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Player Dossier
2020-2024Purdue
Kydran Jenkins
EDGE • 6'1" • 253 lbs • Louisville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kydran Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
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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 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Kydran Jenkins built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Louisville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Kydran Jenkins' career was his defensive...
Read the storyKydran Jenkins, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Purdue. Kydran Jenkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 204
- TFL
- 43.5
- Sacks
- 23.5
- QB hurries
- 18
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Kydran Jenkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · EDGE
- Career Tackles
- 204
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 83 tackles · EDGE 1st (top 2%) · Big Ten 19th (top 3%) · National 125th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Purdue | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 56 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 83 | 12.5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68.5 |
Related Context
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Kydran Jenkins played EDGE for Purdue. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kydran Jenkins recorded 204 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Purdue paired 31.5 primary output with 44.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 47 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
47
Usage
16
Consistency
46.1
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana State: 3. Notre Dame: 1. Oregon State: 7. Nebraska: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Illinois: 4. Oregon: 1. Northwestern: 2. Ohio State: 0. Penn State: 1.5. Michigan State: 4. Indiana: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana State: 4 by 46.7. Notre Dame: 7 by 39.2. Oregon State: 16 by 100. Nebraska: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Illinois: 10 by 81.7. Oregon: 4 by 26.7. Northwestern: 6 by 45. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Penn State: 7 by 44.2. Michigan State: 9 by 77.5. Indiana: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 1 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses2.0 · Games = 11 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ IndianaSplash game | L 0-66 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Michigan StateSplash game | L 17-24 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Penn State | L 10-49 | 7 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 0-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs NorthwesternSplash game | L 20-26 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Oregon | L 0-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | L 49-50 | 10 | 6 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Wisconsin | L 6-52 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Nebraska | L 10-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 21-38 | 16 | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Notre Dame | L 7-66 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Indiana StateSplash game | W 49-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kydran Jenkins story
Kydran Jenkins built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as an edge defender from Louisville, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Kydran Jenkins' career was his defensive production: 204 tackles, 43.5 tackles for loss, 23.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kydran Jenkins' production has multiple signals. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Kydran Jenkins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2020 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Purdue | 15 | 24.7 | 7.7 | 15 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 15 | 24.7 | 7.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 17 | 29.5 | 13.4 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 31.5 | 44.4 | 15.9 | 14.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 25.5 | 47 | 16 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 4 · L 21-38
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
100 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
@ Nebraska
Week 9 · L 14-31 · Conference game
6.5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 3 · L 29-32
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Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 2 · W 24-17
5
Havoc Plays
81.2 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Purdue
31.5 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · 15.9 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
68.5
25.5 primary · 47 efficiency · 16 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Purdue
60.9
17 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 13.4 usage
Milestones
15
Impact games
24
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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