Camp Report Week 8: August 21
The Gavfather System processed 1000 data points from camp this week. Here is everything that changed and what it means for your draft.
Camp Report: Week 8
What Changed, Who Rose, Who Fell
By GH | thegavfather.com
The Gavfather System processed data from all 32 NFL training camps this week. 1000 changes detected. 22 flagged as high priority. Here is everything that matters for your Labor Day draft.
The Injury Report
Players whose situations changed this week:
🔴 Brenden Bates Status: SEASON_ENDING | IR Brenden Bates listed as IR Week 1: OUT *Brenden Bates listed as IR. *
🔴 Gunner Olszewski Status: SEASON_ENDING | IR Gunner Olszewski listed as IR Week 1: OUT *Gunner Olszewski listed as IR. *
🔴 Isiah Pacheco Status: SEASON_ENDING | Sleeper IR — Knee - MCL Week 1: OUT REMOVE from rankings. Sleeper IR — Knee - MCL
🔴 Jayden Higgins Status: SEASON_ENDING | knee) officially placed on season-ending IR Week 1: OUT Jayden Higgins (knee) officially placed on season-ending IR Fri, Aug 21st 3:07pm EDT By Diego Sandoval
🔴 Jerome Ford Status: SEASON_ENDING | IR Jerome Ford listed as IR Week 1: OUT *Jerome Ford listed as IR. *
🔴 Justice Hill Status: SEASON_ENDING | IR Julian Hill listed as IR Week 1: OUT *Julian Hill listed as IR. *
🔴 Ricky Pearsall Status: SEASON_ENDING | PCL - likely out for 2026 season Week 1: OUT REMOVE from rankings. SF passes go to Evans and others.
🔴 Zach Charbonnet Status: SEASON_ENDING | Sleeper IR — Knee - ACL Week 1: OUT REMOVE from rankings. Sleeper IR — Knee - ACL
🔴 George Kittle Status: PUP | Achilles tear (January 2026 playoffs) Week 1: UNLIKELY - Australia Week 1 adds risk Achilles PUP — late-round dart only until cleared. McBride and Bowers are the TE1/TE2.
🟡 Tua Tagovailoa Status: QUESTIONABLE | Undisclosed camp issue Week 1: UNCERTAIN Camp questionable. ATL backup risk with Penix available.
🟡 Jaylen Waddle Status: MONITOR | Muscle tightness (left practice Aug 5) Week 1: EXPECTED OK - reported not serious Monitor. Tightness only but has injury history. Now with DEN (Bo Nix) after March 2026 trade from MIA.
The Risers
Players who improved their situation this week:
🟢 Jadarian Price (RB, SEA) INJURY_IMPROVED: Questionable -> Healthy
🟢 Sean McKeon (TE, IND) INJURY_IMPROVED: IR -> Questionable
🟢 Kyron Hudson (WR, ) INJURY_IMPROVED: IR -> Questionable
🟢 Kaelon Black (RB, SF) INJURY_IMPROVED: Questionable -> Healthy
🟢 Equanimeous St. Brown (WR, ) INJURY_IMPROVED: Questionable -> Healthy
🟢 Jahmyr Gibbs (RB, DET) INJURY_IMPROVED: Questionable -> Healthy
🟢 Kenny Yeboah (TE, ) INJURY_IMPROVED: IR -> Questionable
🟢 Tyjae Spears (RB, TEN) INJURY_IMPROVED: Questionable -> Healthy
The Fallers
Players who hurt their draft stock this week:
This Week's Best Values
Players the model ranks significantly higher than market ADP:
Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB, NYG) — We have RB24, market has RB53 Deebo Samuel Sr. (WR, SF) — We have WR26, market has WR49 Stefon Diggs (WR, WAS) — We have WR24, market has WR46 Brian Thomas Jr. (WR, JAX) — We have WR14, market has WR35 Romeo Doubs (WR, NE) — We have WR30, market has WR51
Full updated rankings at thegavfather.com/rankings. Updated daily. All camp changes applied.
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— GH
Rankings updated automatically. Camp data refreshed twice daily. Last update: August 23, 2026 01:07 PM