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Jalen Royals

Wide Receiver, Kansas City Chiefs · #11.

Player facts

Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 11
Born: Feb 18, 2003 (age 23)
Birthplace: Powder Springs, GA, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Utah State
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	3	5	17	5.7	1	11	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	5	8	21	4.2	1	11	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	9 targets	-0.03	56%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 4	@ LV	W 30-27	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ MIA	W 24-10	1	1	11	11.0	0	11	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs IND	W 33-30 OT	2	2	6	3.0	1	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jalen Royals (born February 18, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Military Bulldogs and Utah State Aggies. Royals was selected by the Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jalen Royals, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Royals attended Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, where he lettered in football, basketball and track & field. As a senior, Royals had 26 receptions for 455 yards and four touchdowns. He committed to play college football at Georgia Military College.

Georgia Military

As a freshman in 2021, Royals recorded seven catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns in 11 games played. After the season, Royals transferred to Utah State.

Utah State

In 2022, Royals played 12 games and made his first career start against Boise State but did not record any stats during the season.

In 2023, Royals played all 12 games and recorded 68 receptions for 1,023 yards and 15 touchdowns, averaging 15.0 yards per catch. He was ranked second on the team in receptions, and his 15 touchdown receptions set a new single-season school record. Royals was named to the Biletnikoff Award watchlist, as well as the first-team Mountain West Conference.

During the 2024 season, Royals had 55 receptions for 834 yards and six touchdowns.

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