# Jalen Nailor — FootballQuants player source

Canonical source: https://footballquants.com/sources/players/8180

Use the season, week, scoring, freshness and limitations below when citing this source. Model estimates are not observed outcomes.

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    "Half-PPR trade values are public. Standard and PPR trade values require an eligible paid account and are omitted here.",
    "League-family estimates use the stated scoring format, team count and quarterback slots; they are not custom league scoring."
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    "writeup": "Minnesota used Nailor as a vertical specialist and the splits still show it: 15.3 yards per catch in the 90th percentile, a 13-yard aDOT, and 1.38 yards of YAC over expected per reception, an 89th-percentile mark that says he is genuinely dangerous once the ball arrives. The cost of the profile was a 54.7 percent catch rate near the bottom of the position, and the drop numbers absolve his hands, since a 1.9 percent drop rate was among the lowest of any qualified receiver, which points at low-probability throws rather than poor technique. Consensus projects 104.5 points at WR65, well ahead of his standard and half-PPR price in the WR85 range, though PPR drafters curiously pay WR64 at pick 166 for a player whose game is chunk plays rather than catch volume. The move to Las Vegas puts him second on the Raiders' depth chart, and the offense is the bigger problem, carrying a 19.2-point implied total that ranks 28th. Explosiveness like his tends to surface as a few unownable spike weeks rather than steady production, which is roughly what the projection assumes when it sees a top-65 receiver where the market sees a WR85.",
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      "digest": "Jalen Nailor (concussion) ruled out Sunday  — Nailor will remain sidelined in concussion protocol. ",
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