TE · New York Jets · #86

Jelani Woods

TE4
College
Virginia
Height
6'7"
Weight
253 lb
Experience
5th season
EPA / target
+0.35▲ 1.20 vs '25
6th of 22 TEs
Catch rate
80.0%▲ 46.7 vs '25
6th of 22 TEs
Yards / target
7.8▲ 6.5 vs '25
9th of 22 TEs
Target share
4.0%▼ 0.5 vs '25
22nd of 22 TEs
Receiving
39 yds+0.35 EPA/TGT
4 rec · 5 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard plus Woods.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

2025: −0.85Week 1Week 2+1.26Week 3+0.93Week 4−0.53Week 5+0.87Week 6−0.77Week 7

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+1.8
Rushing0.0
Net+1.8
Best game · Wk 3 @ DET
1/1
Rec/Tgt
20
Rec yds
0
TD
+1.3
Rec EPA
+1.26
EPA/target
20.0
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 @ TENW––––––––––––
Wk 2 vs GBL––––––––––––
Wk 3 @ DETL112020.00100.019.0+1.3+1.26000
Wk 4 @ CHIL111111.00100.02.0+0.9+0.93000
Wk 5 vs CLEW100–00.05.0−0.5−0.53000
Wk 6 @ NEL1199.00100.0−1.0+0.9+0.87000
Wk 7 vs MIAL11−1−1.00100.0−1.0−0.8−0.77000
Season54399.8080.04.8+1.8+0.35000

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

3.55.37.18.910.7−0.15+0.12+0.39+0.65+0.92KelceHenryHigbeeKittleGoedertSchultzAndrewsHockensonJohnsonFreiermuthMcBrideLikelyOttonStrangeKraftLaPortaMayerBowersLovelandWarrenFannin Jr.Jelani Woods↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

signed 2026 with Jets

$1.2Mover 1 year
Avg. per year
$1.2M
Guaranteed
$0 0%
2026 cap hit
$1.1M 0.3% of the cap
Signed
2026
Runs through
2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20267+1.85439080.09.87.84.0+0.35000
20254−2.5314033.34.01.34.5−0.85000
202215+5.34025312362.512.57.810.2+0.13000
Career26+4.54830355362.511.87.47.9+0.09000