Howard University Athletics

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“Meet Jelani Williams: The DMV’s Hometown Hero” – MEACSports.com

“After 1,789 days, 3 ACL tears and 1 pandemic, Penn’s Jelani Williams has played his first college basketball game” – The Athletic

“Penn guard Jelani Williams' first college basketball home game was 1,795 days in the making” – ESPN.com

“How Howard University Finally Made It Back to March Madness” – TIME 

“Black Maternal Health Initiative Empowers Howard Men to Help Mothers Close To Home” – Andscape 

Season Summary

2022-2023:   All-MEAC 3rd Team… Howard Athletics Perseverance Award… Appeared in 35 games with 16 starts… Averaged 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists… 14 games in double-figures with 3 of 20+… Career high of 23 points against South Carolina State… Also scored 23 points against Maryland-Eastern Shore… Averaged 71.9% at the free throw line… Career high 9 assists against George Washington.

Before Howard

2021-2022 (Penn): Appeared in 25… Averaged 6.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game…  Had 5 games in double-figures… Had back-to-back 13-point games over a three-day span, against Dartmouth and at Princeton, leading the Quakers in scoring in both games … Also had five rebounds in the win over the Big Green.

Personal: 

Finance Major…  Chose Howard for an opportunity to create a legacy in the basketball program, as well as receive a world class degree and access to a vast alumni base… Selected for the prestigious CP3 Family Foundation Scholarship to the NBA Summer League Sports Business Classroom… Enjoys cooking and playing Spades in his free time… Admires Kobe Bryant because of his mentality… If he could invite any three people to dinner it would be Dave Chappelle, Jay Z, and Kobe Bryant.