Injury alert
Questionable — quadriceps injury
Practice: Limited in practice — quadricep injury
Updated Fri 12:41 PM ET · Est. return Oct 4 · Source: ESPN injury report · Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Jalen Coker playing this week?
QuestionableJalen Coker is listed as Questionable for the week 4 game against the Detroit Lions (quadriceps injury). Questionable means the status is uncertain, and it usually settles closer to game day.
Estimated return: Oct 4.
Official practice report (week 4): Limited in practice, quadricep injury.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 8:20 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:16 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
Jalen Coker (quad) questionable for Week 4.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
Panthers injury report: Out: WR Xavier Legette, G Damien Lewis Questionable: WR Jalen Coker, OT Monroe Freeling, DL Lee Hunter, DL Cam Jackson
Joe Person @josephperson · 1d ago · View on X
Notables on Panthers' injury report today: DNP - Xavier Legette (knee), G Damien Lewis (ankle), both of whom have already been ruled out. Limited - Monroe Freeling (protocol), WR Jalen Coker (quad).
Joe Person @josephperson · 2d ago · View on X
Jalen Coker (quad) officially limited in practice Thursday.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 2d ago · View on X
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Bench. Questionable — quadriceps injury.
Why we say bench
- Projected 7.2 points, #46 among WRs this week, outside the top 36.
- Questionable — quadriceps injury.
- Official practice report: Limited in practice, quadricep injury. If active, about 11.1 points; the projection is discounted for the chance of not playing.
- Upside: DET's defense has allowed 18% more points to WRs than the league average.
- Averaging 7.3 targets a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 7.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~24 pts
- Vegas line
- CAR underdogs by 3.5
- Game total
- 50.5
- DET vs WRs
- 18% more points
- Last game snaps
- 36%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
24
Height
6'3"
Weight
213 lb
College
Holy Cross
Experience
2 seasons
Draft
2024 · Undrafted
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 76.6?
Coker's grade is driven by how much value he created per target, even against tougher-than-average defenses. The sample is small, just 22 targets over 3 games, and his game grades swung from 94.7 in week 1 to 11.6 in week 3.
Lifting the grade
- Adjusted EPA per target of +0.674 expected points ranks 12th of 62 WRs, which lifted the grade a lot.
- Week 1 vs CHI: a 51-yard touchdown from Young on 2nd and 5 (+4.6 expected points).
- Week 2 vs ATL: an 11-yard catch on 3rd and 12 (+2.5 expected points).
Holding it back
- Week 3 vs CLE: incomplete deep left on 3rd and 3, costing 2.0 expected points.
- Week 2 vs ATL: incomplete short left on 3rd and 3, costing 1.7 expected points.
- Week 2 vs ATL: a 5-yard catch on 3rd and 7 cost 1.0 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.576
Success rate
55%
WPA (sum)
0.15
Opponent adj.
0.100
Plays graded
22
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 2 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.9 | 6.7 | +0.3 |
| 2 | 3.7 | 6.0 | -1.0 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.