2026
2026 season · WR · #86 · 4th season
Jalen Brooks
Age 26 · 6'2" · 205 lb · South Carolina; Tarleton State; Wingate · Pick 244 overall (2023). Listed WR6 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 27% across 7 games.
- How goodBrooks's -3.6 EPA is 89th of 99 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+6.3, 71st percentile per target).
- Fantasy1.2 standard points a game, WR119 of 171.1.5 half-PPR points a game, WR121 of 171.1.9 PPR points a game, WR123 of 171.
- How he's usedHe is a straight-dropback target: 0% of his targets come off play action (league 16%).
- LatelyTargets are climbing: 5.3 a game over his last three against 2.4 for the season.
- This weekA tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 3rd vs WR, allowing -0.03 EPA per target to wide receivers.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 7% | 99th of 99 | 1st | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 14.8 | 18th of 99 | 82nd | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 5.2 | 23rd of 99 | 77th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 29% | 99th of 99 | 1st | |
| EPA per target | -0.21 | 91st of 99 | 9th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 18% | 98th of 99 | 2nd | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 6% | 68th of 99 | 32nd | |
| Yards per game | 11.6 | 98th of 99 | 2nd | |
| Success rate | 29% | 98th of 99 | 2nd | |
| Total EPA | -3.6 | 89th of 99 | 11th |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Brooks scores 1.2 standard points a game, WR119 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 2.7; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 7 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 1st-fewest standard points to WRs, 12.6 a game.
Brooks scores 1.5 half-PPR points a game, WR121 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 3.7; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 7 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 1st-fewest half-PPR points to WRs, 17.0 a game.
Brooks scores 1.9 PPR points a game, WR123 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 4.3; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 7 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Seahawks allow the 1st-fewest PPR points to WRs, 21.5 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the WR24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
He is a straight-dropback target: 0% of his targets come off play action (league 16%). He works the middle of the field: 41% of his targets come between the numbers (league 21%). His share of the team's targets is 5%: on third down it holds at 8%; inside the 20 it holds at 6%. Jalen is a downfield target: 29% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 18% for the league's receivers.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Brooks's -3.6 EPA is 89th of 99 wide receivers. The biggest share comes after the catch (+6.3, 71st percentile per target). Incompletions cost him more than most (-12.9, 1st percentile).
career -0.59 over 2024 · the best of his 2 seasons so far
How this is measured
Every target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. The percentile is him among the qualifying wide receivers, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 15 targets.
His targets spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
at SeahawksLumen Field
SEA −11.5 · O/U 44.5
His history
Week 2 vs SEA: 0 catches, 0 yards
His status
A tough matchup: the Seahawks rank 3rd vs WR, allowing -0.03 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 16 yards a game against top-10 defenses this season, and he went 0 catches, 0 yards against them in Week 2.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1414th D | 14th vs WR | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-313rd D | 3rd vs WR | 4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | at SF L 30-3617th D | 17th vs WR | 5% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | |
| 4 | at NYG L 24-367th D | 7th vs WR | 5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | vs DET L 21-4524th D | 24th vs WR | 53% | 7 | 2 | 16 | -3.5 | |
| 6 | at LA W 18-166th D | 6th vs WR | 53% | 3 | 2 | 30 | +2.2 | |
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-305th D | 5th vs WR | 64% | 6 | 1 | 35 | -1.7 | |
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | |||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | |||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | |||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 27% | 17 | 5 | 81 | 0 | -3.6 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1414th D | 14th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-313rd D | 3rd vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 3 | at SF L 30-3617th D | 17th vs WR | 2% | 4% | 12.0 | 0 | -0.54 | 0 | |
| 4 | at NYG L 24-367th D | 7th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 5 | vs DET L 21-4524th D | 24th vs WR | 15% | 21% | 14.6 | 3 | -0.50 | 1 | |
| 6 | at LA W 18-166th D | 6th vs WR | 9% | 18% | 11.3 | 3 | +0.72 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-305th D | 5th vs WR | 14% | 33% | 17.3 | 20 | -0.28 | 1 | |
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | ||||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | ||||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | ||||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 7 games | 6% | 11% | 14.8 | 26 | -0.21 | 3 | 1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at LAC W 26-1414th D | 14th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 2 | vs SEA L 7-313rd D | 3rd vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 3 | at SF L 30-3617th D | 17th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 4 | at NYG L 24-367th D | 7th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 5 | vs DET L 21-4524th D | 24th vs WR | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | ||
| 6 | at LA W 18-166th D | 6th vs WR | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| 7 | vs DEN L 16-305th D | 5th vs WR | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 1 | |
| 8 | at DAL W 33-30Did not play | ||||||
| 9 | at SEASun Nov 8 · next up | ||||||
| 10 | vs LASun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | at KCSun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | vs WASSun Nov 29 | ||||||
| 13 | vs PHISun Dec 6 | ||||||
| 14 | Bye week | ||||||
| 15 | vs NYJSun Dec 20 | ||||||
| 16 | at NOSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | vs LVSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | vs SFSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 7 games | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 |
Targets are climbing: 5.3 a game over his last three against 2.4 for the season. The yards are edging up with it: 27 a game lately against 12. 7 straight games below a starter's median in rec yards. Week 7 was his season high in yards.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 1st-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 10.9 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 3 of his next 9 are top-10 vs WR and 1 is bottom-10, starting with the Seahawks (3rd, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 4 | 2.3 | 16 | +0.06 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | -0.54 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 1 | 7.0 | 16 | -0.50 |
| All games | 7 | 2.4 | 12 | -0.21 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.20); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 177 receiving yards in 12 games with DAL. This season's 13.5 a game puts him on pace for 230 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | DAL | 3 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 10.7 | 21.3 | +0.64 |
| 2024 | DAL | 12 | 30 | 12 | 177 | 1 | 14.8 | 14.8 | -0.59 |
| 2025 | ARI | 5 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 17.0 | 10.2 | +0.31 |
| 2026 | ARI | 6 | 17 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 16.2 | 13.5 | -0.21 |
| Career | 2 tm | 26 | 59 | 26 | 373 | 1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | -0.26 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- WR6 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 1 on 17 targets
- Broken tackles
- 1
- Passer rating when targeted
- 57.5
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tyler AllgeierRB | 94 | 451 · 3 TD | -3.9 |
 Jeremiyah LoveRB | 90 | 304 · 2 TD | -12.9 |
 Trey McBrideTE | 86 | 544 · 5 TD | +25.2 |
 Michael WilsonWR | 84 | 514 · 2 TD | +1.0 |
 Kendrick BourneWR | 38 | 263 | +6.8 |
 Bam KnightRB | 37 | 211 | -8.2 |
 Jacoby BrissettQB | 30 | 94 · 1 TD | +16.2 |
 Elijah HigginsTE | 18 | 151 · 1 TD | +2.7 |