CB · #33 · Atlanta Falcons · week 9 vs Cincinnati Bengals · Sun Nov 8 · 9:30 AM ET

Billy Bowman Jr.

ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R4 P118
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH NB1

As of week 9, Billy Bowman Jr. was a CB for ATL, age 23.6, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 47% of snaps; his line was 1.5 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.5 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 6 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 5 episodes (achilles 2, hamstring 1, knee 1), 3 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an achilles injury in 2026 week 3.

The full read

In short

Billy Bowman Jr. is a starter at nickelback for ATL — 72% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a hamstring injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 7 and 8 and 9. In week 9 he practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.

What the reports say

our calls for this week are for members

The reports, quoted

	What was reported	Source
1	“Billy Bowman Jr. has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain.”	Atlanta Falcons · 2026-11-06
2	“Billy Bowman Jr. (hamstring) was still a full participant”	Atlanta Falcons · 2026-11-05
3	“DB Billy Bowman Jr. returned to full participation.”	Atlanta Falcons · 2026-11-04

Our call

Injury report

His team's word: Out

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 published inactive list, on the day.

Practice in week 9

Wed
FPdated Wed Nov 4

Shape of the week: single reading. 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.

The evidence behind his current call

What was reported	Source
“Billy Bowman Jr. has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain.”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reported	Source
“has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6
“a couple players who have missed the last couple weeks with their respective injuries”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

Tackles / game1.5 range 1.0–2.0
wk 3–6 · 4 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 3–6 · 4 games
Passes defended / game0.5 range 0.0–2.0
wk 3–6 · 4 games
Snap share47.0% range 18–72
wk 3–6 · 4 games

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

65%wk 3
72%wk 4
33%wk 5
18%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	5	4

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 7	hamstring	3	Out
2026 · wk 1	achilles	3	Out
2025 · wk 12	achilles	1	Out
2025 · wk 11	Not injury related	1	—
2025 · wk 7	hamstring	4	Out
2025 · wk 6	knee	1	Questionable
2025 · wk 2	shoulder	1	Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 6 episodes · plus 1 not injury related · 14 weeks on a report · same site more than once: hamstring ×2

2025

achilles · 1wNot injury related · 1whamstring · 4wknee · 1wshoulder · 1w

2026

hamstring · 3wachilles · 3w

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.

The rest of his team's report in week 9

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call
Andy Dalton	QB	UNK	team's word	Out
Samson Ebukam	DE	UNK	team's word	IR
Divine Deablo	LB	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Brian Robinson	RB	LTD	team's word	Out
Drake Jackson	LB	UNK	team's word	Out
Yasir Abdullah	DE	FULL	team's word	Questionable
JD Bertrand	LB	UNK	team's word	—
Robert Longerbeam	CB	UNK	team's word	Out
Beaux Collins	WR	FULL	team's word	Questionable
James Pearce Jr.	DE	LTD	team's word	Questionable
Cameron Williams	T	FULL	team's word	Out
Zachariah Branch	WR	DNP	team's word	Out
Jack Strand	QB	UNK	team's word	Out

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

The evidence behind his earlier calls

The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 8:10 AM ET

What was reported	Source
“Billy Bowman Jr. has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain.”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reported	Source
“has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6
“a couple players who have missed the last couple weeks with their respective injuries”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

The evidence behind the call made Sun Nov 8 · 8:40 AM ET

What was reported	Source
“Billy Bowman Jr. has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain.”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

From the same articles (these quotes do not name him)

What was reported	Source
“has been cleared to play in Week 9's international game in Spain”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6
“a couple players who have missed the last couple weeks with their respective injuries”	Atlanta Falcons · Fri Nov 6

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


Role	CB1 · 47% snaps
Season	2026 · 4 games through wk 8
Per game	1.5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.5 passes defended
Career	1 season · 6 games before 2026
Injuries	5 episodes · last: achilles, 2026 wk 3
Bio	age 23.6 · 1 season' 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.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

AI-generated · who he is

Billy Bowman Jr., a cornerback, has taken about half the snaps over the last four weeks. He sat his last game and was carried into the week as questionable with a hamstring, the injury named on this week's club report. The club listed full participation in practice on Thursday and Friday. He was ruled out Oct 31 because his hamstring recovery had not progressed enough, and he also missed Week 7 with the same injury.

What the AI text stands on

Fact	Value	Where we hold it
Role	DB, defense	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Role by snaps, last four weeks	about half the snaps	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Why he is on this week's watch list	carried into the week from his last game week; on this week's club report	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury named by the club	Hamstring	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Designation carried into the week	Questionable	R2P carry-over (his last game week) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Practice Thursday	Full Participation in Practice (Hamstring)	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Practice Friday	Full Participation in Practice (Hamstring)	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
practice.final	FP	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
practice.trend	flat	the club report · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
last_game.status	sat	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
baseline.missing	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
baseline.n_games	4	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
return_state.activated	false	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.q_play_rate_shrunk	0.7485	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.style	middle	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
team.late_add_rate	0.846	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
lookback.reason	injury_not_healed — Bowman was listed questionable after limited Thursday and Friday practices, but was ruled out Oct 31 because his hamstring recovery had not progressed enough. He also missed Week 7 with the same injury. [2026-10-28 https://www.buccaneers.com/news/buccaneers-fa	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Earlier hamstring injury episodes since 2023	2	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
episode.site	hamstring	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
episode.typical_missed	2.0	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Reserve list IR, season 2025	placed week 12	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
For DB players, a thigh injury costs a game	often	R2P knowledge graph · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Position	CB	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Years of experience	1	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
College	Oklahoma	nflverse players · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Drafted	round 4, pick 118, ATL 2025	nflverse draft_picks · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Height (inches)	70	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Weight (lb)	194	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Age at the start of the week	23.8	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Weeks with snaps this season	4	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: achilles	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: hamstring	2	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: knee	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET
Injury episodes since 2023: shoulder	1	R2P knowledge graph (nflverse rosters, snaps and injuries; club reports) · as of Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET

Written by grok-4.7, Fri Nov 6 · 7:51 PM ET. Every figure in it is one of these facts.

About him

About him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at nickelback — 72% of the snaps in his best week of 4
Listed on the depth chart	first at nickelback
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	47% a week on average over 4 weeks, 72% at his highest, 18% on special teams
Build	5 ft 10 in · 194 lb
College	Oklahoma
Drafted	2025, round 4 pick 118, by ATL
Age	under 25 at the season's start
Experience	1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Sun Nov 8 · 8:40 AM ETPublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
Sun Nov 8 · 9:30 AM ETKickoffKickoff.

Last week, when he was on the report

Last week	His team said	Our call	Played
Week 8	Questionable	COIN FLIPleans sit	no