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Chris Godwin Jr. injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Wide receiver · status this week: not on the week 5 injury report (week 5 report, captured Thu 8 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 9 full seasons on record, Chris Godwin Jr. played 120 of 149 regular-season games (81%), and 4 of 4 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers room absorbs +1.13 receptions, and Emeka Egbuka takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Godwin Jr. WR · 81% snaps | 3.70 | — | OUT |
| Cade Otton TE · 94% snaps | 4.00 | 4.00 | +0.00 |
| Emeka Egbuka WR · 85% snaps | 3.90 | 4.13 | +0.23 |
| Bucky Irving RB · 62% snaps | 2.90 | 2.90 | +0.00 |
| Kenny Gainwell RB · 42% snaps | 2.70 | 2.70 | +0.00 |
| Ted Hurst III WR · 66% snaps | 2.00 | 2.23 | +0.23 |
| Tez Johnson WR · 33% snaps | 1.60 | 1.83 | +0.23 |
| Josh Williams RB · 0% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Jalen McMillan WR · 7% snaps | 0.20 | 0.43 | +0.23 |
| Kameron Johnson WR · 6% snaps | 0.10 | 0.31 | +0.21 |
Injury history
Over his 9 full seasons on record, Chris Godwin Jr. played 120 of 149 regular-season games (81%), and 4 of 4 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TB | 4 of 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | TB | 9 of 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | Fibula, Ankle |
| 2024 | TB | 7 of 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | TB | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | TB | 15 of 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | TB | 14 of 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | TB | 12 of 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | TB | 14 of 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | TB | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | TB | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Chris Godwin Jr.’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection