C · Carolina Panthers · week 8 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Sun Oct 25 · 1:00 PM ET
As of week 8, Sam Hecht was a C for CAR, age 23.4, a rookie, drafted in round 5. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 3% of snaps. No injury episode was on file.
Sam Hecht is a backup at center for CAR — 10% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in week 7. 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 published inactive list, on the day.
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
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 8
| Role | C2 · 3% snaps |
| Season | 2026 · 5 games through wk 7 |
| Injuries | none on file |
| Bio | age 23.4 · rookie · drafted round 5 |
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 center — 10% of the snaps in his best week of 5 |
| Listed on the depth chart | second at center |
| Snaps played | 3% a week on average over 5 weeks, 10% at his highest, 18% on special teams |
| Build | 6 ft 4 in · 305 lb |
| College | Kansas State |
| Drafted | 2026, round 5 pick 144, by CAR |
| 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 |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.
his previous injuries; the reader's opinion — it has not read him in week 8; the rest of his team's report.