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RB · San Francisco 49ers · week 6 vs Washington Commanders · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET

Kaelon Black

  • TYPE Committee back
  • ROLE in the rotation
  • CLASS 2026 · R3 P90
  • EXP 0 seasons
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RB2
77%PLAY LIKELY

As of week 6, Kaelon Black was an RB for SF, age 24.9, a rookie, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 27% of snaps; his line was 27.2 rush yards a game, 7.4 carries a game and 1 receiving yard a game (Committee back by the published rule). His injury history held 2 episodes (groin 1, illness 1); the last was an illness injury in 2026 week 5.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

77% LIKELY → 77% LIKELY

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

In short

Kaelon Black is in the rotation at running back for SF — 43% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a not injury related - personal matter injury. His snaps dropped last week. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 43% took under 70% of their usual snaps. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 77%, in a band that plays 76% of the time. We have said PLAY since 42 hours before kickoff.

The reader concurs · grade D

The sole passage is a 17 Oct 49ers photo-gallery caption list in which "RB Kaelon Black" appears between other players' image credits (P1); it carries no statement about practice participation, injury designation, or game status for the 19 Oct game. The trailing gallery title "The Faithful Take Over Seattle" (P1) suggests event/gameday imagery rather than a club injury report, so it neither corroborates nor contradicts the dossier's DNP for a non-injury personal matter. With nothing written against the PLAY call, the model's number stands by default, but the written record is effectively silent. It would need to know: 49ers official practice participation report for each day Tue 13 Oct through Sun 18 Oct showing Black as DNP/LP/FP; Any final game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable/none) filed for Black ahead of the Mon 19 Oct game; A Kyle Shanahan or club statement on the duration/resolution of Black's non-injury personal matter and when he rejoined the team; Whether Christian McCaffrey, Jordan James or another 49ers RB is out for 19 Oct, which would raise Black's likelihood of being active; Whether Black travelled with the team / appeared on the Monday inactive list

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“RB Kaelon Black Bryce Fairchild/49ers”San Francisco 49ers · 2026-10-17
2“The Faithful Take Over Seattle in”San Francisco 49ers · 2026-10-17
7versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Sun Oct 18 · 2:16 AM ET · 42 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 77% → 77%, Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET to Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

This week's call

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

77% · LIKELY

likely to play — this band plays 76% of the time (75–78%), measured out of fold. We do not stand behind a call in this band, and say so rather than dress it up.

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

  • Rush yds / game28 range 13–65

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Carries / game7.5 range 4.0–14

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Rec yds / game1.3 range 0.0–5.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Snap share26.3% range 15–43

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 43%wk 1
  2. 33%wk 2
  3. 15%wk 3
  4. 26%wk 4
  5. 18%wk 5
  6. 23%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202630

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 6Not injury related1—
2026 · wk 5illness1—
2026 · wk 2groin1Questionable

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

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

  • questionable
  • 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 88% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Wk 6PLAY 77% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 2 of 2 graded calls 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
Trent WilliamsTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Kyle JuszczykFBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Mike EvansWRDNPteam's wordQuestionable
Demarcus RobinsonWRUNKteam's word—
Christian McCaffreyRBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Siran NealSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Christian KirkWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Nick BosaDEDNPteam's wordOut
Deebo Samuel Sr.WRDNPteam's wordOut
Brett TothGUNKteam's word—
Austen PleasantsOLUNKteam's word—
Colton McKivitzTFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Brandon AiyukWRUNKteam's word—
Darrick ForrestSAFUNKteam's word—
Naquan JonesDTUNKteam's word—
Garret WallowLBDNPteam's wordOut
Nate HobbsCBUNKteam's word—
Jake TongesTEUNKteam's word—
Sam OkuayinonuDTUNKteam's word—
Nick ZakeljOTUNKteam's word—
Andrew Farmer IILBUNKteam's word—
Isaac GuerendoRBUNKteam's word—
Jacob CowingWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Ricky PearsallWRUNKteam's word—
Nick MartinLBUNKteam's word—
Upton StoutCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Marques SigleSDNPteam's wordOut
Kurtis RourkeQBUNKteam's word—
Mykel WilliamsDELTDteam's wordQuestionable
C.J. WestDTUNKteam's word—
Alfred CollinsDTUNKteam's word—
De'Zhaun StriblingWRUNKteam's word—
Carver WillisGFULLoursPLAY80%LIKELY
Enrique Cruz Jr.OTUNKteam's word—
Mikail KamaraDEUNKteam's word—
James Thompson Jr.DTFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
Romello HeightDELTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Gracen HaltonDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable

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

RoleRB2 · 27% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game27.2 rush yards · 7.4 carries · 1 receiving yard
TypeCommittee back
Injuries2 episodes · last: illness, 2026 wk 5
Bioage 24.9 · rookie · drafted round 3

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 rolein the rotation at running back — 43% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartsecond at running back
Last weekHis snaps dropped last week, below his usual share
Snaps played26% a week on average over 6 weeks, 43% at his highest
Build5 ft 9 in · 208 lb
CollegeIndiana; James Madison
Drafted2026, round 3 pick 90, by SF
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience0 seasons

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
Sun Oct 18 · 2:16 AM ET42 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET37 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET32 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET27 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET13 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET8 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET3 hPLAY77%LIKELYbefore his team said anything

7 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 2 (listed second on his depth chart), 8 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 8 of 8.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5FULL88%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes
6DNP77%PLAYbefore his team said anythingyes

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