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Mekhi Wingo

  • CLASS 2024 · R6 P189
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH LDT3

As of week 1, Mekhi Wingo was a DT for DET, age 23.4, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 6. Entering 2026 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart. Before 2026 he played 13 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 1 episode (ankle 1); the last was an ankle injury in 2024 week 10.

The full read

In short

Mekhi Wingo is listed at left defensive tackle for DET. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 7. In week 1 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.

His team's own announcement

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 published inactive list, on the day.

Practice in week 1

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Sep 11LPdated Fri Sep 11LPdated Fri Sep 11

Shape of the week: improving. 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.

Stats, with ranges

fewer than 2 games this season

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202611

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 1groin1—
2024 · wk 9ankle2Doubtful

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

Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 3 weeks on a report

  • doubtful
  • 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 7not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play

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 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 1

RoleDT2
Season2026 · no games on file
Career2 seasons · 13 games before 2026
Injuries1 episode · last: ankle, 2024 wk 10
Bioage 23.4 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 6

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 rolelisted at left defensive tackle
Listed on the depth chartthird at left defensive tackle
Build6 ft 0 in · 282 lb
CollegeLSU; Missouri
Drafted2024, round 6 pick 189, by DET
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  2. KickoffKickoff.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
7UNK—his team's wordhis team's published inactive list, on the dayno

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.

Named inactive in week 3

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 4

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 5

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 7

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

What this page does not show

his snap history; the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 1; the rest of his team's report.