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%PLAYEXPECTED
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
100500
80%80%80%80%80%80%82%82%82%85%85%85%85%85%85%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 1:09 PM ET
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 reported
Source
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
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Sun Oct 18
LPdated Sun Oct 18
LPdated 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
0%wk 1
0%wk 2
0%wk 3
0%wk 4
0%wk 5
0%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
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 19
ankle
1
Out
2025 · wk 9
achilles
1
—
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
2025
achilles · 1w
2026
ankle · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Khalil Mack
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Denzel Perryman
MLB
UNK
team's word
—
Bud Dupree
DE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Dalvin Tomlinson
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
David Njoku
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Donte Jackson
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Derwin James
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Alec Ingold
FB
DNP
team's word
—
Trey Pipkins
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Tyler Biadasz
C
UNK
team's word
—
Kayode Awosika
G
DNP
team's word
Out
Elijah Molden
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Rashawn Slater
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Trey Lance
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Trevor Penning
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Charlie Kolar
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Quentin Johnston
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Daiyan Henley
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Justin Eboigbe
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Joe Alt
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Ladd McConkey
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jamaree Caldwell
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tre Harris
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Rodney Shelley
CB
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Isaiah World
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brenen Thompson
WR
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
SAF3 · 0% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career
2 seasons · 19 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 19
Bio
age 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.
a special-teams player at strong safety — 68% of the kicking snaps over 6 weeks
Listed on the depth chart
third at strong safety
Snaps played
0% a week on average over 6 weeks, 0% at his highest, 68% on special teams
Build
6 ft 0 in · 203 lb
College
Stanford
Drafted
2023, round 7 pick 258, by CHI
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
81 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
71 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
80%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
23 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 1:09 PM ET
3 h
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
before 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
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
80%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.