SAF · New England Patriots · week 7 vs Chicago Bears · Thu Oct 22 · 8:15 PM ET
Dell Pettus
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 2 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SS3
As of week 7, Dell Pettus was an SAF for NE, age 25.2, 2 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 20% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 38 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
Dell Pettus is in the rotation at strong safety for NE — 40% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. 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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
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
Snap share20.0% range 0–40
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
40%wk 1
0%wk 2
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6not 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 rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Morgan Moses
T
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Kevin Byard
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Carlton Davis III
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Harold Landry III
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Mike Onwenu
G
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Elliss
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Alijah Vera-Tucker
G
DNP
team's word
Out
Ben Brown
C
DNP
team's word
Out
Romeo Doubs
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Bryce Baringer
P
UNK
team's word
—
Christian Gonzalez
CB
UNK
team's word
Questionable
Joshua Farmer
DT
FULL
team's word
—
Marcus Bryant
T
FULL
team's word
—
Craig Woodson
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Karon Prunty
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Behren Morton
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Channing Canada
CB
LTD
team's word
Out
Khalil Jacobs
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Quintayvious Hutchins
LB
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
SAF3 · 20% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Career
2 seasons · 38 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 25.2 · 2 seasons' experience
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.