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Noah Gray injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Kansas City Chiefs · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 5 full seasons on record, Noah Gray played 82 of 85 regular-season games (96%), and 5 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Kansas City Chiefs room absorbs +0.46 receptions, and Travis Kelce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Gray TE · 61% snaps | 2.10 | — | OUT |
| Rashee Rice WR · 55% snaps | 4.50 | 4.50 | +0.00 |
| Travis Kelce TE · 78% snaps | 3.80 | 4.03 | +0.23 |
| Xavier Worthy WR · 82% snaps | 3.80 | 3.80 | +0.00 |
| Kenneth Walker III RB · 76% snaps | 2.40 | 2.40 | +0.00 |
| Tyquan Thornton WR · 56% snaps | 2.20 | 2.20 | +0.00 |
| Andrew Armstrong WR · 69% snaps | 1.70 | 1.70 | +0.00 |
| Jalen Royals WR · 43% snaps | 1.60 | 1.60 | +0.00 |
| Emmett Johnson RB · 26% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| Brashard Smith RB · 6% snaps | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.00 |
| Justin Watson WR · 2% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Cyrus Allen WR · 7% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Jake Briningstool TE · 13% snaps | 0.10 | 0.33 | +0.23 |
Injury history
Over his 5 full seasons on record, Noah Gray played 82 of 85 regular-season games (96%), and 5 of 5 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 5 of 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | KC | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Concussion |
| 2024 | KC | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | KC | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | KC | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | KC | 15 of 17 | 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.
Noah Gray’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection