CB · Houston Texans · week 7 vs Jacksonville Jaguars · Sun Oct 18 · 9:30 AM ET
Jaylin Smith
ROLE a special-teams player
CLASS 2025 · R3 P97
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH LCB2
As of week 7, Jaylin Smith was a CB for HOU, age 22.8, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 3% of snaps; his line was 1 tackle a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 4 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 2 episodes (hamstring 2), 1 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a hamstring injury in 2025 week 8.
The full read
In short
Jaylin Smith is a special-teams player at left cornerback for HOU — 66% of the kicking snaps over 4 weeks. He has a not stated injury. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.0 range 1.0–1.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snap share3.0% range 0–12
wk 1–4 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
0%wk 1
12%wk 2
0%wk 3
0%wk 4
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 8
hamstring
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 3
hamstring
1
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 2 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×2
2025
hamstring · 1whamstring · 1w
2026
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 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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
David Montgomery
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Reed Blankenship
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Jalen Pitre
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Jacob Hummel
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Tank Dell
WR
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Blake Fisher
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Sam Hagen
OT
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
CB2 · 3% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 6
Per game
1 tackle · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
1 season · 4 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: hamstring, 2025 wk 8
Bio
age 22.8 · 1 season' 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.