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CB · New York Jets · week 5 vs Cleveland Browns · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET

Jarvis Brownlee Jr.

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2024 · R5 P146
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH NB1
99%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 5, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was a DB for NYJ, age 25.1, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 60% of snaps; his line was 2.3 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 26 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (ankle 2, hip 2, chest 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2026 week 2.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

72% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED

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

In short

Jarvis Brownlee Jr. is a starter at nickelback for NYJ — 87% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a concussion injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.

11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET · 54 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 72% → 94%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).

This week's call

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99% · 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

Thu
LPdated Fri Oct 9

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 / game2.8 range 1.0–6.0

    wk 1–6 · 5 games

  • Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 1–6 · 5 games

  • Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–6 · 5 games

  • Snap share63.2% range 41–87

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 76%wk 1
  2. 69%wk 2
  3. 52%wk 3
  4. 41%wk 4
  5. 87%wk 5
  6. 54%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 5concussion1—
2026 · wk 2shoulder1—
2025 · wk 13hip2Out
2025 · wk 3ankle3Out
2024 · wk 14hip1Questionable
2024 · wk 13chest1—
2024 · wk 8ankle2Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 11 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hip ×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 5PLAY 72% ✓ 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
Tim PatrickWRFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Kingsley EnagbareDEFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Dylan ParhamGDNPteam's wordOut
Breece HallRBDNPteam's wordOut
Will McDonald IVDELTDoursPLAY75%LIKELY
Adonai MitchellWRDNPteam's wordOut
Francisco MauigoaLBDNPteam's wordOut
Mason TaylorTEFULLoursPLAY95%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 5

RoleDB1 · 60% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game2.3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career2 seasons · 26 games before 2026
Injuries6 episodes · last: shoulder, 2026 wk 2
Bioage 25.1 · 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 starter at nickelback — 87% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at nickelback
Last weekHis snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played63% a week on average over 6 weeks, 87% at his highest, 1% on special teams
Build5 ft 10 in · 194 lb
CollegeLouisville; Florida
Drafted2024, round 5 pick 146, by TEN
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET78 hPLAY72%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET73 hPLAY72%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET68 hPLAY72%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY94%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY94%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET44 hPLAY94%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET30 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET25 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET1 hPLAY99%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

11 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 12 of 12.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5DNP72%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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.