2018-19 Wrestling Roster
Jelani Embree
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- 184
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Eastpointe, Mich.
- High School:
- Warren Lincoln
Fifth-Year Senior (2021-22)
• Went 3-0 in duals with three major decisions at 184 pounds
• Defeated CSU Bakersfield's Jacob Hansen, 13-3, in season debut (Nov. 14)
• Earned back-to-back road wins against Columbia's Brian Bonino (10-2, Nov. 19) and Buffalo's Jake Lanning (16-5, Nov. 21)
Senior/Junior (2020-21)
• Appeared in one dual meet at 184 pounds
• Fell to Ohio State's Rocky Jordan in season debut (Feb. 12)
Junior/Sophomore (2019-20)
• NCAA Qualifier; the NCAA Championships was canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
• Claimed eighth place at the Big Ten Championships (March 7-8) after withdrawing with a 1-1 record
• Defeated Minnesota's No. 15 Owen Webster, 3-1, in sudden victory (Jan. 19)
• Took eighth place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7) with a 4-2 record
• Earned bonus points with major decisions against North Carolina's Chasen Blair (13-4, Nov. 8) and Central Michigan's Ben Cushman (17-6, Nov. 24)
• Placed third at the Black Knight Invite (Nov. 17) with a 3-1 record
• Claimed second place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 2) with a 4-1 record
• Earned two ranked wins at the MSU Open, defeating Michigan State's No. 12 Cameron Caffey (10-8 TB) and Purdue's No. 17 Max Lyon (5-4)
Sophomore/Freshman (2018-19)
• Competed in his first ever Big Ten Championships (March 9-10) at 184 pounds, posting a 0-3 record
• Posted a 7-1 dual-meet record, including a 4-1 mark in Big Ten duals
• Rolled to a 14-2 major decision against Indiana's Norman Conley in the Big Ten dual opener (Dec. 9)
• Compiled a 4-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1); earned three bonus wins, including a 22-7 technical fall against CSU Bakersfield's Dom Ducharme
• Beat Central Michigan's Jordan Atienza, 9-4, in collegiate dual-meet debut (Nov. 11); also defeated Lehigh's Andrew Price, 8-3, in U-M's home opener (Nov. 18)
• Posted a 2-1 record to claim fifth place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 11)
Freshman (2017-18)
• Redshirted season; competed unattached in four open tournaments
• Captured the 184-pound title at the Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 11) with a 3-0 record
• Also won the Purple Raider Open (Jan. 14) with a 3-0 record
• Claimed third place at Cleveland State (Dec. 16) with a 3-1 mark
• Posted a 6-1 record en route to fifth place at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 3)
• Defeated Edinboro's Zach Ancewicz, 10-4, in collegiate debut at the EMU Open
Prep
• Graduated from Warren Lincoln High School (2017)
• Captured back-to-back Michigan state titles, winning at 189 pounds (2017) and 171 pounds (2016); three-time state placewinner, taking third place at 171 pounds as a sophomore (2015)
• Career prep record of 138-1, including a 83-0 mark over his last two seasons
• Claimed a 2017 FloNationals title (182 pounds); two-time FloNationals finalist (2016, '17)
• Named 2017 Michigan Grappler Wrestler of the Year
• Captured 76kg/167-pound freestyle title at 2015 UWW Cadet Nationals to qualify for the world team but did not compete at Cadet Worlds due to injury
• Earned double All-America honors at 2016 Junior Nationals in Fargo, placing third in freestyle and sixth in Greco-Roman
• Honor Roll
• Ranked as the No. 29 overall recruit by InterMat and No. 4-ranked 182-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring film, television and media
• Born on November 3, 1998
• Son of Robert Embree and Jamila Harris
• Has two siblings, Omari and Amina
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2017-18 (RS) | 15-2 | 0-0 | 15-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2018-19 | 13-7 | 7-1 | 6-6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | dnp | -- |
| 2019-20 | 16-11 | 4-6 | 12-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8th | -- |
| 2020-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2021-22 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Totals | 47-21 | 14-8 | 33-13 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
