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Gavin Bartholomew injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Minnesota Vikings · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Gavin Bartholomew has played 3 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Minnesota Vikings room absorbs +0.69 receptions, and T.J. Hockenson takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Bartholomew TE · 30% snaps | 2.10 | — | OUT |
| Justin Jefferson WR · 67% snaps | 4.20 | 4.20 | +0.00 |
| T.J. Hockenson TE · 60% snaps | 3.40 | 3.63 | +0.23 |
| Aaron Jones RB · 80% snaps | 3.00 | 3.00 | +0.00 |
| Jordan Addison WR · 94% snaps | 2.70 | 2.70 | +0.00 |
| Jauan Jennings WR · 81% snaps | 2.20 | 2.20 | +0.00 |
| Tai Felton WR · 60% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| DeeJay Dallas RB · 13% snaps | 0.90 | 0.90 | +0.00 |
| Myles Price WR · 22% snaps | 0.90 | 0.90 | +0.00 |
| Ben Yurosek TE · 55% snaps | 0.70 | 0.93 | +0.23 |
| Demond Claiborne RB · 7% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Josh Oliver TE · 50% snaps | 0.60 | 0.83 | +0.23 |
| Jeshaun Jones WR · 6% snaps | 0.50 | 0.50 | +0.00 |
Injury history
Gavin Bartholomew has played 3 of 5 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MIN | 3 of 5 | 2 | 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 | +0.107 | 2,160 | 2.29 |
| Tight ends | +0.492 | 1,024 | 9.57 |
| Backs | -0.045 | 1,259 | -0.92 |
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.
Gavin Bartholomew’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection