C · Indianapolis Colts · week 5 vs Pittsburgh Steelers · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
Tanor Bortolini
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2024 · R4 P117
EXP 2 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH C1
99%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 5, Tanor Bortolini was a C for IND, age 24.2, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 28 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (concussion 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a concussion injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
77%77%77%96%96%96%99%99%99%99%99%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
77% LIKELY → 99% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Tanor Bortolini is a starter at center for IND — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an ankle injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 99%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The model's DNP input reflects only Wednesday, when the Colts' own Week 5 report listed him DNP with an ankle (P3) and he was seen in a brace on the right foot, ankle and lower leg (P2); the club's Thursday notebook says he 'returned to practice in a limited capacity' (P1), which is movement toward playing, not against it. No designation has been filed yet in anything written here, so the call rests on trajectory, and the trajectory supports PLAY. The one cautionary note is the Colts' own recent pattern with Keenan Allen, limited midweek then DNP Friday, questionable, and inactive (P3), which is why I would not grade this A without the Friday report. It would need to know: Colts' Friday (09 Oct) practice participation for Bortolini — limited or full; The Friday final game-status designation (out / doubtful / questionable / none) for the 11 Oct game; Any Shane Steichen remark this week on Bortolini's ankle or his chance of playing Sunday; Whether Sedrick Van Pran-Granger took first-team center reps Thursday/Friday
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Center Tanor Bortolini returned to practice in a limited capacity after being sidelined Wednesday”
source not recorded
2
“Colts starting center Tanor Bortolini did not practice Wednesday, sporting a brace on his right foot, ankle and lower-leg.”
source not recorded
3
“C Tanor Bortolini (ankle)”
source not recorded
4
“He was limited Wednesday and Thursday last week with the groin injury before not practicing on Friday.”
source not recorded
11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET · 54 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 77% → 96%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
99% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share100.0% range 100–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
100%wk 6
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 5
ankle
1
—
2025 · wk 17
concussion
2
Out
2024 · wk 13
concussion
2
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 5 weeks on a report · same site more than once: concussion ×2
2024
concussion · 2w
2025
concussion · 2w
2026
ankle · 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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 77% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call of ours right. 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
Keenan Allen
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
DeForest Buckner
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Grover Stewart
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Arden Key
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Ashton Dulin
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Darius Slayton
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
69%
LIKELY
Jonathan Taylor
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Akeem Davis-Gaither
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Will Mallory
TE
FULL
team's word
Out
Jaylon Carlies
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
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 5
Role
C1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Career
2 seasons · 28 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: concussion, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 24.2 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 4
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.
a starter at center — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at center
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build
6 ft 4 in · 303 lb
College
Wisconsin
Drafted
2024, round 4 pick 117, by IND
Age
under 25 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, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
77%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
77%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
77%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
11 calls this week, 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.
We went and found out more
Rank 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
DNP
77%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.