S · Green Bay Packers · week 6 vs Dallas Cowboys · Sun Oct 18 · 8:20 PM ET
Evan Williams
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2024 · R4 P111
EXP 2 seasons
AGE 25-28
DEPTH SS1
97%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Evan Williams was an SAF for GB, age 25.1, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 100% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 31 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (back 1, concussion 1, hamstring 1), 2 of them reaching OUT; the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 17.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
99%99%99%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%97%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 5:05 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
99% EXPECTED → 97% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Evan Williams is a starter at strong safety for GB — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has an illness injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 97%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 85 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The only current item on Williams is an illness that limited him at the Oct 14 practice (P3), and illness items of that kind typically clear within the week; nothing in the passages escalates it. The Oct 15 roster piece still lists Williams among four available safeties and says the three likely inactives would all be offensive linemen, not defensive backs (P2). P1 shows him in normal public-facing activity on Oct 12 with no injury context, so nothing written here contradicts the PLAY call. It would need to know: The final Friday Oct 16 game-status designation for Evan Williams (none/questionable/doubtful) on the official injury report for the Oct 18 Cowboys game; Any Saturday Oct 17 note on Williams' illness — roster move, travel status, or removal from the injury report; Confirmation of Williams' Thursday/Friday participation level in a club-published practice report, independent of the week-shape summary; Whether safeties Javon Bullard or Kitan Oladapo appeared on the report, which would signal position workload pressure
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Evan Williams (illness)”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-14
2
“were limited participants”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-14
3
“S: Xavier McKinney, Evan Williams, Javon Bullard and Kitan Oladapo”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-15
4
“the three inactives would likely all be offensive linemen, as the team currently carries 11 on the 53”
Acme Packing Company · 2026-10-15
5
“Green Bay Packers safety Evan Williams was the guest Monday, Oct. 12, on Clubhouse Live”
Green Bay Press-Gazette · 2026-10-12
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 85 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 99% → 97%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
97% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 16
FPdated Fri Oct 16
LPdated Fri Oct 16
Shape of the week: improving. 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
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 6
illness
1
—
2025 · wk 16
knee
2
Questionable
2025 · wk 8
back
1
—
2024 · wk 16
quad
4
Out
2024 · wk 15
concussion
1
—
2024 · wk 9
hamstring
3
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 12 weeks on a report
2024
quad · 4wconcussion · 1whamstring · 3w
2025
knee · 2wback · 1w
2026
illness · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
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 6PLAY 99% ✓ 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
Javon Hargrave
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Keisean Nixon
CB
LTD
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Josh Jacobs
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Aaron Banks
G
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Benjamin St-Juste
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Micah Parsons
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Devonte Wyatt
DT
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jonathan Ford
DT
DNP
team's word
Out
Zach Bako-Bewele
G
UNK
team's word
—
Skyy Moore
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Jordon Riley
DE
LTD
team's word
Doubtful
Chris Brooks
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Lukas Van Ness
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Luke Musgrave
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Jayden Reed
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Donovan Jennings
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Jacob Monk
C
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Edgerrin Cooper
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Thomas Yassmin
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Savion Williams
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Collin Oliver
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Warren Brinson
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Johnathan Baldwin
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Anthony Campbell
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jager Burton
G
UNK
team's word
—
Brandon Cisse
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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 6
Role
SAF1 · 100% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Career
2 seasons · 31 games before 2026
Injuries
5 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 17
Bio
age 25.1 · 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 strong safety — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at strong safety
Snaps played
100% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 32% on special teams
Build
5 ft 11 in · 200 lb
College
Oregon; Fresno State
Drafted
2024, round 4 pick 111, by GB
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, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
85 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
80 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
61 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
56 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
53 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
51 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
51 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
48 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
32 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
27 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
13 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
8 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET
3 h
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
15 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.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
99%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.