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Jalen Coker

Jalen Coker is a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Jalen Coker: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Jalen Coker at a glance

Jalen Coker is a 24-year-old wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 6'3" and 213 pounds. Coker entered the league undrafted in 2024 out of Holy Cross and is now in a 3rd NFL season.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Coker at 120.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR64 at the position and works out to 8.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Coker has scored 48.4 PPR points, or 24.2 per game. That is 40.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Coker would finish with about 411 points, ahead of the 120.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 33.8 points in Week 1 against CHI, the WR1 finish that week. Coker has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Coker ranks in the 96th percentile in receptions, the 95th percentile in receiving yards and the 91st percentile in receiving TDs. Five of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 48th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Coker has finished as WR83 in 2024 and WR69 in 2025. The high-water mark is 92.6 PPR points in 2024. Across 24 regular-season games on record, the totals read 81 receptions, 1,076 receiving yards and 7 receiving touchdowns.

Jalen Coker by the numbers

Coker has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 3 times. The career high is 33.8 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2026 against CHI, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Coker has reached 20 points in 2 games, 8% of career appearances.

Contract

Coker is playing on a three-year, $34 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2026, an average of $11.3 million per year with $12.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
120.3
PPR / game
8.7

Week 3 projection

Jalen Coker is projected for 10.1 PPR points on the road at CLE in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 25.1.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.5 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
61.9
Dynasty
51.9
Superflex redraft
68.6
Superflex dynasty
63.5
TE premium dynasty
31.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CAR2181620420048.4
2025CAR11433339430090.4
2024CAR11463247820092.6

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.