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WR · New York Giants · week 7 · Sun Oct 25

Charlie Jones

  • TYPE Deep threat
  • ROLE in the rotation
  • CLASS 2023 · R4 P131
  • EXP 3 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH PR1
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Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Charlie Jones was a WR for NYG, age 27.8, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 3 games on 9% of snaps; his line was 22 receiving yards a game, 1 target a game and a 2.3% target share (Deep threat by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 33 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (hand 2, achilles 1, ankle 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 18.

The full read

In short

Charlie Jones is in the rotation at punt returner for NYG — 26% of the snaps in his best week of 3. This week he practised limited every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report.

We have made a call on him this week

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

Practice this week

ThuWed
LPdated Wed Oct 21LPdated Wed Oct 21

Shape of the week: steady. 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.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Rec yds / game22 range 0.0–66

    wk 4–6 · 3 games

  • Targets / game1.0 range 0.0–3.0

    wk 4–6 · 3 games

  • Target share2.3% range 0–7

    wk 4–6 · 3 games

  • Snap share9.0% range 0–26

    wk 4–6 · 3 games

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

  1. 1%wk 4
  2. 0%wk 5
  3. 26%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 6achilles2—
2025 · wk 16ankle3Out
2025 · wk 7chest2Questionable
2025 · wk 5achilles2Questionable
2024 · wk 9groin9Out
2023 · wk 10hand2Questionable
2023 · wk 4hand1Out

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

Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 21 weeks on a report · same site more than once: achilles ×2

  • 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 91% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 7locked

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
Tremaine EdmundsLBDNPteam's wordOut
Paulson AdeboCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Greg Newsome IICBDNPteam's wordOut
Jevon HollandSLTDteam's wordOut
Korie BlackCBUNKteam'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 7

RoleWR4 · 9% snaps
Season2026 · 3 games through wk 6
Per game22 receiving yards · 1 target · 2.3% target share
TypeDeep threat
Career3 seasons · 33 games before 2026
Injuries6 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 18
Bioage 27.8 · 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolein the rotation at punt returner — 26% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chartfirst at punt returner
Snaps played9% a week on average over 3 weeks, 26% at his highest, 34% on special teams
Build6 ft 0 in · 190 lb
CollegePurdue; Iowa
Drafted2023, round 4 pick 131, by CIN
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience3 seasons

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6FULL91%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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