Ajani Cornelius Parents

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Ajani Cornelius parents
Ajani Cornelius with his family (Source: X/AJCornelius65)

The 22-year-old Ajani Cornelius (as of March 2025) plays as an offensive lineman and is one of the draft prospects in the 2025 NFL draft. The Harlem, New York native finished his schooling at Archbishop Stepinac High School where he won back-to-back state championships. Ajani was tutored by coach Mike O’Donnell during his high school tenure, as per University of Oregon Athletics. The 6-ft-5 offensive tackle was awarded a total score of 74 by Next Gen Stats, which ranked 13th among all offensive tackles at the 2025 NFL Combine, as recorded by the official NFL website.

Revisiting his collegiate career, Ajani Cornelius played 28 games for the Ducks in the 2023 and 2024 seasons. The Oregon University product started his post-high school football career at the University of Rhode Island in 2020 and stayed there until the end of the 2022 season. He was a starter in two of his three years at Rhode Island and primarily played at right tackle during that period. After transferring to Oregon, Cornelius remained in the same position as he started all 28 games in Ducks uniform as a right tackle (via University of Oregon Athletics). While he gave up only 4 sacks and 7 quarterback hits in his last three years (2022-2024) at the collegiate level, he did allow 35 hurries over that same period of timespan (via PFF). Cornelius was awarded a grade of 74.2 for his 2024 season campaign by Pro Football Focus (PFF).

Who are Ajani Cornelius' parents?

Ajani Cornelius was born to Yasmin Hurston Cornelius and Tchiyuka Cornelius on May 21, 2002.

Ajani Cornelius father

Ajani’s father is Tchiyuka Cornelius. Tchiyuka is a Commissioner's Representative for New York City at the New York State Department of Labor. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo (via Tchiyuka Cornelius’ LinkedIn bio).

Tchiyuka has worked as Legislative Director, Field Coordinator, Lead Political Organizer, Political Director, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, and many more. As of March 2025, Tchiyuka works at the New York State Department of Labor as a Commissioner's Representative for New York City (via Tchiyuka Cornelius’ LinkedIn bio).

Ajani Cornelius mother

Yasmin Hurston Cornelius is a Community Development Professional according to her official LinkedIn account. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from The City College of New York.

Yasmin has been working at L + M Development Partners Inc. for the past 12 and a half years as of March 2025. She has been in the post of senior vice president at L + M Development Partners Inc. since January 2022 (via Yasmin Hurston Cornelius’ official LinkedIn account).

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FAQs on Ajani Cornelius

A. Ajani Cornelius is from Harlem, New York (via University of Oregon Athletics). 

A. Ajani Cornelius played for the Oregon Ducks and the University of Rhode Island. 

A. Ajani Cornelius plays as an offensive lineman. 

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