WR · Kansas City Chiefs · #11
Jalen Royals
WR1- College
- Utah State
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
EPA / target
−0.39▲ 0.15 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Catch rate
45.5%▼ 21.2 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Yards / target
3.7▲ 2.4 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Target share
6.1%▲ 1.1 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Receiving
41 yds−0.39 EPA/TGT
5 rec · 11 tgt · 1 td
Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard plus Royals.
Week-by-week
EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark
Where the value came from
Total EPA, 2026
Receiving−4.3
Rushing0.0
Net−4.3
Best game · Wk 2 vs IND
2/2
Rec/Tgt
6
Rec yds
1
TD
+2.6
Rec EPA
+1.28
EPA/target
3.0
Yds/rec
2026 game log
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs DENW | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs INDW | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.5 | +2.6 | +1.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ MIAW | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | +0.8 | +0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ LVW | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | −2.5 | −1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs LACW | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 50.0 | 4.8 | −1.1 | −0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ SEAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | −4.1 | −2.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 11 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 1 | 45.5 | 5.8 | −4.3 | −0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Chiefs
$5.1Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.3M
- Guaranteed
- $867K 17%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.2M 0.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Receiving | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | −4.3 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 45.5 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 6.1 | −0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | −1.6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 5.0 | −0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 13 | −5.9 | 14 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 50.0 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 5.8 | −0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |