Jalen Royals

Box score by season

Season	Team	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec yds	TD	vs ESPN
2026	KC	6	12	6	45	1	1 differ (Targets 12 vs 13)
2025	KC	1	3	2	4	0	✓ matches

Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.

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Targets

qualifying bar 17

EPA/play

-0.347

not ranked · lg +0.193

Success rate

50.0%

not ranked · lg 49.8%

Yards/play

3.75

not ranked · lg 7.42

Explosive rate

0.0%

not ranked · lg 9.1%

Catch rate

50.0%

not ranked · lg 67.3%

Air yards/att

5.6

not ranked · lg 7.9

Turnover rate

8.3%

not ranked · lg 2.7%

TD rate

8.3%

not ranked · lg 4.8%

Below the qualifying bar for this window, so ranks are against qualified players and say less.

Every split

EPA per target by situation, next to the league. Rank is among qualified players with 12+ targets there (1 = best). "Repeats" is the year-to-year correlation for that split (2016–25); near zero means it predicts little. Click a situation to filter to it.

Situation	Targets	EPA/play	Success	Yds/play	League EPA	Rank	Repeats
Home / away Setting compare everyone →
Home	6	+0.240	67%	5.0	+0.197	—	-0.02
Away	6	-0.935	33%	2.5	+0.190	—	-0.03
Neutral site	0	—	—	—	+0.183	—	—
Rest days Setting compare everyone →
Short week (≤5 days)	0	—	—	—	+0.265	—	0.19
Normal (6–8 days)	8	-0.381	50%	2.6	+0.174	—	-0.01
Extra rest (9–12 days)	0	—	—	—	+0.270	—	0.21
Off a bye (13+ days)	4	-0.280	50%	6.0	+0.271	—	—
Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone →
Indoors	2	-1.231	0%	0.0	+0.206	—	0.05
Outdoors	10	-0.171	60%	4.5	+0.187	—	0.05
Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
60–79°F	2	+1.281	100%	3.0	+0.210	—	-0.02
80°F+	1	+0.767	100%	11.0	+0.213	—	0.01
Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
0–9 mph	1	+0.767	100%	11.0	+0.215	—	-0.09
10–14 mph	2	+1.281	100%	3.0	+0.200	—	0.05
Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone →
Dry	10	-0.171	60%	4.5	+0.203	—	0.03
Rain or snow	0	—	—	—	+0.015	—	0.03
Score Game state compare everyone →
Trailing 9+	1	-0.286	0%	0.0	+0.189	—	-0.01
Trailing 1–8	4	-0.441	50%	1.5	+0.180	—	0.07
Tied	1	-1.917	0%	0.0	+0.186	—	0.02
Leading 1–8	4	+0.202	75%	5.2	+0.202	—	-0.03
Leading 9+	2	-0.506	50%	9.0	+0.243	—	-0.05
Win probability Game state compare everyone →
Win prob under 20%	1	-0.286	0%	0.0	+0.169	—	-0.05
Win prob 20–80%	8	-0.307	62%	3.4	+0.195	—	-0.02
Win prob over 80%	3	-0.477	33%	6.0	+0.221	—	0.09
Quarter Game state compare everyone →
Q1	2	-0.117	50%	3.0	+0.119	—	0.04
Q2	5	-1.191	20%	1.0	+0.208	—	-0.01
Q3	1	+2.112	100%	1.0	+0.200	—	-0.01
Q4	4	-0.023	75%	8.2	+0.223	—	-0.03
OT	0	—	—	—	+0.374	—	—
Two-minute Game state compare everyone →
Last 2 min of half	1	-0.286	0%	0.0	+0.159	—	0.10
Rest of game	11	-0.353	55%	4.1	+0.199	—	0.10
Down Situation compare everyone →
1st down	5	+0.130	40%	5.8	+0.227	—	0.00
2nd down	4	-0.718	75%	3.8	+0.189	—	0.02
3rd down	2	-2.032	0%	0.0	+0.134	—	-0.02
4th down	1	+2.112	100%	1.0	+0.374	—	—
3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone →
3rd & 1–3	2	-2.032	0%	0.0	+0.163	—	—
3rd & 4–6	0	—	—	—	+0.221	—	-0.27
3rd & 7+	0	—	—	—	+0.081	—	0.02
Field position Situation compare everyone →
Own 20 and in	0	—	—	—	+0.147	—	-0.04
Own 50–21	4	+0.442	75%	8.2	+0.162	—	0.04
Opp 21–49	6	-1.272	33%	1.8	+0.238	—	0.06
Red zone (opp 20 in)	2	+0.847	50%	0.5	+0.228	—	0.05
Formation Style compare everyone →
Shotgun	7	-0.884	29%	1.6	+0.173	—	-0.02
Under center	5	+0.404	80%	6.8	+0.273	—	-0.02
Tempo Style compare everyone →
Huddle	12	-0.347	50%	3.8	+0.195	158/167	-0.00
No huddle	0	—	—	—	+0.169	—	-0.00
Yards to go Situation compare everyone →
1–3 to go	3	-0.650	33%	0.3	+0.250	—	0.05
4–6 to go	3	+0.061	67%	3.0	+0.240	—	0.02
7–10 to go	6	-0.400	50%	5.8	+0.208	—	0.03
11+ to go	0	—	—	—	+0.055	—	-0.07
Pass depth Passing compare everyone →
Behind the line	0	—	—	—	-0.209	—	0.15
Short (0–9)	9	+0.231	67%	5.0	+0.162	—	0.09
Intermediate (10–19)	3	-2.081	0%	0.0	+0.464	—	0.07
Deep (20+)	0	—	—	—	+0.446	—	0.01
Pass direction Passing compare everyone →
Left	5	-0.683	60%	3.0	+0.147	—	0.04
Middle	1	-1.917	0%	0.0	+0.321	—	-0.02
Right	6	+0.194	50%	5.0	+0.168	—	0.03
Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Play action	9	+0.020	67%	5.0	+0.287	—	-0.03
No play action	3	-1.450	0%	0.0	+0.166	—	-0.03
In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
In pocket	7	-0.355	43%	2.1	+0.187	—	-0.05
Out of pocket	5	-0.337	60%	6.0	+0.231	—	-0.05
Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
Blitzed	5	-0.816	40%	1.0	+0.190	—	0.08
No blitz	7	-0.012	57%	5.7	+0.194	—	0.08
Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
3 or fewer rushers	0	—	—	—	+0.106	—	—
4 rushers	7	-0.012	57%	5.7	+0.198	—	0.12
5 rushers	2	-2.101	0%	0.0	+0.186	—	0.15
6+ rushers	3	+0.040	67%	1.7	+0.199	—	—
Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone →
Light box (6 or fewer)	4	-0.361	50%	2.8	+0.172	—	-0.04
7 in the box	6	-0.736	50%	5.5	+0.214	—	-0.05
Stacked box (8+)	2	+0.847	50%	0.5	+0.313	—	—
Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Screen	1	+0.451	100%	5.0	-0.084	—	0.50
Not a screen	11	-0.420	45%	3.6	+0.223	—	0.50
Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
Motion	9	-0.591	56%	4.9	+0.204	—	0.10
No motion	3	+0.383	33%	0.3	+0.179	—	0.10
RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone →
RPO	0	—	—	—	-0.104	—	—
Not an RPO	12	-0.347	50%	3.8	+0.200	160/167	—

By season

Season	Team	Targets	EPA/play	Total EPA	Success	Yds/play	Catch rate	aDOT	YAC/catch
2026	KC	12	-0.347	-4.2	50.0%	3.75	50.0%	5.6	4.8

Definitions

QB plays are dropbacks: passes, sacks and scrambles (spikes left out). A receiver's fumble after the catch isn't charged to the QB. Rushing counts designed runs only. Receiving is EPA per target. EPA swings about ±1.4 points a play, so a 50-play split carries about ±0.2 of luck.