Jelani Watkins
Arkansas Razorbacks
55
Depth

Jelani Watkins

Arkansas RazorbacksSolid
WR-AOffenseDepthTRANSFER · LSU
3rd String

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Jelani Watkins is listed 3rd string at WR-A for Arkansas Razorbacks.

Redshirt sophomore · #13 · 5'11", 163 lbs

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Depth at WR-A · Arkansas Razorbacks

  1. 1465Ismael CisseStarter
  2. 2965Jamari Hawkins
  3. 31355Jelani WatkinsYou

Arkansas Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Atascocita, ranked #167 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 2 catches, 21 yards, 0 TD. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 55 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #167 NatlTeam Share1%
Laplace, LA
Jersey
#13
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
163 lbs
Transfer
LSU

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—2210

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9291
National Rank
#167
High School
Atascocita
Hometown
Humble, TX

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated offense; 16th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 55.

Team offense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 16% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 19LUGAYDS 6
CAR
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
6
AVG
3.0
TD
0

Final L 45-17

Sep 13LUTAHYDS 8
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0

Final L 43-10

Sep 5WUNAYDS 21
CAR
2
YDS
21
AVG
10.5
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final W 31-14

Jelani Watkins's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

2 rec · 21 yds · 0 TD
Usage / Involvement5%
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