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Gunnar Helm injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Tennessee Titans · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 1 full season on record, Gunnar Helm played 16 of 17 regular-season games (94%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Tennessee Titans room absorbs +0.56 receptions, and David Martin-Robinson takes the largest single share at +0.24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnar Helm TE · 77% snaps | 1.70 | — | OUT |
| Carnell Tate WR · 79% snaps | 4.50 | 4.50 | +0.00 |
| Wan'Dale Robinson WR · 63% snaps | 3.80 | 3.80 | +0.00 |
| Tyjae Spears RB · 39% snaps | 2.60 | 2.60 | +0.00 |
| Elic Ayomanor WR · 62% snaps | 1.80 | 1.80 | +0.00 |
| Tony Pollard RB · 57% snaps | 1.80 | 1.80 | +0.00 |
| Calvin Ridley WR · 52% snaps | 1.40 | 1.40 | +0.00 |
| Chimere Dike WR · 12% snaps | 1.20 | 1.20 | +0.00 |
| Daniel Bellinger TE · 46% snaps | 0.90 | 1.13 | +0.23 |
| David Martin-Robinson TE · 7% snaps | 0.10 | 0.34 | +0.24 |
| Kylen Granson TE · 5% snaps | 0.10 | 0.19 | +0.09 |
Injury history
Over his 1 full season on record, Gunnar Helm played 16 of 17 regular-season games (94%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TEN | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | TEN | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Toe |
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.
Gunnar Helm’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection