{"id":2000770,"date":"2025-09-06T00:56:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000770"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:56:53","slug":"jalen-royals-injury-update-latest-news-on-chiefs-rookies-recovery-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jalen-royals-injury-update-latest-news-on-chiefs-rookies-recovery-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Royals injury update: Latest news on Chiefs rookie&#8217;s recovery timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/news\/jalen-royals-injury-update-latest-news-chiefs-recovery-timeline\/f9a2f99dc9bbcfa8e784def4?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jalen Royals injury update: Latest news on Chiefs rookie's recovery timeline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jalen Royals injury update: Latest news on Chiefs rookie&#8217;s recovery timeline<\/a> originally appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are even more shorthanded at wide receiver after rookie Jalen Royals was ruled out for the Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Royals was drafted in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft and managed to have a standout training camp before having a quiet preseason. With the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/rashee-rice-suspension-explained-reason-length-chiefs-ban\/efad06060eb7c7cc48f1bfca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:suspension of receiver Rashee Rice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">suspension of receiver Rashee Rice<\/a>, Royals was expected to have a role early on.<\/p>\n<p>However, that was dashed for the season-opener after Royals was ruled out earlier in the week due to injury. Here&#8217;s what we know about the rookie&#8217;s status moving forward.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Jalen Royals injury update<\/h2>\n<p>Royals was listed on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/team\/injury-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chiefs' injury report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chiefs&#8217; injury report<\/a> with a knee issue. He did not practice at all this week before he was ruled out ahead of Friday. It remains unclear how long he&#8217;ll be out.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With Royals out, the Chiefs are going to lean more on veteran JuJu Smith-Schuster, along with starters Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NFL NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalen Royals injury update: Latest news on Chiefs rookie&#8217;s recovery timeline originally appeared on The Sporting News The Kansas City Chiefs are even more shorthanded at wide receiver after rookie Jalen Royals was ruled out for the Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Chargers. 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