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LB · Washington Commanders · week 6 vs San Francisco 49ers · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET

Jordan Magee

  • ROLE a special-teams player
  • CLASS 2024 · R5 P139
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH LILB2

As of week 6, Jordan Magee was an LB for WAS, age 25.4, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 16% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 26 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (knee 2, arm 1, chest 1), 1 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a chest injury in 2026 week 1.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)
  • club report (public)

75% LIKELY → 75% LIKELY

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Jordan Magee is a special-teams player at left inside linebacker for WAS — 79% of the kicking snaps over 2 weeks. He has a hamstring injury. This week he practised limited. His team has listed him Questionable.

The reader concurs · grade C

P1 records only that Washington 'formally opened his 21-day window to return off injured reserve' on 15 Oct, so as written he remains on IR and is ineligible for Monday unless a separate activation to the 53-man roster is filed, and no passage records one. P2 is permissive rather than affirmative — he 'can be activated at any point in that window, so he could play against the 49ers on Monday night' — which states a possibility, not a decision, and is an aggregator restating the club's transaction. P1 also describes him as a depth and 'core special teams player' expected to be 'the primary backup', which is consistent with a cautious first week back from a hamstring strain rather than an immediate activation, so the SIT call stands. It would need to know: Washington transaction wire 16-19 Oct: was Magee formally activated to the 53-man roster off IR before Monday kickoff?; Club practice participation reports for Fri 16, Sat 17, Sun 18 Oct — did Magee progress from Limited to Full?; Official WAS-SF Monday 19 Oct game status report: is Magee listed Out/Doubtful/Questionable or absent from the report?; A Dan Quinn or defensive-coordinator remark naming Magee and the 49ers game — ready to go, or still ramping up?; Whether Frankie Luvu is healthy this week, since Magee's role is the backup/special-teams spot behind him

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“formally opened his 21-day window to return off injured reserve”Hogs Haven · 2026-10-15
2“He's an important depth piece and core special teams player”Hogs Haven · 2026-10-15
3“can be activated at any point in that window, so he could play against the 49ers on Monday night”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
4“The team announced that they have designated Magee for return from injured reserve on Thursday.”Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
2versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET · 85 h before kickoff · 43 h before the club.

His team's word: Questionable

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

Thu
LPdated Thu Oct 15

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

  • His club's word
  • Kickoff

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

  • Snap share8.0% range 0–16

    wk 1–6 · 2 games

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

  1. 16%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202620

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 6hamstring1Questionable
2026 · wk 1chest1—
2025 · wk 11knee1Questionable
2024 · wk 17hamstring4Out
2024 · wk 11arm4—
2024 · wk 5knee3Doubtful

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

Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 14 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×2

  • ruled out
  • doubtful
  • 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 75% ✓ 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Stefon DiggsWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Marcus MariotaQBDNPteam's wordOut
Laremy TunsilOTUNKteam's word—
Lucas PatrickGFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Austin EkelerRBLTDoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Fabian MoreauCBLTDteam's word—
Jeremy McNicholsRBFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Jeremy ReavesSLTDoursPLAY90%EXPECTED
Isaac YiadomCBUNKteam's word—
Charles OmenihuDEDNPteam's wordOut
Terry McLaurinWRLTDoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Javon KinlawDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
K'Lavon ChaissonLBFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED
Rachaad WhiteRBLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Nick CrossSFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Treylon BurksWRLTDoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Leo ChenalLBUNKteam's word—
Percy ButlerSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Quan MartinSFULLoursPLAY89%EXPECTED
Javontae Jean-BaptisteLBDNPteam's wordOut
Tyler OwensSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Jer'Zhan NewtonDTUNKteam's word—
Jayden DanielsQBFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
T.J. MaguranyangaLBUNKteam's word—
Jaylin LaneWRUNKteam's word—
Jacory Croskey-MerrittRBDNPteam's wordOut
Trey AmosCBFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Tanoa TogiaiGUNKteam'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 6

RoleLB3 · 16% snaps
Season2026 · 1 game through wk 5
Career2 seasons · 26 games before 2026
Injuries5 episodes · last: chest, 2026 wk 1
Bioage 25.4 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 5

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 rolea special-teams player at left inside linebacker — 79% of the kicking snaps over 2 weeks
Listed on the depth chartsecond at left inside linebacker
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played8% a week on average over 2 weeks, 16% at his highest, 79% on special teams
Build6 ft 3 in · 226 lb
CollegeTemple
Drafted2024, round 5 pick 139, by WAS
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. Team reportHis team listed him Questionable.
  2. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET85 hPLAY75%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET80 hPLAY75%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET76 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET75 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET75 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET72 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET61 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET56 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET51 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET37 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:30 AM ET37 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET32 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET27 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET13 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET8 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET3 hhis team's word——his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)

2 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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_dissents. Fetched 5 of 5.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6LTD75%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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