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DT · San Francisco 49ers · week 6 vs Washington Commanders · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET

Gracen Halton

  • ROLE in the rotation
  • CLASS 2026 · R4 P107
  • EXP 0 seasons
  • AGE under 25
  • DEPTH RDT1

As of week 6, Gracen Halton was a DT for SF, age 22.6, a rookie, drafted in round 4. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 46% of snaps; his line was 3.5 tackles a game, 0.2 sacks a game and 0.2 passes defended a game. His injury history held 1 episode (ankle 1); the last was an ankle injury in 2026 week 1.

The full read

How our call moved this week

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

40% COIN FLIP → 67% LIKELY

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

In short

Gracen Halton is in the rotation at right defensive tackle for SF — 54% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He has a quadricep injury. His team has listed him Questionable. We called him SIT in week 6 and he played.

The reader concurs · grade C

The quadriceps is a CURRENT problem: San Francisco added Halton to the report Thursday 15 Oct and he did not practice (P4), then was a non-participant again Friday (P1), described as 'worked in pads on the side' (P3) and 'working on the side' (P2) — rehab, not participation, which is mild evidence against the dossier's LTD line and against a 67% play number. Nothing written, however, rules him out or assigns a game status: the Mercury News notes official statuses were not due until Saturday (P3), and the two remaining practices (Sat/Sun) are unreported, so the dossier's measured LTD is plausibly a later-week upgrade. On the written record there is no affirmative contradiction of the PLAY call, only thin and slightly adverse context, so I concur on the call while flagging the missing final designation. It would need to know: 49ers official participation report for Sat 17 Oct and Sun 18 Oct — did Halton upgrade from DNP to limited, and on which day; Final game-status designation (Out/Doubtful/Questionable) issued Sat 17/Sun 18 Oct for Monday 19 Oct vs Washington; Any Shanahan or Lynch remark on the severity/timeline of Halton's quadriceps, or an IR/elevation roster move involving him; Whether James Thompson Jr. (high-ankle, returned to practice Fri) and the rest of the interior DT rotation are available Monday, which drives how hard SF pushes Halton to dress

What the read cites

What was reportedSource
1“The 49ers added defensive tackle Gracen Halton to the report with a quadriceps issue, and he did not practice.”49ers Webzone · 2026-10-15
2“Here were the players who did not participate during Friday's practice:”Niners Nation · 2026-10-16
3“Defensive tackle Gracen Halton (quadriceps) did not practice a second straight day but worked in pads on the side.”Mercury News · 2026-10-16
4“Defensive tackle Gracen Halton, who is dealing with a quadriceps injury, and offensive tackle Colton McKivitz, who is battling an illness, were also seen working on the side.”49ers Webzone · 2026-10-16
5“although his official status won't be revealed until Saturday”Mercury News · 2026-10-16
10versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player

How the call moved

LIKELY since Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET · 37 h before kickoff · after the club said it (-5 h). Biggest move: 40% → 68%, Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET to Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET, after: given a designation (Questionable); practiced more (Did Not Participate In Practice → Limited Participation in Practice).

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 published inactive list, on the day.

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

  • His club's word
  • Kickoff

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

  • Tackles / game3.0 range 1.0–5.0

    wk 2–6 · 5 games

  • Sacks / game0.4 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 2–6 · 5 games

  • Passes defended / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0

    wk 2–6 · 5 games

  • Snap share44.5% range 34–54

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

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

  1. 51%wk 1
  2. 54%wk 2
  3. 34%wk 3
  4. 38%wk 4
  5. 54%wk 5
  6. 36%wk 6

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202620

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 6quad1Questionable
2026 · wk 1ankle1—

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

Injury history by season · 2 episodes · 2 weeks on a report

  • questionable
  • listed, and played

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 6SIT 40% ✗ missafter his team's announcement; played

Season on him: 0 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

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Trent WilliamsTFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Kyle JuszczykFBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Mike EvansWRDNPteam's wordQuestionable
Demarcus RobinsonWRUNKteam's word—
Christian McCaffreyRBFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Siran NealSLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Christian KirkWRLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Nick BosaDEDNPteam's wordOut
Deebo Samuel Sr.WRDNPteam's wordOut
Brett TothGUNKteam's word—
Austen PleasantsOLUNKteam's word—
Colton McKivitzTFULLoursPLAY98%EXPECTED
Brandon AiyukWRUNKteam's word—
Darrick ForrestSAFUNKteam's word—
Naquan JonesDTUNKteam's word—
Garret WallowLBDNPteam's wordOut
Nate HobbsCBUNKteam's word—
Jake TongesTEUNKteam's word—
Sam OkuayinonuDTUNKteam's word—
Nick ZakeljOTUNKteam's word—
Andrew Farmer IILBUNKteam's word—
Isaac GuerendoRBUNKteam's word—
Jacob CowingWRFULLoursPLAY99%EXPECTED
Ricky PearsallWRUNKteam's word—
Nick MartinLBUNKteam's word—
Upton StoutCBLTDteam's wordQuestionable
Marques SigleSDNPteam's wordOut
Kurtis RourkeQBUNKteam's word—
Mykel WilliamsDELTDteam's wordQuestionable
C.J. WestDTUNKteam's word—
Alfred CollinsDTUNKteam's word—
De'Zhaun StriblingWRUNKteam's word—
Kaelon BlackRBDNPoursPLAY77%LIKELY
Carver WillisGFULLoursPLAY80%LIKELY
Enrique Cruz Jr.OTUNKteam's word—
Mikail KamaraDEUNKteam's word—
James Thompson Jr.DTFULLoursPLAY95%EXPECTED
Romello HeightDELTDoursPLAY99%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

RoleDT1 · 46% snaps
Season2026 · 5 games through wk 5
Per game3.5 tackles · 0.2 sacks · 0.2 passes defended
Injuries1 episode · last: ankle, 2026 wk 1
Bioage 22.6 · rookie · drafted round 4

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 rolein the rotation at right defensive tackle — 54% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at right defensive tackle
Snaps played45% a week on average over 6 weeks, 54% at his highest, 12% on special teams
Build6 ft 3 in · 293 lb
CollegeOklahoma
Drafted2026, round 4 pick 107, by SF
Ageunder 25 at the season's start
Experience0 seasons

When this call was made, and when the world knew

  1. Team reportHis team listed him Questionable.
  2. PublicHis team's word was public as soon as it was filed.
  3. KickoffKickoff.

How our call moved, earliest first

WhenLeadCallChance he playsBandOn what
Sat Oct 17 · 2:16 AM ET66 hSIT40%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET61 hSIT40%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET56 hSIT40%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET51 hSIT40%COIN FLIPafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET37 hPLAY68%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET32 hPLAY68%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET27 hPLAY68%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET13 hPLAY67%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET8 hPLAY67%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET3 hPLAY67%LIKELYafter his team's announcement
Mon Oct 19 · 6:59 PM ET1 hhis team's word——his team's published inactive list, on the day

10 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 1 (listed first on his depth chart), 12 documents deep, because: llm_unsure. Fetched 12 of 12.

His record this season

WkPracticeChance he playsCallSourcePlayed
6DNP40%SITafter his team's announcementyes

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