Return2PLAi
97

DT · Las Vegas Raiders · week 7 · Sun Oct 25

Tonka Hemingway

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2025 · R4 P135
  • EXP 1 season
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RDE1
Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Tonka Hemingway was a DT for LV, age 24.8, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 52% of snaps; his line was 2.8 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.6 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 9 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

In short

Tonka Hemingway is a starter at right defensive end for LV — 74% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team named him inactive in week 6. This week he did not practise, then practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We called him PLAY in week 6 and he did not play.

What the reports say

our calls for this week are for members

The reports, quoted

What was reportedSource
1“Raiders' starting defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway will be back Sunday after he missed the Buffalo game with a concussion.”Silver And Black Pride · 2026-10-23
2“Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak said the 2025 fourth-round is still in the NFL's concussion protocol.”Silver And Black Pride · 2026-10-21
3“Monday, Kubiak said he was expecting Hemingway back i”Silver And Black Pride · 2026-10-21

We have made a call on him this week

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

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

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

Practice this week

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Oct 23LPdated Fri Oct 23DNPdated Fri Oct 23

Shape of the week: improving. 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 / game2.8 range 1.0–4.0

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Passes defended / game0.6 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Snap share52.4% range 13–74

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

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

  1. 57%wk 1
  2. 74%wk 2
  3. 53%wk 3
  4. 65%wk 4
  5. 13%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 6concussion2Out

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

Injury history by season · 1 episode · 2 weeks on a report

  • ruled out

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 6PLAY 58% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 7locked

Season on him: 0 of 1 graded call 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Carter RunyonTEFULLteam's wordOut
Dont'e Thornton Jr.WRFULLteam's wordOut

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

RoleDT1 · 52% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 6
Per game2.8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.6 passes defended
Career1 season · 9 games before 2026
Injuriesnone on file
Bioage 24.8 · 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

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at right defensive end — 74% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chartfirst at right defensive end
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played52% a week on average over 5 weeks, 74% at his highest, 32% on special teams
Build6 ft 2 in · 284 lb
CollegeSouth Carolina
Drafted2025, round 4 pick 135, by LV
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience1 season

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6DNP58%PLAYbefore his team said anythingno

A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.

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.