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Jake Ferguson injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Dallas Cowboys · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 4 full seasons on record, Jake Ferguson played 64 of 68 regular-season games (94%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Dallas Cowboys room absorbs +1.72 receptions, and Luke Schoonmaker takes the largest single share at +0.76. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Ferguson TE · 67% snaps | 3.10 | — | OUT |
| CeeDee Lamb WR · 78% snaps | 7.00 | 7.07 | +0.07 |
| George Pickens WR · 85% snaps | 5.70 | 5.77 | +0.07 |
| Ryan Flournoy WR · 74% snaps | 3.60 | 3.67 | +0.07 |
| Javonte Williams RB · 78% snaps | 2.50 | 2.50 | +0.00 |
| Brevyn Spann-Ford TE · 39% snaps | 1.10 | 1.71 | +0.61 |
| Hunter Luepke RB · 14% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| KaVontae Turpin WR · 19% snaps | 1.10 | 1.17 | +0.07 |
| Tyler Goodson RB · 14% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Emari Demercado RB · 16% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Jonathan Mingo WR · 19% snaps | 0.60 | 0.67 | +0.07 |
| Luke Schoonmaker TE · 16% snaps | 0.40 | 1.16 | +0.76 |
Injury history
Over his 4 full seasons on record, Jake Ferguson played 64 of 68 regular-season games (94%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DAL | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | DAL | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Calf |
| 2024 | DAL | 14 of 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Concussion, Knee |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | DAL | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Concussion, Knee |
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.
Jake Ferguson’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection