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Jalen Coker injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Carolina Panthers · Wide receiver · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 2 full seasons on record, Jalen Coker played 22 of 34 regular-season games (65%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Carolina Panthers room absorbs +1.40 receptions, and John Metchie III 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.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Coker WR · 62% snaps | 4.00 | — | OUT |
| Tetairoa McMillan WR · 85% snaps | 4.90 | 5.13 | +0.23 |
| Darren Waller TE · 48% snaps | 2.70 | 2.70 | +0.00 |
| Tommy Tremble TE · 56% snaps | 2.60 | 2.60 | +0.00 |
| Chuba Hubbard RB · 82% snaps | 2.20 | 2.20 | +0.00 |
| Xavier Legette WR · 50% snaps | 2.00 | 2.23 | +0.23 |
| Mitchell Evans TE · 50% snaps | 1.60 | 1.60 | +0.00 |
| John Metchie III WR · 34% snaps | 1.50 | 1.74 | +0.24 |
| Brycen Tremayne WR · 55% snaps | 1.20 | 1.44 | +0.24 |
| Jonathon Brooks RB · 30% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| AJ Dillon RB · 12% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| David Moore WR · 3% snaps | 0.60 | 0.83 | +0.23 |
| Ja'Seem Reed WR · 13% snaps | 0.50 | 0.73 | +0.23 |
Injury history
Over his 2 full seasons on record, Jalen Coker played 22 of 34 regular-season games (65%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CAR | 4 of 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Ankle, Quadricep |
| 2025 | CAR | 11 of 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | Quadricep |
| 2024 | CAR | 11 of 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Quadricep, Foot |
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.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
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.
Jalen Coker’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection