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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1994-07-01)July 1, 1994 (age 30) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Harris County (Hamilton, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2016: 3rd round, 83rd pick | ||||||||||||
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Jordan Montae Jenkins (born July 1, 1994) is an American former professionalfootballdefensive end. He playedcollege football atGeorgia, and was selected by theNew York Jets in the third round of the2016 NFL draft.
Jenkins attendedHarris County High School inHamilton, Georgia. He was a four-star recruit byRivals.com and was rated among the topdefensive end recruits in his class.[1] He committed to theUniversity of Georgia to playcollege football.[2][3]
As atrue freshman at Georgia in 2012, Jenkins played in 14 games and made six starts atoutside linebacker. He recorded 31tackles and fivesacks.[4] As a 13-game starter his sophomore year in 2013, Jenkins had 45 tackles and five sacks.[5] Jenkins again started all 13 games his junior year in 2014, recording 70 tackles and five sacks.[6] After he considered entering the2015 NFL draft, Jenkins announced that he would return for his senior year.[7]
Coming out of Georgia, Jenkins was considered one of the top linebacker prospects and received an invitation to theNFL combine. He attended the combine and completed the majority of drills until he suffered ahamstring injury that made him unable to perform theshort shuttle andthree-cone drill. Coincidentally, teammateLeonard Floyd also injured his hamstring at the combine and was unable to perform the three-cone and short shuttle. On March 16, 2016, he opted to participate at Georgia'spro day, along with Floyd,Malcolm Mitchell,John Theus,Keith Marshall,Marshall Morgan,Sterling Bailey,Quayvon Hicks, and ten other players. Jenkins completed the short shuttle and three-cone drill, while also running positional drills and lowering his time in the40-yard dash. He also elevated his vertical to 38" and increased his number of reps on the bench press to 19.[8] He was projected to be a third round pick by the majority ofNFL draft experts and scouts. After he completed the pre-draft process, Jenkins was ranked as the eighth best linebacker prospect in the draft by NFL analystMike Mayock, the ninth best outside linebacker by NFLDraftScout.com, the ninth best linebacker byESPN, and was ranked the 11th best linebacker bySports Illustrated.[9][10][11][12]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 259 lb (117 kg) | 34+1⁄4 in (0.87 m) | 11+1⁄4 in (0.29 m) | 4.80 s | 1.58 s | 2.71 s | 4.32 s | 7.39 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 19 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine/Georgia'sPro Day[13][14] | ||||||||||||
Jenkins was drafted by theNew York Jets in the third round (83rd overall) in the2016 NFL draft.[15] Jenkins was the second linebacker drafted by the Jets in 2016 behindDarron Lee (first round, 20th overall) and was the ninth linebacker selected in the entire draft. Fellow Georgia linebacker and teammate, Leonard Floyd, was selected in the first round (ninth overall) by theChicago Bears.[16]He competed withTrevor Reilly,Lorenzo Mauldin, andDeion Barnes throughouttraining camp for the one of the jobs as starting outside linebacker.[17] Head coachTodd Bowles named him one of the starting outside linebackers to start the season, opposite Mauldin.
He suffered a calf injury in mid-August and was unable to play in the first two games of the season.[18] On September 25, 2016, Jenkins made his professional regular season debut and first career start, recording five combined tackles in a 24–3 loss to theKansas City Chiefs. During a Week 14 matchup against theSan Francisco 49ers, he recorded four combined tackles and was credited with a half a sack onColin Kaepernick in the Jets' 23–17overtime victory.[19] The next game, Jenkins collected five combined tackles and made his first career solo sack onMiami Dolphins quarterbackMatt Moore, as the Jets lost 34–13.[20] Jenkins finished the2016 season with 41 combined tackles (23 solo), 2.5 sacks, a forcedfumble and twopasses defensed in 11 starts and 14 games.
Jenkins returned as thede facto outside linebacker under Bowles to start the2017 season. In the Jets' season-opener at theBuffalo Bills, Jenkins recorded a season-high four solo tackles in the Jets' 12–21 loss. On November 2, 2017, he earned two solo tackles, sacked Bills quarterbackTyrod Taylor twice, and forced the first fumble of his career, as the Jets won 34–21 onThursday Night Football. He was named theAmerican Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 9.[21]
On March 23, 2020, the Jets signed Jenkins to a one-year, $3.75 million contract that included $3.25 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.75 million.[22] On December 16, 2020, Jenkins was placed oninjured reserve.[23]
On March 29, 2021, Jenkins signed a two-year, $6 million contract, which could be pushed up to $8 million, with theHouston Texans.[24][25] Before this move, Jenkins was the last remaining Jets player from the 2016 Draft and the longest-tenured player on the team.[26] He suffered a tornPCL in Week 11 and was placed on injured reserve on November 27, 2021.[27] He was activated on December 18. He was released on August 15, 2022.[28]
On August 17, 2022, Jenkins signed with theLas Vegas Raiders.[29] On August 21, 2022, Jenkins was placed on injured reserve with atorn ACL.[30]