Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Jelani Thurman
TE • 6'6" • 250 lbs • Fairburn, GA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Jelani Thurman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jelani Thurman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State. Jelani Thurman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Quick Answers
Jelani Thurman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 144
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Grambling
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Langston Hughes · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Langston Hughes · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 84 receiving yards · TE 210th (top 45%) · Big Ten 137th (top 49%) · National 1,084th (top 50%)
Jelani Thurman played TE for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jelani Thurman recorded 144 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio State.
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