DE · Indianapolis Colts · week 6 vs Tennessee Titans · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Jaylahn Tuimoloau
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R2 P45
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH LDE1
92%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Jaylahn Tuimoloau was a DE for IND, age 23.3, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 51% of snaps; his line was 1.6 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 13 games (postseason included) over 1 season. His injury history held 1 episode (abdomen 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was an abdomen injury in 2025 week 18.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
91%91%91%91%91%91%92%92%92%92%92%92%92%92%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:02 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
91% EXPECTED → 92% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Jaylahn Tuimoloau is a starter at left defensive end for IND — 93% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a concussion evaluation injury. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 92%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 78 hours before kickoff.
The reader concurs · grade B
The only injury input behind our line is Wednesday's limited participation for a concussion evaluation (P6, P5, P4, P3), and the club's own notebook headlines Thursday that he 'clear[ed] concussion protocol' (P2). The IndyStar beat reports he returned Thursday 'did not carry any injury designations or restrictions' and was on the field without a red no-contact jersey, meaning he was never in the formal protocol (P1). Nothing written contradicts a PLAY call; the residual risk is simply that no Friday report or final designation is in the dossier (P1, P2 are the most recent items). It would need to know: Friday 16 Oct Colts practice participation line for Jaylahn Tuimoloau (full/limited/DNP); The final Week 6 game-status designation filed Friday or Saturday for Tuimoloau vs the Titans (Questionable, Out, or none); Any Saturday 17 Oct report of a setback or re-entry into concussion protocol after a padded/contact practice; Whether the Colts' DE room thinning (multiple injuries noted in P3) changes his snap plan
What the read cites
What was reported
Source
1
“returned to the practice field Thursday and did not carry any injury designations or restrictions on their participation”
IndyStar · 2026-10-15
2
“without red 'no contact' jerseys on, meaning they were not in the league's formal concussion protocol”
IndyStar · 2026-10-15
3
“Jaylahn Tuimoloau and Matt Goncalves clear concussion protocol”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-15
4
“Matt Goncalves and defensive end Jaylahn Tuimoloau were both listed as limited participants due to concussion evaluations”
Indianapolis Colts · 2026-10-14
5
“An injury to Tuimoloau would significantly impact the defensive end position, which is already dealing with multiple injuries.”
IndyStar · 2026-10-14
14versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 91% → 92%, Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
92% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
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.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game1.7 range 1.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–3.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share57.7% range 34–93
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
34%wk 1
36%wk 2
48%wk 3
53%wk 4
82%wk 5
93%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 6
concussion
1
—
2025 · wk 17
abdomen
2
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 3 weeks on a report
2025
abdomen · 2w
2026
concussion · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
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 6PLAY 91% ✓ 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
Keenan Allen
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
DeForest Buckner
DT
DNP
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Grover Stewart
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Charvarius Ward
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Arden Key
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Ashton Dulin
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
D.J. Montgomery
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Darius Slayton
WR
FULL
team's word
—
Daniel Jones
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Sean McKeon
TE
UNK
ours
PLAY
71%
LIKELY
Jonathan Taylor
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Alec Pierce
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Micheal Clemons
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Will Mallory
TE
FULL
team's word
—
Cameron Mitchell
DB
UNK
team's word
—
Josh Downs
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jaylon Carlies
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Dalton Tucker
G
UNK
team's word
—
Matt Goncalves
G
LTD
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Tyler Warren
TE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jalen Travis
T
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Riley Leonard
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Carson Towt
TE
UNK
team's word
—
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 6
Role
DE1 · 51% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game
1.6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Career
1 season · 13 games before 2026
Injuries
1 episode · last: abdomen, 2025 wk 18
Bio
age 23.3 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 2
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.
a starter at left defensive end — 93% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at left defensive end
Snaps played
58% a week on average over 6 weeks, 93% at his highest, 33% on special teams
Build
6 ft 4 in · 264 lb
College
Ohio State
Drafted
2025, round 2 pick 45, by IND
Age
under 25 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, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
45 h
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
41 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
14 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.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
91%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.