Defensive end, Oregon, 2014–18
Jalen Jelks
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′6″
- Weight
- 246 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Phoenix, AZ
- Born
- Aug 3, 1996
Jalen Jelks played defensive end at Oregon (2014–18). The Dallas Cowboys took Jelks in round 7, No. 241 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Bowling Green, 20183sacks, career highat Arizona State, 2017Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2014
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oregon | 97 | DE | RS | ||
| 2015 | Oregon | 97 | DE | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Oregon | 97 | DE | So. | ||
| 2017 | Oregon | 97 | DE | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Oregon | 97 | DE | Sr. | 6′6″ | 246 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 Oregon 11 games, 51 tackles, 3.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Bowling Green | W 58–24 | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Portland State | W 62–14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. San José State | W 35–22 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Stanford | L 31–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at California | W 42–24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Washington | W 30–27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Washington State | L 20–34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | at Arizona | L 15–44 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs. UCLA | W 42–21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Arizona State | W 31–29 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Michigan State | W 7–6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Oregon 13 games, 59 tackles, 7 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Southern Utah | W 77–21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Nebraska | W 42–35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | at Wyoming | W 49–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | atArizona State | L 35–37 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.California | W 45–24 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Washington State | L 10–33 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | atStanford | L 7–49 | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | atUCLA | L 14–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Utah | W 41–20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | atWashington | L 3–38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Arizona | W 48–28 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Oregon State | W 69–10 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. Boise State | L 28–38 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Oregon 8 games, 31 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. UC Davis | W 53–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Virginia | W 44–26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atCalifornia | L 49–52 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Arizona State | W 54–35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at USC | L 20–45 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Stanford | L 27–52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atUtah | W 30–28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | atOregon State | L 24–34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–24).
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅜″ | |
| Weight | 256 lb | |
| Arm length | 34⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.92 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.70 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ | |
| Bench press | 19 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.22 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.59 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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