LB · #50 · Jacksonville Jaguars · week 9 vs Baltimore Ravens · Thu Nov 5 · 8:15 PM ET
Branson Combs
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 1 season
AGE 25-28
DEPTH MLB2
86%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 9, Branson Combs was an LB for JAX, age 26.1, 1 season of experience. In 2026 through week 8 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 7 games on 18% of snaps; his line was 2.7 tackles a game, 0.1 sacks a game and 0.3 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 11 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
How our call moved in week 9
100500
53%53%53%53%53%58%58%58%58%86%86%86%86%86%
Mon 9:10 PM ETThu 4:06 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
53% COIN FLIP → 86% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him in week 9, earliest first, as written.
In short
Branson Combs is in the rotation at middle linebacker for JAX — 29% of the snaps in his best week of 8. He has a shoulder injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 86%, in a band that plays 94% of the time. We have said PLAY since 71 hours before kickoff.
14versions in week 9
12average, every player
54most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Wed Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET · 29 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 58% → 86%, Wed Nov 4 · 11:04 AM ET to Wed Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET, with no club report in between.
Our call
Injury report
Our call · week 9
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
86% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 94% of the time (92–96%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
No dated practice report for him in week 9
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
The evidence behind his current call
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game3.1 range 1.0–6.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Sacks / game0.1 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snap share18.6% range 0–29
wk 1–9 · 8 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
29%wk 1
21%wk 2
16%wk 3
20%wk 4
0%wk 5
16%wk 6
26%wk 8
21%wk 9
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
2
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 9
shoulder
1
—
2026 · wk 3
Not injury related
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · plus 1 not injury related · 2 weeks on a report
2026
shoulder · 1wNot injury related · 1w
Weeks 1–18
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
Chance he plays
Band
Jakobi Meyers
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Ezra Cleveland
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Travon Walker
DE
LTD
ours
PLAY
66%
LIKELY
Antonio Johnson
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
93%
EXPECTED
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
RB
LTD
ours
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
Jarrian Jones
CB
LTD
ours
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
BJ Green II
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig
DB
UNK
team's word
Out
Alijah Huzzie
CB
UNK
team's word
Out
Bhayshul Tuten
RB
DNP
ours
SIT
34%
UNLIKELY
Wesley Williams
DE
UNK
team's word
Out
C.J. Williams
WR
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 Mon Nov 2 · 9:10 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Nov 3 · 6:02 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Nov 3 · 11:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Nov 3 · 4:05 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Tue Nov 3 · 11:57 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 3:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 6:05 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 8:11 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 11:04 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Wed Nov 4 · 4:04 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
The evidence behind the call made Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
Role
Call history
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
LB2 · 18% snaps
Season
2026 · 7 games through wk 8
Per game
2.7 tackles · 0.1 sacks · 0.3 passes defended
Career
1 season · 11 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 26.1 · 1 season' experience
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.
in the rotation at middle linebacker — 29% of the snaps in his best week of 8
Listed on the depth chart
second at middle linebacker
Snaps played
19% a week on average over 8 weeks, 29% at his highest, 71% on special teams
Build
6 ft 3 in · 228 lb
College
Wake Forest
Drafted
undrafted
Age
25-28 at the season's start
Experience
1 season
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public when the week settled.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Mon Nov 2 · 9:10 PM ET
71 h
PLAY
53%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Tue Nov 3 · 6:02 AM ET
62 h
PLAY
53%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Tue Nov 3 · 11:05 AM ET
57 h
PLAY
53%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Tue Nov 3 · 4:05 PM ET
52 h
PLAY
53%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Tue Nov 3 · 11:57 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
53%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Nov 4 · 3:05 AM ET
41 h
PLAY
58%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Nov 4 · 6:05 AM ET
38 h
PLAY
58%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Nov 4 · 8:11 AM ET
36 h
PLAY
58%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Nov 4 · 11:04 AM ET
33 h
PLAY
58%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Wed Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET
29 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Wed Nov 4 · 4:04 PM ET
28 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 6:06 AM ET
14 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 11:06 AM ET
9 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Nov 5 · 4:06 PM ET
4 h
PLAY
86%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 calls in week 9, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.
We went and found out more
Rank 2 (listed second on his depth chart), 5 documents deep, because: llm_unsure,tnf_prep. Fetched 2 of 2.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 9.