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CB · Detroit Lions · week 1

Ennis Rakestraw Jr.

  • ROLE in the rotation
  • CLASS 2024 · R2 P61
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RCB1

As of week 1, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. was a CB for DET, age 24.2, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. Entering 2026 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart. Before 2026 he played 8 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 3 episodes (hamstring 3), 2 of them reaching OUT, 2 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hamstring injury in 2024 week 20.

The full read

In short

Ennis Rakestraw Jr. is in the rotation at right cornerback for DET — 48% of the snaps in his best week of 3. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2. This week he practised in full every day the report covers. 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.

Practice this week

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Sep 11FPdated Fri Sep 11FPdated Fri Sep 11

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 / game2.7 range 1.0–4.0

    wk 3–5 · 3 games

  • Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 3–5 · 3 games

  • Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 3–5 · 3 games

  • Snap share41.3% range 35–48

    wk 3–5 · 3 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 35%wk 3
  2. 41%wk 4
  3. 48%wk 5

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202611

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 1ankle1—
2024 · wk 20hamstring1Questionable
2024 · wk 12hamstring1Out
2024 · wk 3hamstring2Out

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 4 episodes · 5 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×3

  • 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. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.

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 1

RoleCB3
Season2026 · no games on file
Career1 season · 8 games before 2026
Injuries3 episodes · last: hamstring, 2024 wk 20
Bioage 24.2 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 2

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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolein the rotation at right cornerback — 48% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chartfirst at right cornerback
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played41% a week on average over 3 weeks, 48% at his highest, 12% on special teams
Build5 ft 11 in · 192 lb
CollegeMissouri
Drafted2024, round 2 pick 61, by DET
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

Named inactive in week 1

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 1

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 1

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 2

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

Named inactive in week 2

The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week; the rest of his team's report.