Should I start Keon Coleman or Jalen Royals in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keon Coleman, and the board ranks him 161st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Jalen Royals at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keon Coleman is 1.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Jalen Royals, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Keon Coleman has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 1 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 27 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 15.6 air yards.

In Week 5 against LAR he caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 4 of 6 targets for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against BAL he caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Jalen Royals has been on the field for 46 percent of KC snaps, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 2 of its 20 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 5.6 air yards.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 4 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keon Coleman played 13 games and scored 102.4 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR60.

He caught 38 of 59 targets for 404 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 4-5 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 10.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Royals played 7 games and scored 2.4 PPR points, 0.3 a game.

He caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 2.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 9 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keon Coleman was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keon Coleman scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Jalen Royals 0.3, 7.5 a game between them.

Keon Coleman had 56 more targets than Jalen Royals, 59 to 3.

Keon Coleman had 400 more receiving yards than Jalen Royals, 404 to 4.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 46 percent.

This season Keon Coleman holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Keon Coleman is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jalen Royals.