Jelani Thurman

TE · #45 · North Carolina · JR · 6'6" · 245 · Fairburn, GA

Transferred from OSU · TE depth chart, 3rd

84 2025 receiving yards

7 of 8 2025 catches

1 2025 TDs

1 Explosive plays

34 Career games (1 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Rec-Tgt	Yards	YPR	TD
2025	Ohio State	14	0	7-8	84	12.0	1
2024	Ohio State	15	0	4-8	42	10.5	1
2023	Ohio State	5	1	2-2	18	9.0	0

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 6.0 41

Yards per catch 12.0 74

Catch rate 87.5% 89

Receiving TDs 1 39

Around Jelani

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

Billy Edwards Jr. QB · 113 pass yds · 2g · at WIS

Demon June RB · 464 rush yds · 12g

WR-X

Jordan Shipp WR · 671 rec yds · 12g

WR-Z

Mason Humphrey WR · no college stats

WR-SL

Trech Kekahuna WR · 211 rec yds · 12g · at WIS

Jaxxon Warren TE · 95 rec yds · 2g · at CSU

The situation

North Carolina 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 8.7% 7

Red zone TD rate 58.5% 9

Line yards per carry 2.2 26

Sack rate allowed 5.6% 60

2025 Game log

with Ohio State

Wk	Opponent	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	RZ opps	Touch share
W2	Grambling State Tigers	4	3	44	1	1	4%
W3	OHIO	1	1	6			2%
W5	@ WASH	1	1	9			2%
W11	@ PUR	1	1	6		1	1%
W13	RUTG	1	1	19			2%

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Four-star high school recruit

The 2023 board

#103

Aidan Mizell WR · Boone FLA

#104

Christian Gray CB · De Smet Jesuit ND

#105

Jelani Thurman TE · Langston Hughes OSU

#106

Eugene Wilson III WR · Gaither FLA

#107

Drayk Bowen LB · Andrean ND

TEs in the class

Duce Robinson Pinnacle USC

Pearce Spurlin III South Walton UGA

Jelani Thurman Langston Hughes OSU

Riley Williams IMG Academy MIA

Walker Lyons Folsom USC

2025 · 41th pctile of TEs

Recruit · 96th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.