Jalen Nailor

Experience: 4 years

Height: 5-11

Age: 26

Weight: 190 lbs

College: Michigan State

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Year

Biography

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Battled injuries during the 2023 season, appearing in just six games, including one start.
Inactive at Cincinnati in Week 15 (12/16), against Detroit in Week 16 (12/24) and against Green Bay in Week 17 (12/31) due to injury.
Made his first-career start in Week 10 against New Orleans (11/12). He caught one pass for 16 yards.
Activated to the 53-man roster prior to Week 9 at Atlanta (11/5), but was inactive for the game.
Placed on Reserve/Injured and missed Weeks 3-8.
Made his season debut against Tampa Bay (9/10) and made a tackle on special teams.

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Battled injuries during the 2023 season, appearing in just six games, including one start.
Inactive at Cincinnati in Week 15 (12/16), against Detroit in Week 16 (12/24) and against Green Bay in Week 17 (12/31) due to injury.
Made his first-career start in Week 10 against New Orleans (11/12). He caught one pass for 16 yards.
Activated to the 53-man roster prior to Week 9 at Atlanta (11/5), but was inactive for the game.
Placed on Reserve/Injured and missed Weeks 3-8.
Made his season debut against Tampa Bay (9/10) and made a tackle on special teams.

2022 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Caught his first NFL pass, a 13-yard reception from P Ryan Wright in team's first successful punt fake of the 2022 season (10/2).
Inactive for Week 5 vs. Chicago (10/9).
Inactive for Week 9 at Washington (11/6).
Led the team in receiving yards with 89 in Week 17. Caught his first NFL receiving touchdown, a 47-reception from QB Nick Mullens (1/1/23).
Caught four passes for 62 receiving yards in Week 18 at Chicago (1/8/23).
Appeared on special teams in his playoff debut (1/15/23).

COLLEGE - MICHIGAN STATE

Closed his career tied for 17th in school history in TD catches (12), 16th in yards per catch (16.9), 28th in receiving yards (1,454) and 41st in receptions (86).
Had four career 100-yard receiving outings (vs. Iowa, 11/7/20; vs. Western Kentucky, 10/2/21; vs. Rutgers, 10/9/21; vs. Pittsburgh, 12/30/21) and one 200-yard outing (vs. Rutgers, 10/9/21).
Versatile playmaker who finished with 1,844 career all-purpose yards (1,454 receiving, 179 kick return, 163 rushing, 48 punt return).
Had 17 carries for 163 yards (9.6 avg) with one rushing TD, along with eight punt returns for 48 yards (6.0 avg.) and nine kick returns for 179 yards.
Led the Big Ten in yards per catch in 2020 (19.8 avg.) and ranked second in 2021 (18.8 avg.)

HONORS

2020 Third-Team All-Big Ten selection by Phil Steele.
Became the 46th Spartan to reach 1,000 career receiving yards in the Western Kentucky game on Oct. 2, 2021.
Three-year letterwinner; finished his Spartans career with 86 receptions for 1,454 yards and 12 TDs in 28 career games from 2018-21, including 21 starts (one in 2018, four in 2019, seven in 2020, nine in 2021).
MSU had a 20-8 record when Nailor was in the lineup, including a 9-0 mark in 2021.

PREP - BISHOP GORMAN (NEV.)

Named the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in the state of Nevada by 247Sports and Rivals.com.
Listed as one of the best overall players in the state of Nevada by 247Sports (No. 6), ESPN (No. 6) and Rivals.com (No. 7).
Ranked among the top wide receivers in the nation by 247Sports (No. 120).
Also returned punts and kicks.
Was a member of three state championship and two "national championship" teams.
Had 108 receptions for nearly 2,000 yards (1,995) and 28 touchdown catches during his varsity career for one of the most storied high school programs in the nation.
Named to the 2017 ALL-USA TODAY Nevada First Team after helping lead Bishop Gorman to a 13-2 record and a No. 14 national ranking by MaxPreps.

OFF THE FIELD

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