Player Dossier

2020-2025

San Diego State

Jelani Whitmore

CB • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Rialto, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jelani Whitmore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

47

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Jelani Whitmore built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Rialto, CA wearing No. 16, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jelani Whitmore's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.7994

Wilmer Amina Carter · Rialto, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jelani Whitmore, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State. Jelani Whitmore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
10
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jelani Whitmore quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · CB
Career Tackles
10
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 8 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Wilmer Amina Carter · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Wilmer Amina Carter · 6 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State810-0-3042.7
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-

Related Context

Jelani Whitmore played CB for San Diego State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jelani Whitmore recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 4 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10.2

Usage

1.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Hawai'i: 1. Wyoming: 1. Washington State: 0. Boise State: 0. UNLV: 0. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Hawai'i: 2 by 18.3. Wyoming: 0 by 10. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 11/23@ Utah StateL 20-4122000
Sun 11/17@ UNLVL 20-4122000
Sat 11/2@ Boise StateL 24-5611000
Sun 10/27vs Washington StateL 26-2910000
Sat 10/12@ WyomingW 27-2400001
Sun 10/6vs Hawai'iW 27-24220010
Sat 9/28@ Central MichiganL 21-2210001
Sun 9/15@ CaliforniaL 10-3111001

Player Story

Jelani Whitmore story

Jelani Whitmore built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Rialto, CA wearing No. 16, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Jelani Whitmore's career was his defensive production: 10 tackles, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Jelani Whitmore's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State410.21.34
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 6 · W 27-24 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#2

@ California

Week 3 · L 10-31

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · L 21-22

1

Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Wyoming

Week 7 · W 27-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

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@ Utah State

Week 13 · L 20-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

5.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

4 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 1.3 usage

42.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · San Diego State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games