As of week 7, Payton Wilson was an LB for PIT, age 26.4, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 84% of snaps; his line was 8.8 tackles a game, 0.2 sacks a game and 0.3 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 36 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
Payton Wilson is a starter at left inside linebacker for PIT — 95% of the snaps in his best week of 6. 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 / game8.8 range 6.0–13
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share84.2% range 70–95
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
95%wk 1
78%wk 2
70%wk 3
81%wk 4
89%wk 5
92%wk 6
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
DeShon Elliott
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Sebastian Joseph-Day
DE
DNP
team's word
—
Jack Driscoll
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brandin Echols
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Ben Skowronek
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Donte Kent
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Gennings Dunker
G
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
LB1 · 84% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
8.8 tackles · 0.2 sacks · 0.3 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 36 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 26.4 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
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.