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Jakobi Meyers injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out

Jacksonville Jaguars · Wide receiver · status this week: Full in practice (week 5 report, captured Thu 8 Oct, 6:15am)

Checked Oct 8, 2026.

Over his 7 full seasons on record, Jakobi Meyers played 107 of 117 regular-season games (91%), and 4 of 4 so far in 2026. Season by season.

The Jacksonville Jaguars room absorbs +0.95 receptions, and Parker Washington takes the largest single share at +0.24. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.

Where the work goes

Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.

Receptions gained if Jakobi Meyers sitsParker Washington+0.2WR 76% snapsJosh Cameron+0.2WR 31% snapsCJ Williams+0.2WR 18% snapsBrian Thomas Jr.+0.2WR 47% snapschange in projected receptions

Every player in the room

PlayerCatches nowIf he sitsChange
Jakobi Meyers WR · 80% snaps4.20—OUT
Parker Washington WR · 76% snaps4.204.44+0.24
Brenton Strange TE · 79% snaps3.903.90+0.00
Brian Thomas Jr. WR · 47% snaps2.502.73+0.23
Bhayshul Tuten RB · 52% snaps1.601.60+0.00
Josh Cameron WR · 31% snaps1.501.74+0.24
Ameer Abdullah RB · 8% snaps0.800.80+0.00
Nate Boerkircher TE · 46% snaps0.800.80+0.00
CJ Williams WR · 18% snaps0.600.84+0.24
LeQuint Allen Jr. RB · 12% snaps0.600.60+0.00

Injury history

Over his 7 full seasons on record, Jakobi Meyers played 107 of 117 regular-season games (91%), and 4 of 4 so far in 2026.

SeasonTeamPlayedMissedListed outQuestionableInjuries listed
2026JAX4 of 4000—
2025JAX16 of 17101Knee
2024LV15 of 17203Ankle, Abdomen
2023LV16 of 17110Concussion
2022NE14 of 17319Knee, Shoulder, Concussion
2021NE17 of 17002Thigh
2020NE14 of 16200—
2019NE15 of 16100—

Regular season only. Games played counts games with at least one offensive snap; designations are from the official weekly injury report, which does not list players on injured reserve, so a long absence shows as missed games rather than as weeks listed out.

What the data says happens

Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.

When a team’s number-one wide receiver does not play, what each position group gains:

RoomReceptions gainednt
Receivers+0.5841,53711.16
Tight ends+0.1751,0803.33
Backs+0.1131,0112.00

The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.

Jakobi Meyers’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection

Cascade effects 2018–2026, paired within player, net of control · projections as-of-week with no lookahead · 2026 week 5