LB · Washington Commanders · week 5 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
Sonny Styles
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2026 · R1 P7
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH RILB1
96%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 5, Sonny Styles was an LB for WAS, age 21.8, a rookie, 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 90% of snaps; his line was 4.8 tackles a game, 0.2 sacks a game and 0.5 passes defended a game. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
90%90%90%96%96%96%96%96%96%96%96%
Thu 7:01 AM ETSun 12:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
90% EXPECTED → 96% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Sonny Styles is a starter at right inside linebacker for WAS — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a groin injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 96%, 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: 90% → 96%, Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Limited Participation in Practice → Full Participation in Practice).
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
96% · 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
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 9
FPdated Fri Oct 9
LPdated 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
Tackles / game7.3 range 3.0–13
wk 1–6 · 6 games · above most of his peers
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share91.0% range 74–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
87%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
74%wk 4
100%wk 5
85%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 5
groin
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
2026
groin · 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.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 5PLAY 90% ✓ 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
Stefon Diggs
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Marcus Mariota
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Fabian Moreau
CB
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Deatrich Wise
DE
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jeremy McNichols
RB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Frankie Luvu
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Jeremy Reaves
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Nick Allegretti
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
82%
LIKELY
Charles Omenihu
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Terry McLaurin
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Javon Kinlaw
DT
FULL
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
K'Lavon Chaisson
LB
DNP
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Sam Cosmi
G
FULL
ours
PLAY
91%
EXPECTED
Rachaad White
RB
LTD
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Nick Cross
S
LTD
team's word
Out
Treylon Burks
WR
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Chig Okonkwo
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Percy Butler
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyler Owens
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Jayden Daniels
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Ben Sinnott
TE
FULL
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB
FULL
ours
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
Trey Amos
CB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
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
LB1 · 90% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 4
Per game
4.8 tackles · 0.2 sacks · 0.5 passes defended
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 21.8 · rookie · 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.
a starter at right inside linebacker — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chart
first at right inside linebacker
Snaps played
91% a week on average over 6 weeks, 100% at his highest, 22% on special teams
Build
6 ft 5 in · 243 lb
College
Ohio State
Drafted
2026, round 1 pick 7, by WAS
Age
under 25 at the season's start
Experience
0 seasons
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 8 · 7:01 AM ET
78 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 12:01 PM ET
73 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Thu Oct 8 · 5:01 PM ET
68 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 7:01 AM ET
54 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 12:01 PM ET
49 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 9 · 5:01 PM ET
44 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 7:01 AM ET
30 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 12:01 PM ET
25 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sat Oct 10 · 5:01 PM ET
20 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 7:01 AM ET
6 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 11 · 12:01 PM ET
1 h
PLAY
96%
EXPECTED
before 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
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
5
LTD
90%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
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.