Jelani Davis
Jelani Davis
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 24 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
2 SOLO · 4 TOT · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Kent State
Returning around him
- 11% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #120
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carmine Bastone’s 2025 season.
Matches Carmine on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Brockman's freshman season at Air Force (2021).
Matches Elijah on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #10888
Peaked at #10888 this season.