Jelani Willis

LB · Senior · #6 · 6' 1" · 218 lbs

★★★★★3★ Recruit

From Memphis, TN

Jelani Willis is a 6' 1" 218 lbs Senior Linebacker for Tennessee State and is listed by ESPN from Memphis, TN. The Sideline places the player 12th within the current Tennessee State football roster. The $68K headline is The Sideline's high-side case; $54.5K is the visible base estimate and $45.8K is the internal allocation that reconciles the sport pool.

View Tennessee State NIL Page ESPN player profile

2026 high-side NIL estimate

$68K

Sideline range: $41K-$68K

Visible base estimate: $54.5K

Pool-accounting allocation: $45.8K

Confidence meter

Watchlist confidence

We have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.

Pool share by sport

2.2%

Football pool: $2.05M

Pool share of school

0.9%

Tennessee State roster market: $5.1M

Roster dollars tracked

$2.05M

Tennessee State Football pool-accounting sum

Coverage hits

No fresh NIL chatter found

Sideline Data Desk

Player market brief

2026 NIL Market Index

Front-seven value reflects snap importance, pass-rush or run-fit scarcity, recruiting demand, and transfer-market leverage. For Jelani Willis, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $68K headline case.

The visible base estimate is $54.5K. The pool-accounting allocation is $45.8K, equal to about 2.2% of the Tennessee State football market. The player ranks 12th on that roster.

Position

Linebacker

Class

Senior

Jersey

Size

6' 1" / 218 lbs

Hometown

Memphis, TN

Team market rank

12th

Roster biography fields are imported from ESPN. Rankings, ranges, confidence, and valuation analysis are produced and maintained by The Sideline. The figures are market estimates, not salary or contract disclosures.Read the Sideline NIL methodology

Stay in the school universe

School NIL Page

Tennessee State NIL

Full school breakdown, roster search, market tiers, and position-by-position comps.

School Hub

Hub not live yet

This program has a NIL page, but no dedicated community hub is wired up yet.

NIL coverage and deal chatter

We search for NIL, deal, endorsement, and collective coverage so actual player articles are more likely to surface here.

No fresh NIL-specific coverage turned up for Jelani Willis. That usually means the range above is leaning more on roster context and school-level reporting than on newly published player-specific deal coverage.