THIRD AND DATA

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Team
Season
Position
Player

Jelani McDonald

DB · #4 · Texas

Profile

Measurements
6'2" · 201 lb
Seasons
4
Recruiting
★★★★☆ · 0.9672
Class rank
#70 · 2023
Hometown
Waco, TX
High school
Waco Connally

Returning player.

Career

vs Power conferences · 29 games

Defense159 TOT · 85 SOLO · 5 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 QB HUR · 6 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions3 INT · 11 YDS · 0 TD

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Position
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2026

Tackles and the line of scrimmage
TacklesBehind the line
7
8
7
9
−1
12
9
4

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Interceptions
1
Passes defended
1
1
1
Ohio State
@ Tennessee
Oklahoma *
Florida
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
@ Missouri
@ LSU
Arkansas
@ Texas A&M

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Fixtures still to play are faint — an empty column under a bold or plain opponent is a game he did not appear in. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 7 games

Defense56 TOT · 26 SOLO · 1 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 3 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions1 INT · 0 YDS · 0 TD

Defense

WkOpponentResultTOTSOLOTFLSACKSQB HURPDTD
10@ MissouriW 34–204200000
9vs Mississippi StateW 31–39600000
8vs Ole MissW 34–2712700010
7vs FloridaL 24–279510010
6vs Oklahoma *L 24–277300000
4@ TennesseeW 20–178300010
2vs Ohio StateW 24–237000000

Interceptions

WkOpponentResultINTYDSTD
8vs Ole MissW 34–27100

 

2025

Tackles and the line of scrimmage
TacklesBehind the line
3
7
8
8
9
−2
14
3
4
5
−1
9

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Interceptions
1
Passes defended
2
@ Ohio State
Michigan *
@ Florida
Oklahoma *
@ Kentucky
@ Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
@ Georgia
Arkansas
Texas A&M

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 10 games

Defense70 TOT · 43 SOLO · 3 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 QB HUR · 2 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions1 INT · 11 YDS · 0 TD

Defense

WkOpponentResultTOTSOLOTFLSACKSQB HURPDTD
17vs Michigan *W 41–277600000
14vs Texas A&MW 27–179600000
13vs ArkansasW 52–375310000
12@ GeorgiaL 10–354300000
10vs VanderbiltW 34–313200000
9@ Mississippi StateW 45–3814500100
8@ KentuckyW 16–139920000
7vs Oklahoma *W 23–68500020
6@ FloridaL 21–298300000
1@ Ohio StateL 7–143100000

Interceptions

WkOpponentResultINTYDSTD
13vs ArkansasW 52–371110

 

2024

Tackles and the line of scrimmage
TacklesBehind the line
3
6
2
2
3
1
7
−1
4
1
2

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Interceptions
1
Passes defended
1
Clemson
Arizona State *
Ohio State *
@ Michigan
Mississippi State
Oklahoma *
Georgia
@ Vanderbilt
Florida
@ Arkansas
Kentucky
@ Texas A&M
Georgia *

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 11 games

Defense31 TOT · 15 SOLO · 1 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TD

Interceptions1 INT · 0 YDS · 0 TD

Defense

WkOpponentResultTOTSOLOTFLSACKSQB HURPDTD
17vs Arizona State *W 39–316200000
17vs ClemsonW 38–243200000
14@ Texas A&MW 17–72000000
12@ ArkansasW 20–101100010
11vs FloridaW 49–174100000
9@ VanderbiltW 27–247510000
8vs GeorgiaL 15–301000000
7vs Oklahoma *W 34–33200000
5vs Mississippi StateW 35–132100000
2@ MichiganW 31–122100000

Interceptions

WkOpponentResultINTYDSTD
13vs KentuckyW 31–14100

 

2023

Tackles and the line of scrimmage
Tackles
2
Washington *
@ Alabama
@ Baylor
Kansas
Oklahoma *
@ Houston
BYU
Kansas State
@ TCU
@ Iowa State
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State *

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 5 · 1 game

Defense2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 0 PD · 0 TD

Defense

WkOpponentResultTOTSOLOTFLSACKSQB HURPDTD
14vs Oklahoma State *W 49–212100000