RB · Minnesota Vikings · week 8 vs Detroit Lions · Sun Nov 1 · 1:00 PM ET
Demond Claiborne
TYPE Committee back
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2026 · R6 P198
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH KR2
As of week 8, Demond Claiborne was an RB for MIN, age 22.9, a rookie, drafted in round 6. In 2026 through week 7 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 7% of snaps; his line was 3.2 rush yards a game, 1.5 carries a game and 2 receiving yards a game (Committee back by the published rule). No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
Demond Claiborne is a backup at kick returner for MIN — 12% of the snaps in his best week of 4. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 1 and 7. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
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).
No dated practice report for him in week 8
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
Rush yds / game3.3 range 0.0–12
wk 2–5 · 4 games
Carries / game1.5 range 0.0–3.0
wk 2–5 · 4 games
Rec yds / game2.0 range 0.0–6.0
wk 2–5 · 4 games
Snap share6.8% range 4–12
wk 2–5 · 4 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
4%wk 2
5%wk 3
12%wk 4
6%wk 5
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 7not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Wk 8not ourshis club's word, restated
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.
The rest of his team's report in week 8
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Max Brosmer
QB
UNK
team's word
—
Elijah Williams
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Caleb Tiernan
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Jakobe Thomas
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Charles Demmings
CB
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The evidence behind his earlier calls
The evidence behind the call made Mon Oct 26 · 3:29 PM ET
We have not read the news for this player this week.
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 8
Role
RB3 · 7% snaps
Season
2026 · 4 games through wk 7
Per game
3.2 rush yards · 1.5 carries · 2 receiving yards
Type
Committee back
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 22.9 · rookie · drafted round 6
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.