WR · New York Jets · week 6 vs New England Patriots · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Omar Cooper Jr.

ROLE a starter
CLASS 2026 · R1 P30
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH WR3

As of week 6, Omar Cooper Jr. was a WR for NYJ, age 22.7, a rookie, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 7% of snaps. His injury history held 1 episode (ankle 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was an ankle injury in 2026 week 2.

The full read

How our call moved this week

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his club's word: Questionable90%90%90%90%90%

Thu 7:01 AM ETSat 2:02 AM ET

our call, P(plays)
club report (public)

90% EXPECTED → 90% EXPECTED

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

In short

Omar Cooper Jr. is a starter at wide receiver for NYJ — 82% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has an ankle injury. This week he practised limited, then practised in full. His team has listed him Questionable.

The reader dissents · grade A

The club's own transaction page, dated the day before the game, states the Jets added Cooper 'to the 53-man active roster from the reserved/injured list ... for Sunday's road game against the New England Patriots' (P3), which resolves the only real obstacle — the IR-return step flagged earlier, when he merely had '21 days to be added to the active roster' (P2) and was only hedged as 'could be in play to face the Patriots this weekend' (P5). That activation is corroborated by the practice-week shape (Thu Limited, Fri Full) and by beat reporting framing him as 'returning' and an offensive boost (P1). A team does not burn an IR activation on a player it intends to inactivate, so the SIT call itself is wrong even though a Questionable game status leaves a small residual risk.

What the read cites

	What was reported	Source
1	“The Jets have elevated WR Omar Cooper Jr. to the 53-man active roster from the reserved/injured list and elevated LB Jaden Keller from the practice squad for Sunday's road game against the New England Patriots.”	New York Jets · 2026-10-17
2	“The rookie will have a 21-day practice window to be added to the active roster from injured reserve.”	New York Jets · 2026-10-14
3	“While Cooper could be in play to face the Patriots this weekend”	Pro Football Talk · 2026-10-14
4	“Jets getting much-needed offensive boost with Omar Cooper Jr., Kenyon Sadiq returning”	New York Post · 2026-10-17

5versions this week

9average, every player

29most for one player

How the call moved

EXPECTED since Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET · 78 h before kickoff · 43 h before the club. Biggest move: 90% → 90%, Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET to Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET, with no club report in between.

His team's word: Questionable

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 reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).

Practice this week

Fri	Thu
FPdated Fri Oct 16	LPdated Fri Oct 16

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.

Head start

His club's word Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ET
Kickoff Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

Rec yds / game67 range 30–103
wk 1–6 · 2 games
Targets / game4.0 range 1.0–7.0
wk 1–6 · 2 games
Target share15.4% range 4–24
wk 1–6 · 2 games
Snap share44.5% range 7–82
wk 1–6 · 2 games

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

7%wk 1
82%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

Season	Weeks on the report	Missed while listed
2026	2	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 6	ankle	1	Questionable
2026 · wk 2	ankle	1	Out

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

Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 2 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2

2026

ankle · 1wankle · 1w

Weeks 1–18

ruled out
questionable

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 6PLAY 90% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played

Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call 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

Player	Pos	Practice	Whose word	Call	Chance he plays	Band
David Onyemata	DT	UNK	team's word	—
Jack Heflin	DT	UNK	team's word	—
Tre Brown	CB	UNK	team's word	—
Joseph Ossai	DE	DNP	team's word	Out
Nahshon Wright	CB	UNK	team's word	—
Dylan Parham	G	DNP	team's word	Out
Kingsley Jonathan	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Marcelino McCrary-Ball	LB	UNK	team's word	—
Breece Hall	RB	DNP	team's word	Out
Dane Belton	S	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Braiden McGregor	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Adonai Mitchell	WR	DNP	team's word	Out
Francisco Mauigoa	LB	FULL	ours	PLAY	99%	EXPECTED
Tyler Baron	DE	UNK	team's word	—
Arian Smith	WR	UNK	team's word	—
Kenyon Sadiq	TE	FULL	team's word	Questionable
Anez Cooper	G	UNK	team's word	—
VJ Payne	SAF	UNK	team's word	—
Chip Trayanum	RB	UNK	team's word	—

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


Role	WR3 · 7% snaps
Season	2026 · 1 game through wk 5
Injuries	1 episode · last: ankle, 2026 wk 2
Bio	age 22.7 · rookie · drafted round 1

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 him	As the record holds it
His role	a starter at wide receiver — 82% of the snaps in his best week of 2
Listed on the depth chart	third at wide receiver
Last week	He did not dress last week
Snaps played	45% a week on average over 2 weeks, 82% at his highest
Build	6 ft 0 in · 199 lb
College	Indiana
Drafted	2026, round 1 pick 30, by NYJ
Age	under 25 at the season's start
Experience	0 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ETTeam reportHis team listed him Questionable.
Sat Oct 17 · 2:02 AM ETPublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ETKickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

When	Lead	Call	Chance he plays	Band	On what
Thu Oct 15 · 7:01 AM ET	78 h	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 12:01 PM ET	73 h	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Thu Oct 15 · 5:01 PM ET	68 h	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET	54 h	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET	49 h	PLAY	90%	EXPECTED	before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET	45 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET	44 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET	44 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET	41 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET	30 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET	25 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET	20 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET	6 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 7:30 AM ET	6 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET	1 h	his team's word	—	—	his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended)

5 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.

We went and found out more

Rank 3 (listed third or deeper, or not listed), 5 documents deep, because: llm_dissents. Fetched 5 of 5.

His record this season

Wk	Practice	Chance he plays	Call	Source	Played
6	LTD	90%	PLAY	before his team said anything	yes

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