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Jalen Royals Kansas City Chiefs · #11

Wide Receiver · 6' 0", 195 lbs · Powder Springs, GA · Age 23

Jalen Royals is a Wide Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, drafted 133rd overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 3 passes for 17 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 133rd overall2-yr veteran
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Kansas City Chiefs · #11 · Wide Receiver
Jalen Royals
Season avg3 rec · 17 yds · 1 td
Career avg5 rec · 21 yds · 1 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
3rec
17yds
1td
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Scouting report

Jalen Royals — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jalen Royals is a Wide Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, drafted 133rd overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 3 passes for 17 yards and 1 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
B+
Scoring
C-
Receiving yards
Average · offense
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Volume
Solid · offense
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Big-play
Average · offense
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Scoring
Excellent · offense
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Target share
Solid · offense
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Act II

Where Jalen Royals stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1209 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
13Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jalen Royals — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
17 YDS
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Volume
3 REC
drill in ↓
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Big-play
5.7 Y/R
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A+
Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Jalen Royals

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
3
rec
2–3
13
rec yds
8–18
1
td
0–1
4
targets
4–5
5
games
4–6
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 3 → projected 3 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
+0.1
Net vs last season-0.3 rec
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 23 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 7 / 4
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jalen Royals career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2025724032.0
2026 in progress · 4 games4317155.7
Career1152118
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
89off index
88def index
+43net
92%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A- (89), defense A- (88) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 83, pass rush 76, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jalen Royals

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2003-02-18

The beginning

Jalen Royals is a Wide Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, in his 2nd NFL season.

Kansas City Chiefs

Turning pro

Drafted 133rd overall, 2025 as a Wide Receiver.

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Jalen Royals is a Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, drafted 133rd overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 5 passes for 21 yards and 1 touchdown.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 3 passes for 17 yards and 1 touchdown in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
195 lbs
Draft
133rd overall, 2025
Born
Powder Springs, GA
Age
23
Jersey
#11
Background

Jalen Royals is from Powder Springs, GA and is 23 years old. He was drafted 133rd overall, 2025 and plays wide receiver at 6' 0", 195 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 5 passes for 21 yards and 1 touchdowns. Royals is currently on the Kansas City Chiefs roster.

The person

Jalen Royals is a depth receiver who has caught 5 passes for 21 yards and 1 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Receiving5 career catches, 21 yards, 1 touchdowns.
Best season3 catches for 17 yards in 2026.
Yards per catch4.2 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree133rd overall, 2025.
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FAQ

Jalen Royals — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jalen Royals, answered.

What position does Jalen Royals play?
Jalen Royals is a Wide Receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs.
When was Jalen Royals drafted?
Jalen Royals was drafted 133rd overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Jalen Royals played?
2 (2025–2026).
What are Jalen Royals's career stats?
He has caught 5 passes for 21 yards and 1 touchdown.
Jalen Royals career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR3
behind the starter
Snap share
32%
of offensive snaps
Target share
4%
WOPR 0.09

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs DEN
Week 1 · Tough
Season outlook
42
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 9
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
45
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs DENW2 vs INDW3 @ MIAW4 @ LVW5 · BYEW6 vs LACW7 @ SEAW8 @ DENW9 vs NYJW10 @ ATLW11 vs ARIW12 @ BUFW13 @ LAW14 @ CINW15 vs NEW16 vs SFW17 @ LACW18 vs LV

Each week grades Jalen Royals's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2025
Games missed
2
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk4 · Knee2025 Wk3 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk2 · Knee (Out)2025 Wk1 · Knee (Out)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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