Harvard University

2022

Appeared in eight games... Finished with three tackles, with one coming at Howard, vs. Princeton and at Penn... Recovered a blocked punt and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown at Cornell.

2021

Played in five games... Recorded a tackle in The Game at Yale.

2020

Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

2019

Appeared in three games.

Before Harvard

Four-year letterwinner and starter for the Landon football and wrestling teams… Served as captain of the football team his senior year… Named the 2018 Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC) Player of the Year… 2018 All-Met first-team defensive back selection… Voted team MVP his senior year… 2017 All-IAC first-team selection…Named the 2017 Offensive MVP by the Landon football team… 2017 All-Met first-team nomination… Named to the All-IAC second team in 2016… Helped the Landon football team to an 18-2 record across the 2017-2018 seasons, setting a school record… Four-year member of the Landon honor roll… Named to the Maryland State Wrestling Association All-Academic Team in 2017… Recipient of the 2015 Faculty Ethics Award… Father, Ronald Machen played football at Stanford ‘91 and attended Harvard Law ’94, along with Jelani’s aunt, Jeri Hanes ’04... Brother, Bijan Machen ’12, played football at Georgia Tech.