As of week 7, Chau Smith-Wade was a CB for CAR, age 24, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 13% of snaps; his line was 1 tackle a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 31 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (chest 1, illness 1), 2 of them reaching OUT; the last was a chest injury in 2025 week 6.
The full read
In short
Chau Smith-Wade is in the rotation at nickelback for CAR — 25% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. His team named him inactive in week 2. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.0 range 1.0–1.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Snap share13.3% range 0–25
wk 1–6 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
25%wk 1
0%wk 3
25%wk 4
3%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 5
chest
2
Out
2024 · wk 17
illness
1
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 3 weeks on a report
2024
illness · 1w
2025
chest · 2w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jaelan Phillips
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Brady Christensen
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Thomas Incoom
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Bam Martin-Scott
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
TeRah Edwards
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Torricelli Simpkins III
G
UNK
team's word
—
Albert Reese
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Haynes King
QB
UNK
team'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
Role
CB1 · 13% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 6
Per game
1 tackle · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 31 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: chest, 2025 wk 6
Bio
age 24 · 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.