LB · Denver Broncos · week 7 vs Arizona Cardinals · Sun Oct 25 · 4:05 PM ET
Jonah Elliss
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2024 · R3 P76
EXP 2 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH WLB1
As of week 7, Jonah Elliss was an LB for DEN, age 23.4, 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 58% of snaps; his line was 2 tackles a game, 0.2 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 33 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (shoulder 2, chest 1, hamstring 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2026 week 2.
The full read
In short
Jonah Elliss is a starter at weak-side linebacker for DEN — 69% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an ankle injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he did not practise every day the report covers. His team has listed him Out.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“We can expect Jonah Elliss to be out a few games”
Mile High Report · 2026-10-22
2
“Elliss, 23, is likely headed to injured reserve but head coach Sean Payton said Wednesday that the team does not expect his injury to be a season-ender.”
Denver Post · 2026-10-21
3
“we will see Jonah Elliss, who Sean Payton said would return this season, placed on the IR to open up a roster spot for Coleman”
Mile High Report · 2026-10-21
His team's word: Out
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 own word, restated.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
DNPdated Fri Oct 23
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.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game2.0 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share58.3% range 45–69
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
58%wk 1
69%wk 2
62%wk 3
61%wk 4
55%wk 5
45%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 7
ankle
1
Out
2026 · wk 2
shoulder
1
—
2025 · wk 11
hamstring
3
Out
2025 · wk 7
shoulder
2
Out
2025 · wk 5
chest
2
Out
2024 · wk 2
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 10 weeks on a report · same site more than once: shoulder ×2
2024
knee · 1w
2025
hamstring · 3wshoulder · 2wchest · 2w
2026
ankle · 1wshoulder · 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.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Michael Deiter
C
UNK
team's word
—
Talanoa Hufanga
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Sam Ehlinger
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Tyler Badie
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Jordan Jackson
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Matt Henningsen
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Nick Gargiulo
G
UNK
team's word
—
Levelle Bailey
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Frank Crum
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Pat Bryant
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Caleb Lohner
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Dallen Bentley
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Jonah Coleman
RB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Kage Casey
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Tyler Onyedim
DT
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 · 58% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
2 tackles · 0.2 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 33 games before 2026
Injuries
5 episodes · last: shoulder, 2026 wk 2
Bio
age 23.4 · 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.