Jalen Royals
Is Jalen Royals playing in Week 9? Yes, as of now. Jalen Royals has no injury designation for Week 9 against the Jets on Sunday.
This season
- PPR pts / game
- 2.4
- WR114
- Target share
- 5.5%
- 1.7 targets / game
- Air-yards share
- 5.0%
- of his team's air yards
| Wk | Opp | PPR | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Tgt share | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | DEN | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.6% | 0 |
| 7 | SEA | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.2% | 0 |
| 6 | LAC | 4.4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13.8% | 0 |
| 4 | LV | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.4% | 0 |
| 3 | MIA | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4.3% | 0 |
| 2 | IND | 8.6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4.7% | 1 |
| 1 | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
2026 regular season, from nflverse weekly stats. Updated as each week's games finish.
Breakout research
- Breakouts: Deep tier, projected 0.3 PPG (0–6) · 0% preseason breakout chance
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Rashee Rice out for Week 6
Hamstring injury Andy Reid said Rashee Rice (right hamstring) & Josh Simmons (bulging disc in lower back) are both out for Sunday's game against the Chargers. ( Nate Taylor on X ) FF Today's Take: Rice suffered a hamstring injury back in Week 4. He missed practice all week leaving his status in question for Week 7. In Rice's absence, expect the Chiefs to use Xavier Worthy , Jalen Royals and Cyrus...
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Rashee Rice is hurt. Looks like Jalen Royals will get the look.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 4 Pete Sweeney (X) Jalen Royals, presumably in for Rashee Rice, did an excellent job on the pick play to free Tyquan Thornton for the touchdown.
- Oct 4 Pete Sweeney (X) Rashee Rice is hurt. Looks like Jalen Royals will get the look.
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Short touchdown from Mahomes to Jalen Royals swaps the lead again. XP pending.
3 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Sep 20 NFL News Poster (Bluesky) [NFL] 4th down. TOUCHDOWN. Mahomes connects with Jalen Royals to regain the lead.
- Sep 20 Jake Arthur (X) 24-20, Chiefs, with 8:01 left in the third. · Quoting Jake Arthur: Short touchdown from Mahomes to Jalen Royals swaps the lead again. XP pending.
- Sep 20 Pete Sweeney (X) It's a Jalen Royals touchdown. And (lol) it was nearly Khyiris Tonga.
- Sep 20 Jake Arthur (X) Short touchdown from Mahomes to Jalen Royals swaps the lead again. XP pending.