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Jalen Royals
WR · KC · 2025–2026
Born February 18, 2003 · College Utah State · Drafted 2025, round 4, pick 133 (KC) · 6-0, 195 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KC | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66.7 | −0.542 | −0.002−0.193 to +0.188 | 4.6 | 7.3 | −1.6 | −0.05 |
| 2026 | KC | 8 | 14 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 57.1 | −0.269 | +0.095−0.090 to +0.281 | 5.7 | 5.4 | −3.8 | −0.07 |
| Career | KC | 10 | 17 | 10 | 67 | 1 | 58.8 | −0.317 | 5.5 | 5.7 | −5.4 | −0.12 |
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 | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | KC | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | KC | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | KC | 6 | 80 | 22.0 | – | – |
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Game logs
2026 game log (8 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-14 | vs DEN | W 31–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | vs IND | W 33–30 OT | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | +2.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2026-09-27 | @ MIA | W 24–10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | +0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2026-10-04 | @ LV | W 30–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | vs LAC | W 22–6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 0 | −1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2026-10-25 | @ SEA | L 3–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ DEN | L 24–28 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | vs NYJ | W 35–12 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | +0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |