Last confirmed: Oregon, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′6″ · 246 lb · Phoenix, AZ
Jalen Jelks: DE · Oregon · #97.
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Jalen Jelks
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Jalen Jelks has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Oregon. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-24vs Bowling Green | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Portland State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-22vs San José State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-38vs No. 7 Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-24@ No. 24 California | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs No. 7 Washington | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ No. 25 Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 15-44@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-21vs UCLA | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-29vs Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 7-6vs Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 26 | 6.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 62-14
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 48-point win at home against Portland State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
7%4 sacksTFL rate
13%6 TFLHurry rate
10%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
41%4 of 8 pressures51 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
44.5%
415 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
51 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon, 12 sacks — drafted at #241 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
His career
He has a stat line in 32 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Helfrich, Willie Taggart, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 8th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 8th NFL season
