Jalen Nailor

WR · MIN/LV · 2022–2026

Born March 2, 1999 · College Michigan State · Drafted 2022, round 6, pick 191 (MIN) · 6-0, 190 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2024	MIN	15	3	-4	-1.33	−1.022	33.3	−3.1	−0.02
2025	MIN	17	2	13	6.50	−0.636	50.0	−1.3	−0.03
Career	LV	50	5	9	1.80	−0.868	40.0	−4.3	−0.06

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	MIN	8	13	9	179	1	69.2	+0.592	+0.044−0.142 to +0.230	4.2	11.6	+7.7	+0.04
2023	MIN	3	6	3	29	0	50.0	−0.338	−0.034−0.223 to +0.155	5.5	9.0	−2.0	−0.10
2024	MIN	15	42	28	414	6	66.7	+0.585	+0.247+0.073 to +0.421	9.1	11.6	+24.6	+0.68
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	5	3	33	0	60.0	+0.007		12.5	14.4	+0.0	−0.01
2025	MIN	17	53	29	444	4	54.7	+0.198	+0.196+0.026 to +0.366	11.3	12.4	+10.5	+0.52
2026	LV	7	28	14	122	1	50.0	−0.056	+0.168−0.012 to +0.347	12.3	11.5	−1.6	+0.20
Career	LV	50	142	83	1,188	12	58.5	+0.276		9.0	11.8	+39.2	+1.34

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2022	MIN	8	4	0
2023	MIN	3	1	0
2024	MIN	15	1	1
2025	MIN	17	5	1
Career	LV	50	11	2

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2022	MIN	8	59	14.2	2	1.3
2023	MIN	5	94	28.2	–	–
2024	MIN	17	565	51.9	–	–
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	52	72.2	–	–
2025	MIN	17	649	66.2	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	13	84.6	1	9.1	3	100.0
2023	6	66.7	1	25.0	1	0.0
2024	42	78.6	4	12.1	4	50.0
2025	53	60.4	1	3.1	11	72.7
2026	28	60.7	2	11.8	6	50.0

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs MIA	W 27–13	5	3	27	0	−1.6
2	2026-09-20	@ LAC	W 26–14	3	1	9	0	+0.6
3	2026-09-27	@ NO	W 35–27	3	1	16	0	+1.3
6	2026-10-18	vs BUF	L 30–33	4	1	9	0	−1.8
7	2026-10-25	vs LA	L 21–35	5	2	14	0	−5.2
8	2026-11-01	@ NYJ	W 38–33	4	4	38	1	+6.3
9	2026-11-08	@ SF	L 17–38	4	2	9	0	−1.2

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-08	@ CHI	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	3	1	28	0	−0.5	0
2	2025-09-14	vs ATL	L 6–22	0	0	0.0	5	3	31	0	−3.2	1
3	2025-09-21	vs CIN	W 48–10	0	0	0.0	5	3	37	0	+1.2	0
4	2025-09-28	@ PIT	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	2	1	+1.2	0
5	2025-10-05	@ CLE	W 21–17	1	15	+1.1	4	3	27	0	+1.7	0
7	2025-10-19	vs PHI	L 22–28	0	0	0.0	4	2	37	0	+1.1	0
8	2025-10-23	@ LAC	L 10–37	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
9	2025-11-02	@ DET	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	4	1	16	0	−5.6	1
10	2025-11-09	vs BAL	L 19–27	0	0	0.0	6	5	124	1	+15.3	0
11	2025-11-16	vs CHI	L 17–19	0	0	0.0	1	1	16	0	+1.2	0
12	2025-11-23	@ GB	L 6–23	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−2.5	1
13	2025-11-30	@ SEA	L 0–26	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−3.7	2
14	2025-12-07	vs WAS	W 31–0	0	0	0.0	3	3	30	0	+3.9	0
15	2025-12-14	@ DAL	W 34–26	1	-2	−2.4	5	3	47	2	+5.4	0
16	2025-12-21	@ NYG	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−6.3	0
17	2025-12-25	vs DET	W 23–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
18	2026-01-04	vs GB	W 16–3	0	0	0.0	3	3	49	0	+3.5	0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ NYG	W 28–6	0	0	0.0	1	1	21	1	+2.4	0
2	2024-09-15	vs SF	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	4	3	54	1	+3.4	0
3	2024-09-22	vs HOU	W 34–7	1	3	+2.0	4	3	31	1	+2.8	0
4	2024-09-29	@ GB	W 31–29	1	0	−3.5	2	1	31	0	+2.9	0
7	2024-10-20	vs DET	L 29–31	0	0	0.0	5	4	76	0	+3.1	0
8	2024-10-24	@ LA	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	4	2	16	0	−2.2	0
9	2024-11-03	vs IND	W 21–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	1	+2.6	0
10	2024-11-10	@ JAX	W 12–7	1	-7	−1.5	3	1	11	0	+0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ TEN	W 23–13	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
12	2024-11-24	@ CHI	W 30–27 OT	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	1	+0.5	0
13	2024-12-01	vs ARI	W 23–22	0	0	0.0	2	1	18	0	−0.7	0
15	2024-12-16	vs CHI	W 30–12	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.3	0
16	2024-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	+0.5	0
17	2024-12-29	vs GB	W 27–25	0	0	0.0	5	5	81	1	+8.2	1
18	2025-01-05	@ DET	L 9–31	0	0	0.0	4	3	53	0	+2.0	0
P19	2025-01-13	@ LA	L 9–27	0	0	0.0	5	3	33	0	+0.0	0

2023 game log (3 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs TB	L 17–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2023-11-12	vs NO	W 27–19	1	1	16	+1.1	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	5	2	13	−3.1	0

2022 game log (8 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2022-10-02	@ NO	W 28–25	1	1	13	0	+3.4	0
10	2022-11-13	@ BUF	W 33–30 OT	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2022-11-20	vs DAL	L 3–40	3	1	15	0	−1.2	0
12	2022-11-24	vs NE	W 33–26	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2022-12-11	@ DET	L 23–34	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
15	2022-12-17	vs IND	W 39–36 OT	1	0	0	0	−3.8	0
17	2023-01-01	@ GB	L 17–41	3	3	89	1	+7.4	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	5	4	62	0	+1.8	0