOTUNKteam's word—
Brenen ThompsonWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable

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

RoleSAF3 · 0% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career2 seasons · 19 games before 2026
Injuries2 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 19
Bioage 26 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 7

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 special-teams player at strong safety — 68% of the kicking snaps over 6 weeks
Listed on the depth chartthird at strong safety
Snaps played0% a week on average over 6 weeks, 0% at his highest, 68% on special teams
Build6 ft 0 in · 203 lb
CollegeStanford
Drafted2023, round 7 pick 258, by CHI
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience3 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 ET81 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET76 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET71 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET57 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET52 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET49 hPLAY80%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET47 hPLAY82%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET47 hPLAY82%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET45 hPLAY82%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET33 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET28 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET23 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET9 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET4 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 1:09 PM ET3 hPLAY85%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

15 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.

We went and found out more

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

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6LTD80%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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