LB · Indianapolis Colts · week 7 vs Minnesota Vikings · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
Austin Ajiake
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 3 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SLB2
91%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 7, Austin Ajiake was an LB for IND, age 26.2, 3 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 29% of snaps; his line was 3.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 16 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 2 episodes (hamstring 1, throat 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a hamstring injury in 2026 week 2.
The full read
How our call moved in week 7
100500
73%73%73%71%71%71%91%91%91%91%91%91%91%
Wed 4:50 PM ETSun 12:05 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
73% LIKELY → 91% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 7, earliest first, as written.
In short
Austin Ajiake is in the rotation at strong-side linebacker for IND — 53% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a concussion evaluation injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2. In week 7 he practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 91%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 92 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The club's own 22 Oct report states 'Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday' (P1), which retires the active concussion-evaluation flag the model priced as a limited practice and supports the PLAY call. The 21 Oct club practice gallery showing 'LB Austin Ajiake #58' twice (P2) is consistent with him being on the field that week but speaks to participation, not game status. Nothing in either passage contradicts the PLAY call; the residual uncertainty is roster/scratch risk for a backup, not health, and no passage addresses it. It would need to know: Colts' Friday 23 Oct and Saturday 24 Oct practice participation reports for Ajiake; Final Week injury-report game status (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) for Ajiake ahead of Sun 25 Oct; Gameday inactive list for Sunday 25 Oct — whether Ajiake is a healthy scratch as a backup/special-teams LB; Any Steichen remark on the LB rotation now that Boettcher (groin) and Carlies (ribs) are full participants (P1), which could squeeze Ajiake's gameday spot; Confirmation that no new injury or concussion recurrence was added to the report after 22 Oct
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-22
2
“Linebacker Jaylon Carlies (ribs) and tackle Jalen Travis (foot) were limited Wednesday, but full participants Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-22
3
“LB Austin Ajiake #58”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-21
13versions in week 7
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 22 · 4:21 PM ET · 69 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 71% → 91%, Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET to Thu Oct 22 · 4:21 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call · week 7
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
91% · 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 in week 7
Wed
LPdated Fri Oct 23
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
Tackles / game3.4 range 2.0–5.0
wk 3–7 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 3–7 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 3–7 · 5 games
Snap share29.2% range 0–53
wk 3–7 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 3
27%wk 4
53%wk 5
35%wk 6
31%wk 7
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
3
2
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 7
concussion
1
—
2026 · wk 1
hamstring
2
Out
2025 · wk 3
throat
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 4 weeks on a report
2025
throat · 1w
2026
concussion · 1whamstring · 2w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
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 7PLAY 73% ✓ rightafter his team's announcement; 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 in week 7
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Keenan Allen
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
DeForest Buckner
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Rigoberto Sanchez
P
DNP
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Grover Stewart
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ashton Dulin
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jerry Tillery
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Jonathan Taylor
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Sauce Gardner
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Andrew Ogletree
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Alec Pierce
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Micheal Clemons
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Jaylon Carlies
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Dalton Tucker
G
UNK
team's word
—
Matt Goncalves
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Anthony Gould
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyler Warren
TE
DNP
team's word
Out
Justin Walley
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jalen Travis
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Riley Leonard
QB
UNK
team's word
—
CJ Allen
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Bryce Boettcher
LB
DNP
team's word
Questionable
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 21 · 4:50 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 21 · 5:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Oct 21 · 6:10 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 2:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 4:21 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 22 · 5:05 PM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
We read the news for this call. The quotes we found are not shown publicly.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
“LB Austin Ajiake #58”
Indianapolis Colts · Wed Oct 21
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Jaylon Carlies (ribs) and tackle Jalen Travis (foot) were limited Wednesday, but full participants Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
“LB Austin Ajiake #58”
Indianapolis Colts · Wed Oct 21
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Jaylon Carlies (ribs) and tackle Jalen Travis (foot) were limited Wednesday, but full participants Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
“LB Austin Ajiake #58”
Indianapolis Colts · Wed Oct 21
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Jaylon Carlies (ribs) and tackle Jalen Travis (foot) were limited Wednesday, but full participants Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
The evidence behind the call made Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Austin Ajiake cleared concussion protocol and returned to full participation Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
“LB Austin Ajiake #58”
Indianapolis Colts · Wed Oct 21
From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)
What was reported
Source
“Linebacker Jaylon Carlies (ribs) and tackle Jalen Travis (foot) were limited Wednesday, but full participants Thursday.”
Indianapolis Colts · Thu Oct 22
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
Role
LB2 · 29% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 6
Per game
3.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
1 season · 16 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: hamstring, 2026 wk 2
Bio
age 26.2 · 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.
in the rotation at strong-side linebacker — 53% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart
second at strong-side linebacker
Snaps played
29% a week on average over 5 weeks, 53% at his highest, 59% on special teams
Build
6 ft 1 in · 223 lb
College
UNLV
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
Wed Oct 21 · 4:50 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
73%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 21 · 5:05 PM ET
92 h
PLAY
73%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Wed Oct 21 · 6:10 PM ET
91 h
PLAY
73%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 2:10 AM ET
83 h
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 7:02 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 12:05 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
after his team's announcement
Thu Oct 22 · 4:21 PM ET
69 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 22 · 5:05 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 24 · 5:02 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 7:05 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 25 · 12:05 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
13 calls in week 7, 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 2 (listed second on his depth chart), 8 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 8 of 8.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
7
UNK
73%
PLAY
after his team's announcement
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 1
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 2
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.