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QB · #5 · Washington Commanders · week 9 · Sun Nov 8

Jayden Daniels

  • TYPE Dual-threat QB
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2024 · R1 P2
  • EXP 2 seasons
  • AGE 25-28
  • DEPTH QB1
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As of week 9, Jayden Daniels was a QB for WAS, age 25.7, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 91% of snaps; his line was 195.2 pass yards a game, 47.2 rush yards a game and a 62.8% completion rate (Dual-threat QB by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 27 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 6 episodes (arm 1, chest 1, hamstring 1), 3 of them reaching OUT; the last was an arm injury in 2025 week 18.

The full read

In short

In short

Jayden Daniels is a starter at quarterback for WAS — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4. In week 9 he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 3 and he did not play.

We have made a call on him in week 9

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our call

Injury report

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

Practice in week 9

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Nov 6FPdated Fri Nov 6FPdated Fri Nov 6

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

  • Pass yds / game195 range 96–300

    wk 1–8 · 5 games

  • Rush yds / game47 range 10–103

    wk 1–8 · 5 games · above most of his peers

  • Completion %62.8% range 53–73

    wk 1–8 · 5 games

  • Snap share91.0% range 55–100

    wk 1–8 · 5 games

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

  1. 100%wk 1
  2. 55%wk 2
  3. 100%wk 5
  4. 100%wk 6
  5. 100%wk 8

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202652

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 3arm6Out
2025 · wk 10arm8Out
2025 · wk 8hamstring2Out
2025 · wk 3knee5Out
2025 · wk 2wrist1—
2024 · wk 19quad1—
2024 · wk 8chest2Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 7 episodes · 25 weeks on a report · same site more than once: arm ×2

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

The rest of his team's report in week 9

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Fabian MoreauCBUNKteam's wordOut
Jeremy McNicholsRBUNKteam's word—
Daron PayneDTUNKteam's wordIR
Isaac YiadomCBUNKteam's wordOut
Javon KinlawDTUNKteam's wordIR
Dyami BrownWRDNPteam's wordOut
Treylon BurksWRDNPteam's wordOut
Jer'Zhan NewtonDTFULLteam's wordQuestionable
Athan KaliakmanisQBUNKteam's wordOut
Tanoa TogiaiGUNKteam's wordOut

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

Role

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 9

RoleQB1 · 91% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 8
Per game195.2 pass yards · 47.2 rush yards · 62.8% completion rate
TypeDual-threat QB
Career2 seasons · 27 games before 2026
Honors1× Pro Bowl
Injuries6 episodes · last: arm, 2025 wk 18
Bioage 25.7 · 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at quarterback — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chartfirst at quarterback
Snaps played91% a week on average over 5 weeks, 100% at his highest
Build6 ft 4 in · 210 lb
CollegeLSU; Arizona State
Drafted2024, round 1 pick 2, by WAS
Age25-28 at the season's start
Experience2 seasons

Named inactive in week 3

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 4

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.