High School: Honorable-mention All-Dade County 6A-4A selection as a wide receiver by the Miami Herald...selected to play in the Miami-Dade High School Football All-Star Gridiron Classic...team won district championship...Cougars were 10-3...lost in playoffs to power Miami Northwestern...coach was Steve Smith...also played basketball...was a starter at forward and team captain.

Personal: Parents are Vivienne Crawford and Kelvin Berassa...born April 29, 1991...has two brothers and three sisters...one brother (Rasani) is a grad student at Florida State while sister (Rashida) is an undergrad at FIU...Jelani is the youngest of the six...father was born in Trinidad and mother was born in Jamaica...academic interest is undecided.