As of week 4, Yahya Black was a DE for PIT, age 24.4, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 3 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 3 games on 31% of snaps; his line was 2 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 18 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 1 episode (shoulder 1); the last was a shoulder injury in 2025 week 15.
The full read
In short
Yahya Black is in the rotation at left defensive end for PIT — 45% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has listed him Questionable.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
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 / game2.8 range 0.0–5.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snap share38.2% range 28–45
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
30%wk 1
36%wk 2
28%wk 3
45%wk 4
45%wk 5
45%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
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 4
Not injury related
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 15
shoulder
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 2 weeks on a report
2025
shoulder · 1w
2026
Not injury related · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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 this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jalen Ramsey
CB
LTD
ours
SIT
49%
COIN FLIP
Rico Dowdle
RB
DNP
ours
SIT
33%
UNLIKELY
Brandin Echols
CB
LTD
ours
SIT
43%
COIN FLIP
Joey Porter Jr.
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
61%
COIN FLIP
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 4
Role
DE2 · 31% snaps
Season
2026 · 3 games through wk 3
Per game
2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career
1 season · 18 games before 2026
Injuries
1 episode · last: shoulder, 2025 wk 15
Bio
age 24.4 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 5
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.