Jalen Coker
Carolina Panthers·#18·6'3"·213 lb·2nd year·Holy CrossJalen Coker has 27 catches, 363 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in 6 games for the Carolina Panthers this season through Week 8, 13.5 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 0.9 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
An undrafted receiver carving out a real role.
The case for
- UDFA from Holy Cross (Patriot League) who held an NFL roster spot for two seasons and produced 478 receiving yards as a rookie is a rare path. Wk 19 2025's 28.4 PPR is starter-grade single-game output.
- Year-over-year STTM improvement (#49 to #43) is small but in the right direction. Wks 18-19 closing two-game stretch averaged 22.6 PPR.
The worry
- Tier 6 finish is still well below the WR2 line. Three sub-7 PPR games in the 2025 sample (3.6, 6.2, 7.7) show the floor stays low when McMillan absorbs the target share.
- UDFA pedigree means the offseason buildup is the structural ceiling: Carolina will continue drafting and signing competing WRs every year.
What to watch: Whether Carolina adds a 2026 WR2 in the draft, which would compress Coker's path back to tier 7 third-WR usage.
Full take and bio
The jump from #49 (tier 7) in 2024 to #43 (tier 6) in 2025 understates how productive the back half of 2025 was. The Wk 18-19 stretch (16.7 and 28.4 PPR) plus Wk 13's 17.4 shows a player carving out a real WR2 role at age 25. UDFA who climbs into a meaningful target share is a rare story; the 2026 question is whether the role survives Carolina's expected WR additions.
Coker came out of Holy Cross as an undrafted free agent in 2024 after a four-year career that produced him as one of the Patriot League's most decorated WRs (2x conference Offensive Player of the Year). Carolina signed him during 2024 training camp and he survived final cuts, then posted 32 catches for 478 yards as an injury fill-in (tier 7 #49). The 2025 season was the breakout: with Adam Thielen aging out and Diontae Johnson cycling through teams, Coker stepped into a meaningful target share opposite Tetairoa McMillan.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Nico Collins ’2487%
Davante Adams ’1767%
Michael Crabtree ’1265%Koren Robinson ’0264%Plays like: Roddy White, Ernest Givins, Chad Johnson. Built like: Brandon Smith, Brandon Gibson, Dontayvion Wicks.
Jalen Coker Props This Weekvs DEN Sun Nov 8
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4.5 | -145 Bovada | +110 Bovada |
| Receiving yards | 61.5 | -115 Bovada | -115 Bovada |
| Anytime TD | +215 DraftKings |
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Jalen Coker Injury StatusNot listed
Jalen Coker is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 6 games
13.5 fantasy points a game, 81 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Jalen Coker at WR27 (the public consensus says WR22); the model has 105 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts DEN.
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Draft & College
Undrafted in 2024, out of Holy Cross.
Recruited
Class of 2020 · Receiver · High school: Potomac Falls, Sterling, VA
Holy CrossHis full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2020 class are still being added.