DT · Detroit Lions · week 5 vs Arizona Cardinals · Sun Oct 11 · 4:25 PM ET

Tyleik Williams

ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R1 P28
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH RDT1

82%PLAY LIKELY

As of week 5, Tyleik Williams was a DT for DET, age 23.5, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 54% of snaps; his line was 4.7 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

How our call moved this week

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his club's word: Questionable77%77%77%99%99%99%82%82%82%82%82%

Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET

our call, P(plays)
club report (public)

77% LIKELY → 82% LIKELY

Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.

In short

Tyleik Williams is a starter at right defensive tackle for DET — 67% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a foot injury. This week he did not practise, then practised limited. His team has listed him Questionable. We say he plays — 82%, in a band that plays 75% of the time. We have said PLAY since 81 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade A

Williams carries only a Questionable tag for this Arizona game while Branch, Mays, Ya-Sin and Bartch were formally ruled out, a clean separation from the out group (P2). The practice arc is improving within this week's window — DNP Wednesday, then limited Thursday and Friday after returning to the field (P2, P3) — and the player himself, the strongest voice available, says he will be on the field Sunday and calls it a "little bruise" (P1, P2). Campbell's "touch and go" line is the only contrary note and it predates both the return to practice and the Friday designation (P4), so it does not contradict the PLAY call. It would need to know: Sunday 11 Oct inactive list vs Arizona for Williams; Any Saturday 10 Oct setback, travel note or downgrade on the foot; Whether Detroit elevated an interior DL for Sunday, implying a reduced snap share

What the read cites

	What was reported	Source
1	“Tyleik Williams said he'll be on the field Sunday, Oct. 11, when the Detroit Lions play the Arizona Cardinals”	source not recorded
2	“Defensive tackle Tyleik Williams (foot) was tabbed as questionable.”	source not recorded
3	“did not practice Wednesday before returning in a limited capacity Thursday and Friday”	source not recorded
4	“Lions defensive tackle Tyleik Williams returned to practice Thursday”	source not recorded
5	“Dan Campbell said this week has him "touch and go" for the Lions' game against the Arizona Cardinals”	source not recorded

11versions this week

9average, every player

29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET · 33 h before kickoff · after the club said it (-5 h). Biggest move: 77% → 99%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).

This week's call

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82% · LIKELY

likely to play — this band plays 75% of the time (74–76%), measured out of fold. We do not stand behind a call in this band, and say so rather than dress it up.

Practice this week

Fri	Thu	Wed
LPdated Fri Oct 9	LPdated Fri Oct 9	DNPdated Fri Oct 9

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.

Head start

Our call Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET
His club's word Sat Oct 10 · 2:23 AM ET
Kickoff Sun Oct 11 · 4:25 PM ET

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

Tackles / game4.7 range 3.0–6.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Passes defended / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–4 · 3 games
Snap share52.6% range 39–67
wk 1–5 · 5 games

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

39%wk 1
64%wk 2
45%wk 3
67%wk 4
48%wk 5

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 5	foot	1	Questionable

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

Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report

2026

foot · 1w

Weeks 1–18

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 5PLAY 77% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 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

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call	Chance he plays	Band
Rock Ya-Sin	CB	DNP	team's word	Out
Ben Bartch	G	DNP	team's word	Out
D.J. Wonnum	DE	FULL	ours	PLAY	97%	EXPECTED
Cade Mays	C	LTD	team's word	Out
Brian Branch	S	LTD	team's word	Out

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 5


Role	DT1 · 54% snaps
Season	2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game	4.7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 passes defended
Career	1 season · 17 games before 2026
Injuries	none on file
Bio	age 23.5 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 1

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 him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at right defensive tackle — 67% of the snaps in his best week of 5
Listed on the depth chart	first at right defensive tackle
Snaps played	53% a week on average over 5 weeks, 67% at his highest, 14% on special teams
Build	6 ft 3 in · 325 lb
College	Ohio State
Drafted	2025, round 1 pick 28, by DET
Age	under 25 at the season's start
Experience	1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ETWrittenWe first said PLAY.
Sat Oct 10 · 2:23 AM ETTeam reportHis team listed him Questionable.
Sun Oct 11 · 4:25 PM ETPublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
Sun Oct 11 · 4:25 PM ETKickoffKickoff.

We said it 43 h before his team did.

How our call moved, earliest first

When	Lead	Call	Chance he plays	Band	On what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET	81 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET	76 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET	71 h	PLAY	77%	LIKELY	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET	57 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET	52 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET	47 h	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET	33 h	PLAY	82%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET	28 h	PLAY	82%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET	23 h	PLAY	82%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET	9 h	PLAY	82%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET	4 h	PLAY	82%	LIKELY	after his team's announcement

11 calls this week, 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 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_dissents. Fetched 12 of 12.

His record this season

Wk	Practice	Chance he plays	Call	Source	Played
5	DNP	77%	PLAY	before his team said anything	yes

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