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RB · New York Giants · week 5 vs Washington Commanders · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET

Cam Skattebo

  • TYPE Committee back
  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2025 · R4 P105
  • EXP 1 season
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RB1
97%PLAY EXPECTED

As of week 5, Cam Skattebo was an RB for NYG, age 24.6, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 4 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 65% of snaps; his line was 58.8 rush yards a game, 17 carries a game and 16.8 receiving yards a game (Workhorse back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 8 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 2 episodes (ankle 1, knee 1); the last was a knee injury in 2025 week 5.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

98% EXPECTED → 97% EXPECTED

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

In short

Cam Skattebo is a starter at running back for NYG — 77% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a shoulder injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 97%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.

11versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 98% → 97%, Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET to Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).

This week's call

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

97% · EXPECTED

we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.

Practice this week

FriThuWed
FPdated Fri Oct 9LPdated Fri Oct 9LPdated 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
  • Kickoff

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

  • Rush yds / game59 range 36–81

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Carries / game16 range 12–20

    wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers

  • Rec yds / game16 range 0.0–40

    wk 1–5 · 5 games

  • Snap share55.3% range 8–77

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 61%wk 1
  2. 59%wk 2
  3. 77%wk 3
  4. 64%wk 4
  5. 63%wk 5
  6. 8%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

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 5shoulder1—
2025 · wk 5knee1—
2025 · wk 3ankle1—

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

Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 3 weeks on a report

  • 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.

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 5PLAY 98% ✓ 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Chris ManhertzTEFULLoursPLAY94%EXPECTED
Andrew ThomasTFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Jason PinnockSDNPteam's wordOut
Najee HarrisRBFULLoursPLAY92%EXPECTED
Chauncey GolstonDEDNPteam's wordOut
Isaiah LikelyTEFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Deonte BanksCBFULLoursPLAY89%EXPECTED
Malik NabersWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Bryan HudsonCFULLoursPLAY80%LIKELY

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

RoleRB1 · 65% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game58.8 rush yards · 17 carries · 16.8 receiving yards
TypeWorkhorse back
Career1 season · 8 games before 2026
Injuries2 episodes · last: knee, 2025 wk 5
Bioage 24.6 · 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

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at running back — 77% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at running back
Snaps played55% a week on average over 6 weeks, 77% at his highest
Build5 ft 11 in · 215 lb
CollegeArizona State; Sacramento State
Drafted2025, round 4 pick 105, by NYG
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience1 season

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. WrittenWe first said PLAY.
  2. PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Thu Oct 8 · 7:01 AM ET78 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET73 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET68 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET44 hPLAY98%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET30 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET25 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET1 hPLAY97%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything

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_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5LTD98%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.