Jalen Royals

WR·

Kansas City Chiefs·#11·6'0"·195 lb·Rookie·Utah State

Round 4, pick 133 in 2025

Updated November 5, 2026

Jalen Royals has 6 catches, 45 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 6 games for the Kansas City Chiefs this season through Week 8, 2.8 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Charone Peake ’1672%

Jalen Reagor ’2171%Reche Caldwell ’0271%

Plays like: Ron Dugans, Andre Rison, Chad Hall. Built like: Luther Burden III, Omar Cooper, Donald Jones. Coming out: Justin Blackmon, Justin Jefferson, Amari Cooper.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 4 stars, 7 starters, 7 backups, 2 didn't stick.

Jalen Royals Props This Weekvs NYJ Sun Nov 8

Market	Line	Over	Under
Anytime TD		+800 Fanatics

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Jalen Royals Injury StatusNot listed

Jalen Royals is not on the injury report as of Nov 5. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 6 games

Rec6

Rec Yds45

Rec TD1

Targets12

Yds/Gm7.5

Fantasy PPG2.8

EPA / target0.821

Avg separation0.0 yd

Avg cushion0.0 yd

YAC over exp0.0

Catch %0.0%

2.8 fantasy points a game, 16 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit

$1.2M

APY

$1.3M/yr

Guaranteed at Signing

$867K

Years on Deal

Signed

2025

Est. Value

$2.9M/yr

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 Royals at WR126 (the public consensus says WR115); the model has 32 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts NYJ.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.