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Jalen Nailor

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Jalen Nailor

Top 50% all-time WRsSolid Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2025Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight190 lb

BornMar 2, 1999

Age27

CollegeMichigan State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 6, Pick 191 · MIN

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A wide receiver with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 16 · #3305 · Role Player

Worth 16 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 72% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

2

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8

Avg surplus

peak +9

2 seasons × ~8 surplus ≈ VORP 16

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	—	MIN	5	—	13	9	179	1	69.2%	19.9	13.8	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	57	14.3%	—	0.0%	216	47.6%
2023	—	MIN	2	—	6	3	29	0	50.0%	9.7	4.8	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	94	26.6%	—	0.0%	49	47.5%
2024	—	MIN	15	—	42	28	414	6	66.7%	14.8	9.9	—	22	3	-4	0	-1.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	573	52.0%	—	0.0%	7	5.2%
2024	—	GB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	MIN	17	—	53	29	444	4	54.7%	15.3	8.4	—	23	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	653	65.3%	—	0.0%	6	8.0%
Career		—	40	—	114	69	1,066	11	60.5%	15.4	9.4	—	53	5	9	0	1.8	0.0	2	40.0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1,377	39.6%	—	0.0%	278	27.1%

Career EPA27.2·-3 rushing · 30 receiving·9.1/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2024	25	MIN	15	9*	3	-4	0	-1.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	9.4
2025	26	MIN	17	11*	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	9.3
Career			32	20*	5	9	0	1.8	—	2	—	0	21.4

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2022	23	MIN	5	0*	13	9	179	1	69.2%	19.9	13.8	—	7
2023	24	MIN	2	0*	6	3	29	0	50.0%	9.7	4.8	—	1
2024	25	MIN	15	9*	42	28	414	6	66.7%	14.8	9.9	—	22
2025	26	MIN	17	11*	53	29	444	4	54.7%	15.3	8.4	—	23
Career			39	20*	114	69	1,066	11	60.5%	15.4	9.4	—	53

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2023	24	MIN	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	25	GB	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2025	26	MIN	4	4*	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career			6	5*	6	6	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	2	1	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	23	MIN	15	0*	57	14.3%	—	0.0%	216	47.6%
2023	24	MIN	6	0*	94	26.6%	—	0.0%	49	47.5%
2024	25	MIN	17	9*	573	52.0%	—	0.0%	7	5.2%
2025	26	MIN	17	11*	653	65.3%	—	0.0%	6	8.0%
Career			55	20*	1,377	—	—	—	278	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2022	23	—	—	0*	—	—	7.7	0	151
2023	24	—	—	0*	—	—	-2.0	0	54
2024	25	—	—	9*	—	-3.1	24.6	0	487
Career				9*	—	—	—	0	692

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2024	25	MIN	17	9*	-5	-1.7	1	0.3	0	—	1
2025	26	MIN	17	11*	1	0.5	12	6.0	0	—	1
Career			34	20*	-4	—	13	—	0	—	2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2022	23	MIN	15	0*	11.6	12.4	7.4	1	0	0.0	7	105.4
2023	24	MIN	6	0*	9.0	2.7	7.0	0	1	0.2	1	63.9
2024	25	MIN	17	9*	11.5	11.0	3.8	0	4	0.1	22	138.3
2025	26	MIN	17	11*	12.5	11.4	3.9	2	1	0.0	23	68.4
Career			55	20*	—	—	—	3	6	—	53	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 43 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 43 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

52

Sustained

career value

×.6

47

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 50 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 43· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 35.3

Availability 16.7

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2022bestavg 472025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

10

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader6

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.05 EPA/season over 3 seasons53

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

45

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.781 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.781Touch rate0.086EPA/snap0.02Snap share39.6%Off snaps1,377Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2022

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2022 class

4.50s

40-Yard

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 77thClass Pos 25thClass All 70th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 87thClass Pos 80thClass All 89th

128"

Broad Jump

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 93thClass Pos 76thClass All 90th

7.03s

3-Cone

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 66thClass Pos 77thClass All 83th

4.28s

Shuttle

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 60thClass Pos 60thClass All 86th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt5Rec3Yds33Ctch%60.0%Y/R11.0Y/Tgt6.61D2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA0.0Rec AirYd72

College Stats

Michigan StateImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2018	—	9	128	1	14.2	11.1	—	—	—
2019	—	5	27	0	5.4	0.0	—	—	—
2020	—	2	11	0	5.5	0.0	—	—	—
2021	—	1	-3	0	-3.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career		17	163	1	9.6	5.9	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2018	—	—	8	138	2	—	17.3	—	—	—
2019	—	—	15	106	0	—	7.1	—	—	—
2020	—	—	26	515	4	—	19.8	—	—	—
2021	—	—	37	694	6	—	18.8	—	—	—
Career		0	86	1,453	12	—	16.9	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #191

#182Darrian BeaversLB #183Kevin HarrisRB #184Vederian LoweOT #185Christian BenfordCB #186Zach ThomasOL #187Nick ZakeljOT #188Malcolm RodriguezLB #189Amare BarnoLB #192Andrew OgletreeTE #193Devin HarperLB #194Jordan JacksonDT #195Jamaree SalyerG #196Tyler BadieRB #197Gregory JuniorCB #198Grant CalcaterraTE #199Cade MaysC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jalen inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Justin Jefferson (2020–2025), and handed it to Jordan Addison (2023–2025).

Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed 1991–2001Qadry Ismail 1993–1996Chris Walsh

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2022draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 6, Pick 191

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 190 lb

Frame

186 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

38" vert / 128" broad

Explosion

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	MIN	4	W7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· HamstringW9Questionable· HamstringW15Out· ConcussionW16Out· ConcussionW17Out· ConcussionW18Out· Concussion
2022	MIN	0	W5Questionable· HamstringW9Questionable· Illness

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

43

peak 47

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

F2022

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

81%

20222025

2023 · Concussion · 35%

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2022	179	35.8	536+357	31.5
2024	414	27.6	442+28	26
2025	444	26.1	444	26.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

16 career value over replacement — #3305 all-time of 4,642. 5.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #191 (Rd 6) · MIN · 2022 · +17.1 vs expected KV-H

43actual

25.9 expected · Δ+17.1

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