Jelani Woods Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'7" / 253 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- October 9, 1998 (24)
- Experience
- 2nd Season
- Drafted
- 2022 / Rd. 3 / Pk. 73 (IND)
- College
- Virginia
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Jelani Woods News
Indianapolis Colts tight end Jelani Woods (hamstring) was placed on IR on Wednesday. The second-year tight end missed the entire preseason with a hamstring issue and now cannot be activated until at least Week 4. Woods posted a decent rookie season--as far as tight ends go--last year when he had 25 catches for 312 yards and three touchdowns. The Colts will roll with Kylen Granson and Mo Alie-Cox as their top two tight ends to begin the year. Neither player has much fantasy appeal in what appears to be a low-volume passing attack led by rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson.
Indianapolis Colts tight end Jelani Woods (hamstring) remained on the sideline for Thursday's preseason matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 24-year-old continues to deal with a lingering hamstring issue. It has sidelined him basically all of training camp and the preseason. At this point, it's uncertain if Woods is going to be available to begin the season. Kylen Granson, Andrew Ogletree and Mo Alie-Cox took the snaps during Thursday's preseason matchup. This could be a messy situation in terms of fantasy football, so probably something to avoid until this is sorted out.
The Indianapolis Colts have a crowded tight end room this year with Mo Alie-Cox, Kylen Granson and Jelani Woods all having played more than 300 snaps last year and catching at least 19 passes. The Colts drafted rookie Will Mallory in the fifth round, and they also have Andrew Ogletree, Pharoah Brown and Kaden Smith. The tight end position is very important in new head coach Shane Steichen's offense. Dallas Goedert played almost 70% of the snaps in 2021 with Steichen in Philadelphia, with no other TE playing 30% of the time. The most likely candidate to see the majority of snaps in Indy's offense in 2023 as a pass-catcher is Woods, who had 25 catches for 313 yards and three TDs as a rookie. Woods has the athleticism to stretch the field similar to how Goedert can, so for fantasy managers speculating on a Colts TE in very deep leagues, Woods might be your guy.
Depth Chart
| PR | Isaiah McKenzie |
| QB | Anthony Richardson |
| Gardner Minshew | |
| RB | Zack Moss |
| Trey Sermon | |
| LWR | Michael Pittman Jr. |
| Juwann Winfree | |
| RWR | Alec Pierce |
| SWR | Josh Downs |
| TE | Kylen Granson |
| Mo Alie-Cox | |
| LT | Bernhard Raimann |
| LG | Quenton Nelson |
| Josh Sills | |
| C | Ryan Kelly |
| RG | Will Fries |
| Wesley French | |
| RT | Braden Smith |
| Blake Freeland |
| FS | Julian Blackmon |
| Nick Cross | |
| LDE | Kwity Paye |
| Tyquan Lewis | |
| LDT | DeForest Buckner |
| Eric Johnson II | |
| RDT | Grover Stewart |
| Taven Bryan | |
| RDE | Samson Ebukam |
| Dayo Odeyingbo | |
| LOLB | E.J. Speed |
| Grant Stuard | |
| MLB | Shaquille Leonard |
| Cameron McGrone | |
| ROLB | Zaire Franklin |
| LCB | Dallis Flowers |
| Jaylon Jones | |
| SS | Rodney Thomas II |
| Trevor Denbow | |
| RCB | Darrell Baker Jr. |
| JuJu Brents | |
| NB | Kenny Moore II |
| Tony Brown |
| LS | Luke Rhodes |
| K | Matt Gay |
| P | Rigoberto Sanchez |
At 6-foot-7, 253 pounds, Indianapolis Colts tight end Jelani Woods (hamstring) has the size, athleticism, and tools to be an elite playmaker in the NFL. After being selected in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft, he showed flashes of that potential in his rookie season. Woods had 25 catches for 312 yards and three touchdowns in 2022. His best game came in Week 12 against the Steelers, when he had an impressive nine-catch, 98-yard performance (both career-highs). Woods also had a...
