Jalen Nailor Player Profile
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Jalen Nailor is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League.
He played college football at Michigan State University. Nailor attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. In high school, Nailor recorded 28 touchdowns and over 2,000 yards in his high school career including 12 touchdowns, 41 receptions, and 807 yards in his senior year. In his college career, Nailor played in 28 games with Michigan State. Throughout his career, Nailor tallied stats of 86 receptions, 1,454 yards, and 12 touchdowns. In 2020, Nailor led the Big Ten Conference in yards per catch while being the runner-up in that category in 2021. In 2021, in a game against Rutgers, Nailor put up a career high 221 yards with three touchdowns. Nailor was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round (191st overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft. In Week 4 as a Rookie, against the New Orleans Saints, Nailor made his first career catch on a 13-yard fake punt from punter Ryan Wright, in the 28–25 win. In Week 17, against the Green Bay Packers, Nailor recorded his first career touchdown reception, a 47-yard pass from Kirk Cousins. He finished the game with three catches for 89 yards. As a rookie, he appeared in 15 games and recorded nine receptions for 179 yards and one touchdown. He followed up his Rookie year in 2023 by recording 3 receptions for 29 yards, but was beset by injuries and only appeared in 6 games. Jalen is hoping to bounce back in 2024 with a healthy season and looks to be on the rise with the Vikings! We are so excited to have Jalen at camp with us in 2024 and your chance to meet him is June 29th-July 2nd at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Don't miss out!
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