NFL practice report guide: DNP vs Limited vs Full
Every NFL team files a practice participation report on each practice day of game week. Each listed player gets one of three marks, and the last one before the game is one of the best public clues to whether he plays.
What each mark means
| Mark | Meaning | All listed players active (any designation) | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not participate in practice | 23.6% | 9,935 |
| Limited | Limited participation: less than his full share of reps | 71.0% | 8,674 |
| Full | Full participation | 92.7% | 15,972 |
These are the final practice day’s marks only, across all game designations, so the DNP row includes many players who were also ruled Out.
The weekly rhythm
- For a Sunday game, teams report on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Friday’s report also carries the game designations (Questionable, Doubtful, Out).
- Thursday and Monday games shift the schedule; a team coming off a bye may report on different days.
- When a team holds a walkthrough instead of a real practice, it files an estimated report of what each player would have done.
Practice status × game designation
Combine the final practice mark with the designation and the picture gets much sharper:
| Final designation | DNP | Limited | Full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionable | 48.4% n=1,466 | 70.6% n=5,446 | 78.2% n=1,770 |
| Doubtful | 1.5% n=617 | 1.8% n=271 | 8.2% n=49 |
| Out | 0.2% n=5,756 | 0.2% n=532 | 0.0% n=196 |
| No designation | 77.0% n=2,096 | 95.3% n=2,425 | 96.1% n=13,957 |
- Questionable + DNP (48%) is the real coin-flip zone.
- Questionable + Limited (71%) is the most common combination (n=5,446).
- Questionable + Full (78%) usually means he plays.
- No designation + DNP (77%, n=2,096): often a veteran rest day or a non-injury reason, so these players mostly play.
Wednesday vs Friday
Historical data records only the final practice day, so the rates above use Friday’s mark (or the last practice day before the game). We also snapshot the report every day, so each player page shows this week’s Wed/Thu/Fri pattern where we captured it.
Base rates only. These are historical averages for everyone who carried the same tag. They don’t know about the specific injury, coach quotes or beat-reporter news, and that news should win when it exists.
Source: nflverse injury reports and game-day rosters (CC BY 4.0), regular seasons 2020–2026 (through Week 5). “Played” means on the active list for that game. Numbers are recomputed from the data on every site build. Full details: methodology.
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