The Sideline NIL ReportTexas Football
Texas sideline stock
Jelani McDonald
DB · Senior · #4 · 6' 2" · 201 lbs · 4★ recruit
From Waco, TX
Loading live player file…
Sideline market estimate
$285.7K
Texas sideline stock
Jelani McDonald
DB · Senior · #4 · 6' 2" · 201 lbs · 4★ recruit
From Waco, TX
Loading live player file…
Sideline market estimate
$285.7K
Texas sideline stock
DB · Senior · #4 · 6' 2" · 201 lbs
★★★★Live player file
Latest source check Aug 15, 2026
Position
Defensive Back
Class
Senior
Jersey
#4
Height
6' 2"
Weight
201 lbs
Hometown
From Waco, TX
Sideline market estimate
$285.7K
Best current Sideline estimate based on role, roster, recruiting, current market evidence, and school-pool reconciliation.
Pool-accounting allocation: $666K
Confidence meter
Watchlist confidenceWe have enough context to frame the range, but not enough sourced detail to call it tight.
Jelani McDonald is a 6' 2" 201 lbs Senior Defensive Back for Texas and is listed by ESPN from Waco, TX. The Sideline places the player 29th within the current Texas football roster. The $285.7K headline is The Sideline's best current estimate and $666K is the allocation used to reconcile the sport pool.
Pool share by sport
1.5%
Football pool: $45.9M
Pool share of school
1.0%
Texas roster market: $65.4M
Roster dollars tracked
$45.9M
Texas Football pool-accounting sum
Coverage hits
0
No fresh NIL chatter found
Waco, TX
Roster status
Active
Current listing
Texas Longhorns
Recruit rating
4-star
Recruiting profile
4-star / No. 74 nationally
Rating: 0.9622
High school: Connally
From: Waco, TX
Class: 2023 / ATH
Sideline Data Desk
Defensive-back value reflects coverage scarcity, starting role, recruiting demand, and exposure in high-leverage matchups. For Jelani McDonald, the current roster role, class, recruiting signal, program market, and available market evidence produce a $285.7K headline case.
The visible base estimate is $285.7K. The pool-accounting allocation is $666K, equal to about 1.5% of the Texas football market. The player ranks 29th on that roster.
We search for NIL, deal, endorsement, and collective coverage so actual player articles are more likely to surface here.
Other Texas DB estimates.
