FB · Kansas City Chiefs · week 6 vs Los Angeles Chargers · Sun Oct 18 · 4:25 PM ET
Ben VanSumeren
ROLE a special-teams player
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH FB1
96%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Ben VanSumeren was an RB for KC, age 26.3, 3 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 2% of snaps; his line was 0 rush yards a game, 0 carries a game and 0 receiving yards a game. Before 2026 he played 22 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (concussion 1, knee 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 13.
The full read
How our call moved this week
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97%97%97%97%97%97%96%96%96%96%96%96%96%96%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
97% EXPECTED → 96% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Ben VanSumeren is a special-teams player at fullback for KC — 64% of the kicking snaps over 5 weeks. He has a thumb injury. This week he practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 96%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 81 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 · 81 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 97% → 96%, 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
96% · 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
Wed
FPdated Sun Oct 18
Shape of the week: single reading. 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
Rush yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–3 · 2 games
Carries / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–3 · 2 games
Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–3 · 2 games
Snap share1.2% range 0–4
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
4%wk 1
0%wk 2
0%wk 3
2%wk 4
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
hand
1
—
2024 · wk 13
knee
1
Out
2024 · wk 10
concussion
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 3 weeks on a report
2024
knee · 1wconcussion · 1w
2026
hand · 1w
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 6PLAY 97% ✓ 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
Patrick Mahomes
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
L'Jarius Sneed
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Matt Waletzko
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Tyquan Thornton
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Chamarri Conner
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
Rashee Rice
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Jared Wiley
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Josh Simmons
T
LTD
team's word
Out
Cooper McDonald
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jimmy Holiday
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Ethan Downs
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Garrett Nussmeier
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Jeff Caldwell
WR
UNK
team's word
—
John Michael Gyllenborg
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Diego Pounds
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Jack Pyburn
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Jadon Canady
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Peter Woods
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
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
RB1 · 2% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Per game
0 rush yards · 0 carries · 0 receiving yards
Career
3 seasons · 22 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 13
Bio
age 26.3 · 3 seasons' experience
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 fullback — 64% of the kicking snaps over 5 weeks
Listed on the depth chart
first at fullback
Last week
He did not dress last week
Snaps played
1% a week on average over 5 weeks, 4% at his highest, 64% on special teams
Build
6 ft 2 in · 231 lb
College
Michigan State; Michigan
Drafted
undrafted
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
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
71 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
23 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
96%
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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 9 of 9.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
FULL
97%
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.