# Jelani Thurman

TE · North Carolina (ACC) · #45 · 6'6" · 245 lbs · JR

Transferred from OSU · TE depth chart rank 3 · 34 career games (1 starts)

## Career statistics

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | OSU | 14 | 8 | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | OSU | 15 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | OSU | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 |

### Defense

| Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | INT | PD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | OSU | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Targets | Rec | Scrimmage yds | TD | Team touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | vs ? | 0 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 4.5% |
| 3 | vs OHIO | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.6% |
| 5 | at WASH | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.6% |
| 11 | at PUR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.3% |
| 13 | vs RUTG | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1.6% |

## Recruiting

4-star recruit in the 2023 class · #105 national · TE #3 · from Langston Hughes (Fairburn, GA)

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/a7b5be50-9d25-11ed-83ea-ab152886418a
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