TE · #80 · Washington Commanders · week 8 vs Philadelphia Eagles · Sun Nov 1 · 8:20 PM ET
Colson Yankoff
TYPE Blocking TE
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 2 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH TE4
93%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 8, Colson Yankoff was a TE for WAS, age 26.5, 2 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 7 he had played 6 games on 16% of snaps; his line was 2.7 receiving yards a game, 0.7 targets a game and a 2% target share (Blocking TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 22 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (hamstring 3, ankle 2, hip 1), 4 of them reaching OUT, 3 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 17.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 8
100500
90%90%90%90%93%93%93%93%93%93%93%93%93%93%93%
Thu 2:10 AM ETSun 4:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
90% EXPECTED → 93% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 8, earliest first, as written.
In short
Colson Yankoff is in the rotation at tight end for WAS — 46% of the snaps in his best week of 7. He has a knee injury. 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. In week 8 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 93%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 91 hours before kickoff.
15versions in week 8
10average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET · 91 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 90% → 93%, Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET to Fri Oct 30 · 3:00 AM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 8
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
93% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice in week 8
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 30
FPdated Fri Oct 30
FPdated Fri Oct 30
Shape of the week: steady. 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
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game2.3 range 0.0–14
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Targets / game0.6 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Target share1.7% range 0–7
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snap share14.4% range 2–46
wk 1–8 · 7 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
3%wk 1
30%wk 2
46%wk 3
11%wk 4
2%wk 5
7%wk 6
2%wk 8
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
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 8
knee
1
—
2025 · wk 16
ankle
2
Out
2025 · wk 8
hamstring
3
Out
2025 · wk 4
ankle
2
—
2025 · wk 3
hip
1
—
2024 · wk 19
hamstring
2
Out
2024 · wk 10
hamstring
1
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 12 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×3
2024
hamstring · 1w
2025
ankle · 2whamstring · 3wankle · 2whip · 1w
2026
knee · 1w
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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Stefon Diggs
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Marcus Mariota
QB
FULL
ours
COIN FLIPleans sit
49%
COIN FLIP
Fabian Moreau
CB
FULL
team's word
Out
Deatrich Wise
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Daron Payne
DT
LTD
team's word
Out
Isaac Yiadom
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Nick Allegretti
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
Charles Omenihu
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Terry McLaurin
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Javon Kinlaw
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
John Bates
TE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Treylon Burks
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Luke McCaffrey
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Jer'Zhan Newton
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jayden Daniels
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Athan Kaliakmanis
QB
UNK
team's word
Out
Tanoa Togiai
G
UNK
team's word
Out
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 Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 3:00 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 4:50 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 1 · 4:02 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Role
Call history
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
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 tight end — 46% of the snaps in his best week of 7
Listed on the depth chart
number 4 at tight end
Last week
He left last week's game — far below his usual share
Snaps played
14% a week on average over 7 weeks, 46% at his highest, 81% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 225 lb
College
UCLA; Washington
Drafted
undrafted
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
2 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 29 · 2:10 AM ET
91 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 29 · 7:02 AM ET
86 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 29 · 12:05 PM ET
81 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 29 · 5:05 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 3:00 AM ET
66 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 7:05 AM ET
62 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 12:05 PM ET
57 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 4:50 PM ET
53 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 30 · 5:02 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 7:05 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 12:02 PM ET
33 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 31 · 5:06 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 6:06 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 11:02 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Nov 1 · 4:02 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
15 calls in week 8, 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.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 8.