Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Tennessee State
Jelani Willis
LB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jelani Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Michigan • Tennessee State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
3★
- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jelani Willis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Jelani Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 17
Quick Answers
Jelani Willis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 17
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- East · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 6 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Jelani Willis played LB for Western Michigan and Tennessee State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jelani Willis recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Michigan, Tennessee State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
7.7
Usage
1.3
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Marshall: 0. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Eastern Michigan: 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. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 12.5. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Eastern Michigan
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Western Michigan
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Tennessee State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 7 · L 21-34 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
15.8 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 14 · W 26-18 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 3 · W 59-31
0
Havoc Plays
8.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 11 · W 38-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 5 · L 20-27
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage
40.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan
39.6
0 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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