Player Dossier

2020-2023

Michigan

Kris Jenkins

DL • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Olney, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kris Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Kris Jenkins built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Olney, MD wearing No. 94, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Kris Jenkins' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8815

Our Lady of Good Counsel HS · Olney, MD

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 17
Overall
No. 49
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Kris Jenkins, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Michigan. Kris Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
104
TFL
8
Sacks
4
QB hurries
6

Quick Answers

Kris Jenkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
104
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Our Lady of Good Counsel HS · Michigan
High school pipeline
Our Lady of Good Counsel HS · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 2 · Pick 17 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 94 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
34 tackles · DL 130th (top 14%) · Big Ten 123rd (top 21%) · National 1,146th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonMichigan87-0--014.8
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan8150.501-014.8
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan12483.522-039.3
2023 PostseasonMichigan14211--053.1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan1432313-053.1

Related Context

Kris Jenkins played DL for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kris Jenkins recorded 104 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Michigan paired 10 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Michigan

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

17.3

Usage

5.1

Consistency

53.1

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 2. East Carolina: 1. UNLV: 1. Bowling Green: 2. Rutgers: 1. Nebraska: 0. Minnesota: 0. Indiana: 1. Michigan State: 0. Purdue: 1. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 0. Ohio State: 0. Iowa: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 2 by 28.3. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. UNLV: 5 by 30.8. Bowling Green: 2 by 28.3. Rutgers: 3 by 22.5. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 0 by 10. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. Iowa: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half1 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs UNLV

Result
Mon 1/1vs AlabamaSplash gameW 27-2022110
Sun 12/3@ IowaW 26-041000
Sat 11/25vs Ohio StateW 30-2453000
Sat 11/18@ MarylandW 31-2422000
Sat 11/11@ Penn StateW 24-1521000
Sat 11/4vs PurdueW 41-13100.500.500
Sat 10/21@ Michigan StateW 49-030000
Sat 10/14vs IndianaW 52-700000
Sat 10/7@ MinnesotaW 52-1020000
Sat 9/30@ NebraskaW 45-721000
Sat 9/23vs RutgersW 31-732100
Sat 9/16vs Bowling GreenSplash gameW 31-6211010
Sat 9/9vs UNLVW 35-7530.500.500
Sat 9/2vs East CarolinaW 30-310000

Player Story

Kris Jenkins story

Kris Jenkins built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Olney, MD wearing No. 94, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Kris Jenkins' career was his defensive production: 104 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Kris Jenkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan0
2021 PostseasonMichigan1.513.42.71.5
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan1.513.42.70
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan7.522.95.86
2023 PostseasonMichigan1017.35.12.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan1017.35.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 6 · W 31-10 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Rutgers

Week 10 · W 52-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Bowling Green

Week 3 · W 31-6

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Alabama

Week 1 · W 27-20 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

64.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Colorado State

Week 1 · W 51-7

2

Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Michigan

10 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage

53.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Michigan

53.1

10 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 5.1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Michigan

39.3

7.5 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games