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As of week 6, Joe Alt was an OT for LAC, age 23.5, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 84% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 23 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 2 episodes (ankle 1, knee 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was an ankle injury in 2025 week 8.
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In short
Joe Alt is a starter at right tackle for LAC — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 4. His team named him inactive in weeks 5 and 6. This week he did not practise every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 5 and he did not play.
The reader concurs · grade A
The club's final injury report on 16 Oct, inside this practice week, explicitly lists Alt as 'ruled out for Sunday' for the 18 Oct game, and notes he 'is still receiving opinions on his neck injury' (P2) — a current, unresolved issue and a game-status designation, not a practice reading. The practice axis agrees: he was DNP Wednesday (P3) and out again Thursday for the second time that week (P1), with the beat writer noting the status quo 'suggests they're on track to miss another game when the Chargers face the Chiefs this Sunday' (P1). Nothing in the dossier or passages contradicts the SIT call.
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“Offensive tackle Joe Alt, guard Kayode Awosika, wide receiver Tre' Harris, cornerback Donte Jackson, and safety Derwin James were all ruled out for Sunday.”
Bolts From The Blue · 2026-10-16
2
“the second missed game for Alt who is still receiving opinions on his neck injury he sustained against the Seahawks”
Bolts From The Blue · 2026-10-16
3
“the status quo with their participation suggests they're on track to miss another game when the Chargers face the Chiefs this Sunday”
Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-15
4
“Offensive tackle Joe Alt (neck), guard Kayode Awosika (fibula), cornerback Donte Jackson (hamstring), and safety Derwin James (hamstring) were all DNP on Wednesday.”
Bolts From The Blue · 2026-10-14
8versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
COIN FLIP since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 81 h before kickoff · 43 h before the club. Biggest move: 54% → 56%, Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET, with no club report in between.
We have made a call on him this week
It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
DNPdated Sun Oct 18
DNPdated Sun Oct 18
DNPdated Sun Oct 18
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
Snap share84.3% range 37–100
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
37%wk 4
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
2
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
neck
2
Out
2025 · wk 5
ankle
4
Out
2024 · wk 4
knee
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 8 weeks on a report
2024
knee · 2w
2025
ankle · 4w
2026
neck · 2w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
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 54% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6SIT 54% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; did not play
Season on him: 1 of 2 graded calls 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
Khalil Mack
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Denzel Perryman
MLB
UNK
team's word
—
Bud Dupree
DE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Dalvin Tomlinson
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
David Njoku
TE
UNK
team's word
—
Donte Jackson
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Derwin James
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Alec Ingold
FB
DNP
team's word
—
Trey Pipkins
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Tyler Biadasz
C
UNK
team's word
—
Kayode Awosika
G
DNP
team's word
Out
Elijah Molden
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Rashawn Slater
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Trey Lance
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Trevor Penning
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Charlie Kolar
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Kendall Williamson
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
85%
EXPECTED
Quentin Johnston
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
98%
EXPECTED
Daiyan Henley
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Justin Eboigbe
DE
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Ladd McConkey
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jamaree Caldwell
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tre Harris
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Rodney Shelley
CB
DNP
team's word
Doubtful
Isaiah World
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brenen Thompson
WR
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
OT1 · 84% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Career
2 seasons · 23 games before 2026
Honors
1× Pro Bowl
Injuries
2 episodes · last: ankle, 2025 wk 8
Bio
age 23.5 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
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 right tackle — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 4
Listed on the depth chart
first at right tackle
Last week
He did not dress last week
Snaps played
84% a week on average over 4 weeks, 100% at his highest, 11% on special teams
Build
6 ft 8 in · 322 lb
College
Notre Dame
Drafted
2024, round 1 pick 5, by LAC
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
2 seasons
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
81 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
76 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
71 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
57 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
52 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
49 h
SIT
54%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
56%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
47 h
PLAY
56%
COIN FLIP
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:50 PM ET
45 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
45 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet)
Sat Oct 17 · 2:10 AM ET
38 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
33 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
28 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
23 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
9 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
4 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 1:09 PM ET
3 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's own word, restated
Sun Oct 18 · 3:01 PM ET
1 h
his team's word
—
—
his team's published inactive list, on the day
8 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 2 times. 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
54%
PLAY
before his team said anything
no
6
DNP
54%
SIT
before his team said anything
no
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
Named inactive in week 5
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
Named inactive in week 6
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.