Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Oregon
Jalen Jelks
DE • 6'6" • 246 lbs • Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Jalen Jelks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Oregon
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Jalen Jelks built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive end from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 97, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Jalen Jelks' career was his defensive production: 141...
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- Committed To
- Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 27
- Overall
- No. 241
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Jalen Jelks, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Oregon. Jalen Jelks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Quick Answers
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- Latest team and position
- Oregon · DE
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Oregon
- Top game
- Arizona State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sumner · Washington
- High school pipeline
- Sumner · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 7 · Pick 27 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · DE 26th (top 8%) · Pac-12 49th (top 10%) · National 614th (top 11%)
Jalen Jelks played DE for Oregon. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Jelks recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Oregon.
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