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Malik Washington injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out

Miami Dolphins · Wide receiver · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)

Checked Oct 21, 2026.

Over his 2 full seasons on record, Malik Washington played 31 of 34 regular-season games (91%), and 5 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.

The Miami Dolphins room absorbs +3.66 receptions, and Ryan Miller takes the largest single share at +0.72. 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.

Receptions gained if Malik Washington sitsRyan Miller+0.7WR 17% snapsJalen Tolbert+0.7WR 18% snapsKevin Coleman Jr.+0.5WR 56% snapsCaleb Douglas+0.5WR 86% snapsChris Bell+0.2WR 66% snapsGreg Dulcich+0.1TE 64% snapsWill Kacmarek+0.1TE 47% snapsSeydou Traore+0.1TE 2% snapsDe'Von Achane+0.1RB 40% snapsOllie Gordon II+0.1RB 56% snapsCarlos Washington+0.1RB 14% snapsJaylen Wright+0.1RB 17% snapsDJ Herman+0.1RB 36% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Malik Washington WR · 82% snaps3.90—OUT
De'Von Achane RB · 40% snaps2.903.02+0.12
Greg Dulcich TE · 64% snaps2.903.05+0.15
Kevin Coleman Jr. WR · 56% snaps1.902.40+0.50
Caleb Douglas WR · 86% snaps1.802.28+0.48
Chris Bell WR · 66% snaps1.501.70+0.20
Ollie Gordon II RB · 56% snaps1.401.52+0.12
Will Kacmarek TE · 47% snaps1.001.15+0.15
Seydou Traore TE · 2% snaps0.700.84+0.14
Carlos Washington RB · 14% snaps0.600.72+0.12
Ryan Miller WR · 17% snaps0.501.22+0.72
Jaylen Wright RB · 17% snaps0.400.52+0.12
DJ Herman RB · 36% snaps0.200.32+0.12
Jalen Tolbert WR · 18% snaps0.200.92+0.72

Injury history

Over his 2 full seasons on record, Malik Washington played 31 of 34 regular-season games (91%), and 5 of 5 so far in 2026.

SeasonTeamPlayedMissedListed outQuestionableInjuries listed
2026MIA5 of 5000—
2025MIA17 of 17000—
2024MIA14 of 17321Quadricep

Regular season only. Games played counts games with at least one offensive snap; designations are from the official weekly injury report, which does not list players on injured reserve, so a long absence shows as missed games rather than as weeks listed out.

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.

When a team’s number-one wide receiver does not play, what each position group gains:

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.5841,53711.16
Tight ends+0.1751,0803.33
Backs+0.1131,0112.00

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.

Malik Washington’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 7