WR · Houston Texans · week 6 vs Jacksonville Jaguars · Sun Oct 18 · 9:30 AM ET
Tank Dell is a WR for HOU, age 26.8, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. Before 2026 he played 25 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history holds 6 episodes (back 1, calf 1, chest 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2024 week 17.
Tank Dell is listed at punt returner for HOU. He has a knee injury. This week he practised in full. His team has listed him Out.
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).
Practice this week
| Wed |
|---|
| FPdated Wed Oct 14 |
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.
fewer than 2 games this season
Missed while on the injury report
| Season | Weeks on the report | Missed while listed |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 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 | knee | 2 | Out |
| 2024 · wk 17 | knee | 1 | — |
| 2024 · wk 10 | back | 1 | Questionable |
| 2024 · wk 4 | chest | 2 | Out |
| 2023 · wk 13 | calf | 1 | Questionable |
| 2023 · wk 6 | concussion | 2 | Questionable |
| 2023 · wk 4 | non_injury | 1 | — |
| 2023 · wk 3 | thigh | 1 | — |
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 11 weeks on a report · same site more than once: knee ×2
Weeks 1–18
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
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Montgomery | RB | DNP | team's word | Out | ||
| Jalen Pitre | S | DNP | team's word | Out | ||
| Ja'Marcus Ingram | CB | FULL | team's word | Questionable | ||
| Henry To'oTo'o | LB | FULL | team's word | Questionable |
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
Profile — as of week 6
| Role | WR6 |
| Season | 2026 · no games on file through wk 5 |
| Career | 2 seasons · 25 games before 2026 |
| Injuries | 6 episodes · last: knee, 2024 wk 17 |
| Bio | age 26.8 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 3 |
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.
About him
| About him | As the record holds it |
|---|---|
| His role | listed at punt returner |
| Listed on the depth chart | third at punt returner |
| Build | 5 ft 10 in · 165 lb |
| College | Houston; Independence Comm. College; Alabama A&M |
| Drafted | 2023, round 3 pick 69, by HOU |
| Age | 25-28 at the season's start |
| Experience | 4 seasons |
When this call was made, and when the world knew
His record this season
| Wk | Practice | Chance he plays | Call | Source | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DNP | — | his team's word | his team's own word, restated | no |
| 6 | DNP | — | his team's word | his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended) | — |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
his snap history.