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Jelani Woods
Jelani Woods is a tight end for the New York Jets. Depth chart: TE4.
Scouting report
Jelani Woods: the full picture
Jelani Woods at a glance
Jelani Woods is a 27-year-old tight end for the New York Jets, listed at 6'7" and 253 pounds. The Indianapolis Colts drafted Woods 73rd overall in the third round in 2022, out of Virginia, and 2026 is Woods's 5th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Woods for 14.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE78 at the position and works out to 1.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Woods has finished as TE35 in 2022 and TE118 in 2025. The high-water mark is 74.2 PPR points in 2022. Across 14 regular-season games on record, the totals read 26 receptions, 316 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.
Jelani Woods by the numbers
Woods has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times. The career high is 17.8 PPR points, set in Week 12 of 2022 against PIT.
Contract
Woods is playing on a one-year, $1.2 million contract signed with the New York Jets in 2026, an average of $1.2 million per year. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Woods carries a GV stock price of 1,101, which ranks 474th overall and TE80 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Woods 584th overall. Value has moved up 1.8 since the previous model run. See where Woods sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 14.8
- PPR / game
- 1.2
Week 3 projection
Jelani Woods is projected for 0.5 PPR points on the road at DET in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 4.3.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 5.5
- Dynasty
- 10.7
- Superflex redraft
- 2.8
- Superflex dynasty
- 2.0
- TE premium dynasty
- 8.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NYJ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | IND | 12 | 40 | 25 | 312 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 |
Tight ends ranked near Jelani Woods
- Jaren Kanak TE75 · 16.8 PPR
- Julian Hill TE76 · 16.4 PPR
- Max Klare TE77 · 14.8 PPR
- Albert Okwuegbunam TE79 · 13.9 PPR
- Shane Zylstra TE80 · 11.8 PPR
- John FitzPatrick TE81 · 11.0 PPR
New York Jets fantasy players
- Breece Hall RB · 245.6 PPR
- Garrett Wilson WR · 217.9 PPR
- Geno Smith QB · 180.3 PPR
- Kenyon Sadiq TE · 113.1 PPR
- Braelon Allen RB · 102.9 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR · 96.8 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.