OT · Minnesota Vikings · week 1 vs Detroit Lions · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
As of week 1, Caleb Tiernan was an OT for MIN, age 23.6, a rookie, drafted in round 3. Entering 2026 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart. No injury episode was on file.
Caleb Tiernan is a backup at right tackle for MIN — 10% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 2 and 3 and 7. In week 1 he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet).
Practice in week 1
| Fri | Thu | Wed |
|---|---|---|
| FPdated Fri Sep 11 | LPdated Fri Sep 11 | LPdated Fri Sep 11 |
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.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
wk 4–5 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
Missed while on the injury report
| Season | Weeks on the report | Missed while listed |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
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 1 | ankle | 1 | — |
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
Weeks 1–18
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
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. 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.
Profile — as of week 1
| Role | OT2 |
| Season | 2026 · no games on file |
| Injuries | none on file |
| Bio | age 23.6 · rookie · drafted round 3 |
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.
About him
| About him | As the record holds it |
|---|---|
| His role | a backup at right tackle — 10% of the snaps in his best week of 2 |
| Listed on the depth chart | second at right tackle |
| Snaps played | 7% a week on average over 2 weeks, 10% at his highest, 22% on special teams |
| Build | 6 ft 7 in · 323 lb |
| College | Northwestern |
| Drafted | 2026, round 3 pick 97, by MIN |
| Age | under 25 at the season's start |
| Experience | 0 seasons |
When this call was made, and when the world knew
His record this season
| Wk | Practice | Chance he plays | Call | Source | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | UNK | — | his team's word | his team's published inactive list, on the day | no |
| 8 | UNK | — | his team's word | his team's Out, as ESPN's injury report carries it (the league's report had not yet) | — |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
The team's own list. We held it after kickoff, so it could NOT have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 1; the rest of his team's report.