Jalen Brooks
Is Jalen Brooks playing in Week 9? No. Jalen Brooks is on injured reserve (wrist), so he will not play in Week 9 at the Seahawks. Status updated .
This season
- PPR pts / game
- 2.2
- WR118
- Target share
- 7.2%
- 2.8 targets / game
- Air-yards share
- 15.4%
- of his team's air yards
| Wk | Opp | PPR | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Tgt share | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | DEN | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13.6% | 0 |
| 6 | LA | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 8.8% | 0 |
| 5 | DET | 3.6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 15.2% | 0 |
| 4 | NYG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 3 | SF | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0% | 0 |
| 2 | SEA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
2026 regular season, from nflverse weekly stats. Updated as each week's games finish.
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Jalen Brooks: Injured Reserve
Oct 27: The Cardinals placed Brooks (wrist) on injured reserve Tuesday.
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Jalen Brooks: Injured Reserve
Est. return: Feb 15
4 more updatesfrom 4 sources
- Oct 27 ESPN NFL Injury Report Jalen Brooks: Injured Reserve
- Oct 27 Pro Football Talk Cardinals place WR Jalen Brooks on season-ending IR
- Oct 27 Aaron Wilson (X) #Cardinals IR Jalen Brooks, sign Wydett Williams Jr. and Austin Deculus to practice squad, cut Jerrick Reed II from practice squad.+1
- Oct 27 Darren Urban (Bluesky) #AZCardinals officially put WR Jalen Brooks (wrist) on IR. Bring back both S Wydett Williams Jr. and OL Austin Deculus to practice squad, cut S Jerrick Reed II from practice squad.
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Jalen Brooks' Season-Ending Injury Creates Another Challenge For Cardinals
Love to return to practice on Wednesday
Out Surgery
8 more updatesfrom 6 sources
- Oct 26 Cardinals Team Site Jalen Brooks' Season-Ending Injury Creates Another Challenge For Cardinals
- Oct 26 ESPN NFL News Cardinals WR Brooks to miss rest of season with wrist injury
- Oct 26 Theo Mackie (X) Mike LaFleur said Jalen Brooks' season-ending wrist injury happened in the first quarter: "What a tough dude. Didn't say anything to anybody. Looking back at it, seeing it on the tape, you could see him messing with it. ... Can't say enough about how tough that dude is."
- Oct 26 Josh Weinfuss (X) Cardinals WR Jalen Brooks injured his wrist in the first quarter against the Broncos, coach Mike LaFleur said today. Brooks posted that he’ll need season-ending surgery. LaFleur said Brooks didn’t say anything about his injury.
- Oct 26 Darren Urban (Bluesky) LaFleur said RB Jeremiyah Love will be back at practice on Wednesday. He confirmed WR Jalen Brooks is out with wrist surgery. Said it happened in first quarter, Brooks played with it.+1
- Oct 26 Pro Football Talk Cardinals WR Jalen Brooks will undergo season-ending wrist surgery
- Oct 26 Theo Mackie (X) Brooks was clearly in a lot of pain in the locker room yesterday during his postgame media scrum. Props to him for standing up there and answering questions anyway. Such an unfortunate break when he had just gotten his first starting opportunity in 2+ years. · Quoting PHNX Cardinals: Arizona Cardinals WR Jalen Brooks announces via his Instagram that he's done for the season following an injury to his wrist.
- Oct 26 Theo Mackie (X) Arizona Cardinals WR Jalen Brooks announces via his Instagram that he's done for the season following an injury to his wrist.
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Brissett had an opportunity to hit Jalen Brooks for a massive play with two steps of separation, but just underthrew his pass
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 25 Theo Mackie (X) Brissett misses another first down there, throwing high and behind McBride. Good adjustment from McBride but couldn't maintain possession as he hit the ground. · Quoting Theo Mackie: Brissett had an opportunity to hit Jalen Brooks for a massive play with two steps of separation, but just underthrew his pass
- Oct 25 Theo Mackie (X) Brissett had an opportunity to hit Jalen Brooks for a massive play with two steps of separation, but just underthrew his pass
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Brissett fully stared down Trey McBride on that interception. He had Jalen Brooks open on a crosser on the back side if he had looked for it.
3 more updatesfrom 1 source
- Oct 18 Theo Mackie (X) Jalen Brooks was the 3rd or 4th read on the game-winner. His answer on the mindset required as a WR on the back side of a concept: "Man, it's hard because you've got to win consistently, but you never know when that ball is gonna find you. ... So it's just being disciplined."
- Oct 18 Theo Mackie (X) Jalen Brooks gets his redemption with an incredible catch to put the Cardinals in FG range. Wow.
- Oct 18 Theo Mackie (X) A potentially very costly drop from Jalen Brooks on third down
- Oct 18 Theo Mackie (X) Brissett fully stared down Trey McBride on that interception. He had Jalen Brooks open on a crosser on the back side if he had looked for it.
- Time for Friday Before #AZvsLAR. - Budda's blitzes - Battling Puka - Melton levels up - No Love - 20 years from "Thanks Coach" - Jalen Brooks gets a chance and other #AZCardinals stuff.
- Mike LaFleur said today that there won't be an offensive "overhaul or anything like that" with Marvin Harrison Jr. not in the picture anymore. LaFleur said that the other receivers playing the X - namely rookie Jalen Brooks and Reggie Virgil - have a similar skillset to Harrison "in terms of what we're asking them to do."
- Arizona Cardinals depth chart post Marvin Harrison Jr. trade. Jalen Brooks moves onto first team
- Jalen Brooks saw the most playing time among Cardinals WRs filling the void left by Marvin Harrison Jr. The lopsided score skewed the numbers, but Brooks caught just 2 of 7 targets. Reggie Virgil played 13 snaps, while Simi Fehoko saw just 3.
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Jalen Brooks with three early targets in place of MHJ. None caught.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 11 Kyle Odegard (X) Jacoby Brissett had more receiving yards in the first half (7) than MHJ’s replacement Jalen Brooks (0).
- Oct 11 Kyle Odegard (X) Jalen Brooks with three early targets in place of MHJ. None caught.
- Cardinals 1st half WR snap count Michael WIlson 29 Marvin Harrison Jr. 22 Kendrick Bourne 22 Jalen Brooks 2 Out of 31 plays
- Devin Duvernay and Jalen Brooks are deep for the Cardinals on the opening KO.
- Rookie UDFA S Wydett Williams survives cutdown and is on the Arizona Cardinals initial 53-man roster. Other notables: WR Simi Fehoko WR Jalen Brooks OLB Eku Leota
- Jalen Brooks and Simi Fehoko both making their case for roster spots. A tough decision coming on Sunday, unless the Cardinals opt to go with seven WRs.