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Jalen Royals

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Is Jalen Royals starting?

Jalen Royals is the starting WR3 for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Jalen Royals this week

The Kansas City Chiefs play next in Week 6, at home against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sun, Oct 18 (CBS). Jalen Royals is listed as the starter at WR3 going into that game.

At WR3 for the Kansas City Chiefs, Tyquan Thornton is next in line behind him.

Jalen Royals's 2026 game log, most recent 3 games: W 30-27 at LV (Oct 4); W 24-10 at MIA (Sep 27); W 33-30 vs IND (Sep 20).

Jalen Royals wears No. 11, is 23 years old, is listed at 6' 0", 195 lbs, has 2 years of NFL experience, came out of Utah State.

Is Jalen Royals playing this week?

Jalen Royals is expected to start at WR3 for Kansas City Chiefs. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).

KC WR3 Depth

1Jalen RoyalsStarter
2Tyquan Thornton

Kansas City Chiefs Starting Lineup

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Age
23
Height
6' 0"
Weight
195
Experience
2 yrs

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    Season Stats

    SeasonTeamGRecTgtRec YdsRec TDCarRush YdsRush TD
    2026KC435171000
    2025KC22340000
    Career2 yrs658211000

    Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.

    2026 vs. 2025

    Rush Yds
    0
    even with 2025 per game
    Rush TD
    0
    even with 2025 per game
    Rec Yds
    17
    +2.3/gm vs 2025

    Career Totals

    Seasons
    2
    Games
    6
    Rush Yds
    0

    #144 of 204 at WR in Receiving Yards (2026)

    Advanced

    SeasonReceiving Air YardsReceiving YACReceiving First DownsReceiving EPARACRTarget ShareAir Yards ShareWOPRRushing First Downs
    2026291430.870.594.2%3.3%0.090
    20252240-1.630.180.5%0.5%0.010
    Career51183—————0

    Rate/share stats (target share, air yards share, WOPR, RACR/PACR, CPOE, EPA) are per-season only — never summed into a career total.

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    Home / Road Split

    Home · 2 games

    Rec
    2-2
    Rec Yds
    6
    TD
    1
    Yds/Rec
    3.0

    Road · 2 games

    Rec
    1-3
    Rec Yds
    11
    TD
    0
    Yds/Rec
    11.0

    2026 Game Log

    Oct 4W@ LVYDS 0
    REC
    0
    TGT
    2
    YDS
    0
    TD
    0

    Final W 30-27

    Sep 27W@ MIAYDS 11
    REC
    1
    TGT
    1
    YDS
    11
    TD
    0

    Final W 24-10

    Sep 20Wvs INDYDS 6
    REC
    2
    TGT
    2
    YDS
    6
    TD
    1

    Final W 33-30

    Sep 14Wvs DENYDS 0
    REC
    0
    TGT
    0
    YDS
    0
    TD
    0

    Final W 31-10

    Jalen Royals's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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    Team Role

    Backup
    Jalen Royals plays 24% of his team's offensive snaps in games he appears in (2026, 4 games).
    Snap share24%

    College

    Utah State

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