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Jalen Royals

Jalen Royals

WR - Kansas City Chiefs

Height: 6' Weight: 195 lbsAge: 22College: Utah State

2025 Outlook

Strength of Schedule
WR Rank: 24th
Draft Rank (ECR) #261
Best / Worst #197 / #378
ADP #247

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Dynasty Outlook: Royals' draft capital outlook was unclear entering the NFL Draft. Coming from the small school of Utah State, having injuries impact his final season and his predraft process, and the common theme of people discussing this as a "down" wide receiver class were all factors that could push him down the board. I was hoping a team would fall in love with him and select him somewhere on Day 2, but it didn't happen. Royals did hear his name called in the fourth round of the draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Royals will now have to sift through the muddled mess that is the Chiefs' wide receiver room. He's likely (at best) the team's WR4 this season if Xavier Worthy, Rashee Rice, and Hollywood Brown all stay healthy. He could easily find his way into the starting lineup if he can hop Juju Smith-Schuster on the depth chart and Rice misses any time recovering from injury (or suspension), or Brown is unable to stay healthy. Last year, Royals ranked 30th in yards per route run, and he averaged 166.5 receiving yards across his final four collegiate games (per PFF). He's a wonderful dart throw in dynasty rookie drafts in the third round.

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Jalen Royals impresses at OTAs Thursday

Chiefs beat reporter Matt McMullen noted that rookie WR Jalen Royals impressed at practice on Thursday.

Fantasy Impact

Per McMullen, Royals made the "play of the day with a leaping, strong grab in the back of the end zone during 7-on-7." The rookie continues to compete for an immediate role on the outside for the Chiefs.

Ari Koslow6 weeks ago
Rankings
ECRBestWorst# of Experts
DraftWR #92WR #79WR #18553
Dynasty WR #76WR #58WR #10620
ADP
ConsensusRTSports
Overall#247#255
Wide Receivers#86#82
ECR vs ADP
Projections
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Projections (2025)
RecsRec YdsRec TdsRush AttRush YdsRush TdsFumblesPoints
6.776.90.6000011.1
Statistics
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Statistics (avgs.)
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Strength of Schedule
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Strength of Schedule (2025)
OppSummary
Next Game@ LAC15th easiest opponent
Next 3 GamesPHI, NYG, BAL13th easiest opponents
Playoffs (?)LAC, TEN, DEN27th easiest opponents
Rest of Season--17th easiest remaining opponents