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TE · Cleveland Browns · week 6 vs Baltimore Ravens · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Carsen Ryan

  • ROLE a special-teams player
  • CLASS 2026 · R7 P248
  • EXP 0 seasons
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH TE3
85%PLAY LIKELY

As of week 6, Carsen Ryan was a TE for CLE, age 23, a rookie, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 4 games on 1% of snaps; his line was 0 receiving yards a game, 0 targets a game and a 0% target share. No injury episode was on file.

The full read

How our call moved this week

  • our call, P(plays)

51% COIN FLIP → 85% LIKELY

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

In short

Carsen Ryan is a special-teams player at tight end for CLE — 48% of the kicking snaps over 5 weeks. He has a calf injury. His team named him inactive in week 5. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 85%, in a band that plays 76% of the time. We have said PLAY since 54 hours before kickoff, and we changed our mind on the way. We called him SIT in week 6 and he played.

14versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET · 30 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 51% → 81%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, after: practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).

This week's call

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

85% · 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

  • Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–3 · 2 games · below most of his peers

  • Targets / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–3 · 2 games · below most of his peers

  • Target share0.0% range 0–0

    wk 1–3 · 2 games · below most of his peers

  • Snap share0.8% range 0–2

    wk 1–6 · 5 games

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

  1. 0%wk 1
  2. 2%wk 2
  3. 0%wk 3
  4. 2%wk 4
  5. 0%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202621

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 5calf2Out

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

Injury history by season · 1 episode · 2 weeks on a report

  • ruled out

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 81% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; did not play
Wk 6SIT 51% ✗ missbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 0 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
Maliek CollinsDTLTDoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Derek BarnettDELTDteam's wordQuestionable
Tytus HowardTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Elgton JenkinsCFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Grant DelpitSFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Noah IgbinogheneCBUNKteam's word—
Tylan WallaceWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahLBUNKteam's word—
Teven JenkinsGDNPteam's wordOut
Alex WrightDEUNKteam's word—
Kalia DavisDTDNPteam's wordOut
Damarri MathisDBUNKteam's word—
Elijah ChatmanDTUNKteam's word—
Edefuan UlofoshioLBUNKteam's word—
Mike Hall Jr.DTDNPteam's wordOut
Dylan SampsonRBLTDteam's wordOut
Raheim SandersRBUNKteam's word—
Carson SchwesingerLBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Mason GrahamDTLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Dillon GabrielQBFULLteam's wordOut
Quinshon JudkinsRBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Denzel BostonWRLTDoursPLAY96%EXPECTED
Parker BrailsfordCUNKteam's word—
Joe RoyerTEUNKteam's word—
Taylen GreenQBUNKteam's word—
KC ConcepcionWRFULLoursPLAY97%EXPECTED

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

RoleTE3 · 1% snaps
Season2026 · 4 games through wk 5
Per game0 receiving yards · 0 targets · 0% target share
Injuriesnone on file
Bioage 23 · rookie · drafted round 7

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 rolea special-teams player at tight end — 48% of the kicking snaps over 5 weeks
Listed on the depth chartthird at tight end
Last weekHe did not dress last week
Snaps played1% a week on average over 5 weeks, 2% at his highest, 48% on special teams
Build6 ft 3 in · 255 lb
CollegeBYU; Utah; UCLA
Drafted2026, round 7 pick 248, by CLE
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
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET78 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET73 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET68 hSIT51%COIN FLIPbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET54 hPLAY81%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET49 hPLAY81%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET45 hPLAY81%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET44 hPLAY87%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET44 hPLAY87%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET41 hPLAY87%EXPECTEDbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET30 hPLAY85%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET25 hPLAY85%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET20 hPLAY85%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET6 hPLAY85%LIKELYbefore his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET1 hPLAY85%LIKELYbefore his team said anything

14 calls this week, flipping between PLAY and SIT 1 time. 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.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
5LTD81%PLAYbefore his team said anythingno
6DNP51%SITbefore his team said anythingyes

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

Named inactive in week 5

The team's own list. We held it before kickoff, so it could have informed a call. Matched to him by his player id.

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.